stryped wrote in news:10e92a1e-0ffb-4ab5-bbbe-
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What is a good way to test my practice welds without fancy equipment?
I have a floor jack.

(Short of beating it with a hammer)?


If your "floor jack" isn't a bottle jack:

If the pieces are long enough to extend 2"-4" beyond the width of the jack
_and_ you have a tow chain, make a closed loop of the chain that wraps
tightly over each end of the piece as it rests on the lifting point and
under the jack - then operate the jack.

If the jack breaks and the weld doesn't, you just got a good excuse to get
a better jack. grin

If the piece bends without breaking the weld, the weld was good and your
jack was strong enough.