Hacker News with Generative AI: Welding

The Soul of Craftsmanship (bencornia.com)
I have been musing on my career transition from welding to programming. Welding was an obvious, well-laid path for me. My dad and grandpa were both welders. My great-grandfather was a blacksmith. When I was 13, I dug into my dad's collection of welding instruction manuals that he used in trade school in the 80s. I pored over them in great detail; even drawing the diagrams in a notebook.
The little-known life of the scarfing tool (2003) (thefabricator.com)
Just kidding, but I'm sure you get my point. Scarfing tools are pretty boring compared to the greater issues we face since 9/11. I pray for world peace right there with anybody who will listen. But then again, I've been asked many times why tools don't last or why they break after only a short time in use. When I use the word tools I mean the now-ubiquitous ceramic inserts used for scarfing the OD upset seam of tube after it's welded.
Building an O2 concentrator for welding and vacuum tube work (nickpoole.me)