Allen, I gotta respectfully disagree with you. I thought Aaron's comments were spot on. Based on the tone I suspect that they know each other. I respect Charlie for putting his rookie efforts up here for all to see and he did invite the criticism. His welds aren't terrible but they could use some improvement, he was looking for insight and Aaron offered it, along with an offer to help him get better.

As a tech counselor I've had to tell people (rarely) that their workmanship is not good and the parts they made are not airworthy. It ain't easy telling someone that their baby is ugly but sometimes it needs to be done. Building an airplane requires, among other things, thick skin sometimes.