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Telum Pisces (1/11/2010)More heavy duty and thicker/stonger is good. I think you should forget about the aspects that make it look pretty (smoothing out welds). It's a sand spike, not something that needs to when a looks contest. As long as the weld is strong and does not look like a 2 year old did it, I would consider that fine. But do de-burr the edges. The foot peg is a nice touch as well.
Looks good.
I would be worried if people can tell the differnce by a quick look though. Make sure people know that they are buying a superior product. Some people may simply take a quick glance and wonder why yours is more expensive.
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Thanks for the input. I kinda agree with you about aesthetics. It would allow me to spend less time making them and maybe reduce the price some. I don't have the purchasing power to buy thousands of feet at a time at a steep discount.
By the way,
I don't smooth welds.
None of those are smoothed, they look that good right off the bench. When I'm applying the brushed look the weld gets brushed too every so slightly, but the brush does not remove any metal, just gives it a uniform appearance. If you look at the picture of the foot peg, where I did not brush the red factory writing off the aluminum, you can see that weld is not brushed, thats the way it came right off the TIG welder.