iamjacksua

In the DDR museum, I saw some military footage describing East Germany's constant preparation for war against West Germany. In your experience, was there actually that much animosity between East and West?

Question 1: Do you say:

TIG or GTAW?

MIG or GMAW?

Stick or SMAW?

I always heard them referred to as the former, and the latter just seems unnecessarily complicated. Is there a good reason to use the latter?

Question 2: Someone asks you to make a unicorn statue out of clean, non-oily scrap steel, in a non-windy location. You can use any process you like... which do you choose?

doesnt sound like it has to be particularily strong

Curious -- Are there inherent strength differences between the different processes?

I thought the biggest differences came down to ease / speed / conditions.