Well thanks again for the responses... I guess it remains a little bit of a mystery to me. In this case, I'm pretty confident it wasn't a case of contamination by a foreign object... I'll sometimes cut tubing with a portaband and deburr with a file, but I'm extremely meticulous about keeping the stu...

Thanks a lot for the responses. I guess what confuses me about it being a purge problem is that the issue isn't manifesting right at the weld. When I've screwed up purging stuff in the past it always seems like it's extremely evident, immediately, in the finished weld. The pics are kind of bad but t...

Hey everybody, I'm hoping to get some info/opinions on an issue I recently discovered on some sanitary welds that were done several months ago... it seems the corrosion resistance of the stainless has been compromised pretty severely and I'm trying to understand the cause to prevent it in the future...

Hey everybody, My name is Doug, checking in from Boston. I've been watching the welding tips and tricks youtube videos for a long time, and recently got into listening to back episodes of the podcast during my commute to work... heard an episode with moderator Steve from on here talking about some o...