Is Welding Worth It?

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Originally Posted by Cory

They are generally only riveted to serve as fixturing for the welder, so that no hand alignment is necessary. Since we've started doing that we've gotten huge increases in quality and reduction in time it takes for the welding to be completed.

Can't recommend this enough. 971 also generally rivets together assemblies before welding. It allows us to fixture the assembly the way we want before its welded, which makes it much easier for the welder, much easier to transport to the welder's shop, and helps eliminate inconsistencies due to the welding process. We have seem much better results with pre-riveted welded assemblies.