I like seeing welding posts on HN and cool they come up few times a months. The GE chain making machine is pretty interesting and can't really imagine doing it

I like seeing welding posts on HN and cool they come up few times a months. The GE chain making machine is pretty interesting and can't really imagine doing it by hand otherwise (at scale). Saw a hand welded chain segment the other day on a bike displayed at a shop - kind of used as a quicklink but more permanent. It was slightly puzzling to see how they went about it but whatever. Welding and automation is something that kind of compounds on itself - for example comparing wirefeed/mig to stick.