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README.md
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# read-the-weld
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Field guide + narrated film on reading a MIG weld: the feel test, heat-color tells, and tying in the toes.
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**Live demo:** https://anthony-large.4ort.net/read-the-weld.html
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## Related in the galaxy
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- https://anthony-large.4ort.net/hybrid-diagnostic-tool.html
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- https://anthony-large.4ort.net/negros-fruit-dove.html
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_Built by anthony-large in the 4ort galaxy._
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films/negros-fruit-dove/hyperframe.json
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{ "id": "s1", "narration": "The Negros Fruit Dove, a critically endangered bird species found on the island of Negros in the Philippines, is known for its vibrant plumage and unique diet." },
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films/negros-fruit-dove/index.html
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<!doctype html>
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<html><head>
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<meta name="description" content="The Negros Fruit Dove Habitat and Diet Conservation Status"><meta charset="UTF-8"/>
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<h1 id="s1-title">The Negros Fruit Dove</h1>
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<section id="s2" class="clip" data-start="10" data-duration="10" data-track-index="1">
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<h1 id="s2-title">Habitat and Diet</h1>
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<h1 id="s3-title">Conservation Status</h1>
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{ "id": "s1", "narration": "A weld tells you everything, if you know how to listen. Run a glove along the bead. Feather it. Not glassy, not gutted. Ripples like straight weather." },
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{ "id": "s2", "narration": "Color is the lie detector. Straw and light blue means it came down slow, right. Oxide gray, or that rainbow burn — you cooked it. Over-spec is a habit, not a virtue." },
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{ "id": "s3", "narration": "Tack the toes, tie each pass into the last. That overlapping ripple, the stacked-dime look — that's your signature. Every bead is a line in a book only you can read." }
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<h1 id="s1-word" class="bigword">FEEL IT</h1>
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<p id="s1-copy" class="bodycopy">Run the glove along the bead. Feather it.<br/>Not glassy. Not gutted. Ripples like straight weather.</p>
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<h1 id="s2-word" class="bigword" style="color:#e8e2d4">STRAW / BLUE</h1>
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<p id="s2-copy" class="bodycopy">Straw and light blue — came down slow, right.<br/>Oxide gray or rainbow burn — you cooked it.</p>
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<div id="s2-metric" class="metric">HEAT-AFFECTED ZONE · TEMP °F</div>
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<h1 id="s3-word" class="bigword" style="font-size:190px">YOUR SIGNATURE</h1>
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<p id="s3-copy" class="bodycopy">Overlapping rip, the stacked dime.<br/>Tack the toes, tie each pass in. Nobody welds it but you.</p>
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<div id="s3-metric" class="metric">READ · THE · WELD — A. LARGE, GARWIN IA</div>
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hybrid-diagnostic-tool.html
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<h1>Hybrid Diagnostic Tool</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>A hybrid diagnostic tool for technicians. It integrates diagnostic protocols and real-time data analysis to provide accurate and efficient diagnostics.</p>
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<img src="https://images.pexels.com/photos/13205080/pexels-photo-13205080.jpeg?auto=compress&cs=tinysrgb&dpr=2&h=650&w=940" alt="Hybrid Diagnostic Tool">
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<h2>Features</h2>
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<p>The hybrid diagnostic tool includes features such as real-time data analysis, diagnostic protocols, and a user-friendly interface. It is designed to be efficient and accurate.</p>
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<h2>Applications</h2>
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<p>The hybrid diagnostic tool can be used in various fields such as automotive technology, electronics, and more. It is a valuable tool for technicians and engineers.</p>
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<h2>Benefits</h2>
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<p>The benefits of using the hybrid diagnostic tool include improved accuracy, efficiency, and a user-friendly interface. It is a valuable tool for any technician or engineer.</p>
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<p>© 2026 Anthony Large</p>
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<h1>Negros Fruit Dove</h1>
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<h2>Introduction</h2>
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<p>The Negros Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus pelewensis) is a critically endangered bird species found on the island of Negros in the Philippines. It is known for its vibrant plumage and unique diet.</p>
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<h2>Habitat</h2>
