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  1. bdevore

    Why are there square holes/porosity at the end of some welds in sheet metal?

    Could these be holes from Cleco fasteners? Does anyone know could these be cleco fasteners that once removed the holes are not completely filled?
  2. bdevore

    Why are there square holes/porosity at the end of some welds in sheet metal?

    They are 3/32" and slightly larger in size.http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=959b84b3-7cc7-45b8-a8b8-68f243fd0b71&file=photo.JPG
  3. bdevore

    Why are there square holes/porosity at the end of some welds in sheet metal?

    They are human welded. I thought that but I have never seen square holes at the end of welds before. Its not like a fish eye, it is actually outside the weld up to a 1/2" away so far.
  4. bdevore

    Why are there square holes/porosity at the end of some welds in sheet metal?

    I am looking at some enclosures and some of the welds have square to rectangular holes at the ends of the welds. Some appear to go all the way through and others are just into the material rather deep. The square hole is just outside of the weld. Its 1/8" plate and D1.1 does not seem to cover...

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