First time build - Steel Frame CNC Router

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Thanks for the advice guys, will check this out. Little more progress made today:

Ground down all the welds slightly and fully at any mating faces (does this weaken the welds?):

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Welds seemed to start getting a little bit neater:

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I am running on a small tank of CO2 which as per your comments isn't the best as its already ran out I noticed it a long time after my welds started getting worse and thought it was just me welding horribly (although that would have been part of the reason )

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The empty tank meant I was only able to get both sides done this week:

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Will be back on it next weekend and hopefully have the full frame/gantry welded