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<p>The Negros Fruit Dove inhabits the dense forests of Negros, where it feeds on a variety of fruits. Its habitat is threatened by deforestation and habitat loss.</p>
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<h2>Diet</h2>
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<p>The Negros Fruit Dove primarily feeds on fruits, including figs, berries, and small seeds. Its diet is crucial for seed dispersal in its habitat.</p>
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<p>The Negros Fruit Dove is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Conservation efforts are underway to protect its habitat and increase its population.</p>
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<p>Conservation efforts for the Negros Fruit Dove include habitat restoration, captive breeding programs, and community education. These efforts aim to increase the population and ensure the survival of the species.</p>
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<div class="kicker">Field Notes · MIG & Stick · Garwin, Iowa</div>
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<h1>Read the Weld</h1>
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<div class="byline">BY ANTHONY LARGE · A SHORT FILM + FIELD GUIDE</div>
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<p>Every bead is a sentence, and the machine writes clean if you hand it a clean page. Most guys chase dials — amps, wire speed, voltage. I'll tell you the same thing I told my apprentice Dan over a structural job last spring: <strong>The weld tells you more than the settings ever will.</strong> Read the bead and you're reading the truth.</p>
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<h2>1. The Feel Test</h2>
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<p>Shut the hood, let it cool to a dull gray, then run a gloved finger down the crown. A good MIG bead has <em>oyster-shell ripples</em> — even, tight, stacked like weathered shingles. Too flat and glassy means you were cold and fast; the toes never tied in. Too gutted — a valley down the middle — and you've got a cold-lap pocket waiting to crack. The ripple is the metal settling as the puddle freezes, and it always tells the truth about travel speed.</p>
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<div class="narrow">Speed sings. Ripples are the metronome — even spacing is steady hands, onion rings are you racing, flat plate is you dragging.</p>
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<h2>2. Color Is the Lie Detector</h2>
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<p>The heat-affected zone reads off in temper colors, exactly like a blacksmith's blade. Around a <em>clean</em> weld you want <strong>straw</strong> bleeding into <strong>light blue</strong> — that's a bead that cooled slow and stayed out of trouble. Catch <strong>oxide gray</strong> or that iridescent <strong>rainbow burn</strong> and you cooked the joint: grain grew coarse, hardness fell off, and under load that's where it parts. Chromoly and stainless get pickier than mild — one shade past straw and you've burned the corrosion resistance out of the tube.</p>
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<div class="narrow">Over-spec is a habit, not a virtue. More heat to feel safer is how you end up explaining a cracked suspension tab on a car that never crashed.</p>
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<h2>3. Tie In The Toes</h2>
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<p>The two lines where the weld meets the base metal — the toes — are where every joint lives or dies. Feather the toe into the parent plate, no sharp notch, no undercut. Then tie each pass into the previous one's crown, overlapping about a third. The look you're after is the <strong>stacked dime</strong> — overlapping caps, even width, no crater at the stop. That crater's a stress raiser; a crater crack will find you at three in the morning after the part goes in.</p>
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<p>Strip it to the science and welding (Q131172) is a fabrication <em>process</em> for joining workpieces — no dissimilar filler or adhesive, just fused metal. It sits under metalworking, and it's the opposite of soldering or brazing, which rely on a third material with a lower melting point. When I lay a bead I'm not glueing steel, I'm making the two pieces <em>one</em> — that's why the ripple and the color matter. A bad joint isn't a bad spot, it's two pieces that never quite became one.</p>
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<p class="sources">Grounding: <a href="https://4ort.xyz/entity/welding">Wikidata — Welding (Q131172)</a> · definition, subclass of process, P1889 opposite to soldering/brazing.</p>
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<h2>The Shape of a Good Bead</h2>
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<li><strong>Crown height</strong> — proud but not a lump. A third to a half the bead width.</li>
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<li><strong>Ripple spacing</strong> — even as a heartbeat. Racing shows up here.</li>
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<li><strong>Toe wet-in</strong> — smooth feathered transition, no undercut notch.</li>
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<p>I learned to trust the hand over the print watching neighbors do the same in their own shops. Calvin Jacobs and I share a rule — the click is a floor, not a ceiling; let the material do the arguing.</p>
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<li><a href="https://anthony-large.4ort.net/hybrid-diagnostic-tool.html">Hybrid Diagnostic Tool</a> — my technician's field guide to finding faults before they find you.</li>
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<li><a href="https://anthony-large.4ort.net/negros-fruit-dove.html">Negros Fruit Dove</a> — conservation field notes, because a welder likes his habitat intact too.</li>
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