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The has the look of DANGER!!!



When I was in Perú, I was told by the guide that this bad boy would fuck me up!!! Screenshot_20240322-150830_Gallery.jpg
 

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Time to hit the road on this rainy day.

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How bad did that combo make your face bloat?

Over the past few years I’ve become more aware of what makes me bloat. I probably bloat worse than most people. one side of my face bloats worse than the other side and my face will make me look like a person 50lbs fatter.

Just looking at that sodium stick with 300mg of caffeine is puffing up my face.
 

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How bad did that combo make your face bloat?

Over the past few years I’ve become more aware of what makes me bloat. I probably bloat worse than most people. one side of my face bloats worse than the other side and my face will make me look like a person 50lbs fatter.

Just looking at that sodium stick with 300mg of caffeine is puffing up my face.

I actually didn't bloat at all from that. The sodium is questionable, but I didn't have anything else really salty that day.

That drink is 200mg of caffeine, and I drank it over the course of about 3 hours. That was the only caffeine I had that day.
 

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I picked up some more York milled plates this week. Unfortunately, today during painting I discovered one of them is cracked. Its a pretty big crack, so I fear I will need to either retire it to the sideline or run it with the others until it breaks in half. I feel like this plate would probably rather go out the 2nd way.
I could also attempt to weld it but I have only done cast a few times and I feel like as porous as these plates are the heat might end up making it worse.
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I picked up some more York milled plates this week. Unfortunately, today during painting I discovered one of them is cracked. Its a pretty big crack, so I fear I will need to either retire it to the sideline or run it with the others until it breaks in half. I feel like this plate would probably rather go out the 2nd way.
I could also attempt to weld it but I have only done cast a few times and I feel like as porous as these plates are the heat might end up making it worse.
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are these cast iron or steel plates?

If steel then you could just take that one cracked plate and get it welded.

If it's cast iron then technically you could probably still take it to get welded, but cast is dirty and will produce a lot of slag and splatter. Also the weld might not hold very well.
 

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After closer inspection, 7 of the plates are cracked. I'll just use them and see what happens.

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are these cast iron or steel plates?

If steel then you could just take that one cracked plate and get it welded.

If it's cast iron then technically you could probably still take it to get welded, but cast is dirty and will produce a lot of slag and splatter. Also the weld might not hold very well.
They are steel like any other plate. I can weld cast but it is always a risk to heat something up that is cast. If I do decide to weld them I will heat them up gradually with a torch prior to welding and wrap them in blankets immediately after to slow the cooling.

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Cast steel*. I guess that is the same as iron.

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Cast steel*. I guess that is the same as iron.

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this makes more sense.... I wouldn't bother trying to weld cast. It's a pain in the ass and the welds are never as good as non-cast metal.
 

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I had just enough black paint to do a couple Bob Hoffmans.
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Im using this badass can that has adjustable nozzles.
 
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