Bob Woodstock
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I am new to this forum and need advice. In the last welding shop I worked at, I was told that the weld size (leg lengths) were to be 3/4 of the size of the smallest piece of steel that you are welding to. For example, if you are welding a fillet joint consisting of both pieces being 1 inch thick, the leg lengths of the weld would be 3/4 of an inch.
In the new shop I am now at, we are to match the leg lengths equal to the thickness of the steel we are welding to. For example, if you are welding a fillet joint consisting of both pieces being 1 inch thick, the leg lengths of the weld would be 1 inch.
I am using a 3 phase miller welder with lincoln electric .052 metalshield (metal core) wire. My voltage is 31 and I.P.M. (inches-per-minute) is 400. I find with these parameters the welds come out very nicely. The pieces I was welding on today were 1 1/2 inch thick. The leg legenths on my welds were apx. 1 1/8 inch. I was told by my boss I did it incorrectly by not making the legs 1 1/2 inch.
I would like to know who is right.
It has been 10 years since I have been in school, and cannot find my old text.
Regards
Bob Woodstock
In the new shop I am now at, we are to match the leg lengths equal to the thickness of the steel we are welding to. For example, if you are welding a fillet joint consisting of both pieces being 1 inch thick, the leg lengths of the weld would be 1 inch.
I am using a 3 phase miller welder with lincoln electric .052 metalshield (metal core) wire. My voltage is 31 and I.P.M. (inches-per-minute) is 400. I find with these parameters the welds come out very nicely. The pieces I was welding on today were 1 1/2 inch thick. The leg legenths on my welds were apx. 1 1/8 inch. I was told by my boss I did it incorrectly by not making the legs 1 1/2 inch.
I would like to know who is right.
It has been 10 years since I have been in school, and cannot find my old text.
Regards
Bob Woodstock