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A guy at the Tacoma hammer-in said my forge welding flux was too thick
He told me straight up I was using too much borax and it was trapping impurities, which explained why my welds kept failing after three attempts. I switched to a thinner mix and my success rate jumped from maybe 50% to over 90%. Anyone else get a piece of advice that flipped a technique you thought you had down?
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jade5401mo ago
It's wild how often the fix is doing less, not more. My dad used to drown plants trying to help them, and they'd die. I'd over-knead bread dough until it was tough. That guy cutting your flux is the same deal. The right amount is usually way less than we think we need, lol.
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the_rowan1mo ago
That "right amount is way less" idea hits hard, @jade540. Where else have you seen that play out?
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webb.dakota1mo ago
Oh man, I used to think more effort always meant better results. But jade540's bread dough example really made it click for me.
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