Is it acceptable practice to file welded joints flush? I seem to recall reading it is not, but I can't find it in my books on aircraft welding. As I recall, the claim was the joint is of weaker metal and should be thicker than the 4130 tubing.
I'm sending a factory welded fuselage off for painting, and a few areas such as some of the joints in the doors and tail surfaces would look nicer if the weld bead were filed down. The factory did so in a couple places on the doors and the fuselage, but the locations seem to be at random. Maybe they were trying to inspect the quality of particularly rough looking joints and the guy with the grinder simply got carried away?
I'm sending a factory welded fuselage off for painting, and a few areas such as some of the joints in the doors and tail surfaces would look nicer if the weld bead were filed down. The factory did so in a couple places on the doors and the fuselage, but the locations seem to be at random. Maybe they were trying to inspect the quality of particularly rough looking joints and the guy with the grinder simply got carried away?
