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Only 5.3% of US welders are women. After years as a professor, I became one

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254 points Michelangelo11 | 1 comments | 06 Nov 24 00:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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mgarfias ◴[06 Nov 24 06:50 UTC] No.42057648[source]▶
The photos of the welds made me think she needs to goto welding school.

Ugh. I’m a total hack and can do better.

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1. UltraSane ◴[06 Nov 24 16:53 UTC] No.42065153[source]▶
Not every weld has to be pretty. The ugly aluminum welds look plenty strong and are not normally visible. Welds like that can take 1/10th the time of pretty welds.