The material is 1-1/4" sched 40 pipe, used as structure, not for pressure.

Coped Joints. Structural.

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A guy in our shop has been using a new technique, and I'd like your opinion. Several of us already have an opinion, but we don't know anything... I think he's trying to make a Mig weld look like a Tig weld, but the technique he uses is to weld a series of little circles stopping the arc between each...