Help with arc welds

[NickyEng]

Your getting there pal. Need to keep a nice tight arc still, there's some big beebies from longer arcs that you have made still. You need to get your self comfy so that you can work at consistent arc length, travel speed and rod manipulation. you need to remember to shove the rod into the puddle and Watch the puddle progress as you feed the rod in, the puddle should be consuming the rod and the puddle progressed with the correct travel speed

 

[decepticon]

Looking pretty good to be fair, not perfect but that comes with practice.

Keep it up and try a small weave L-R (2mm only) use a piece of chalk to draw a line on the metal to follow




Cheers

 

[Bill Edwards]

Personally I wouldn't be trying a weave as it's a bad habit to develop. It has its uses but can also cause problems and is best kept for vertical work.

 

[Bear]

Thanks for the responses guys. At least if i know im on the right track and can keep burning rods and practicing and gainig more experience

I knew every weld i did that the start was wiggly but i assume more practice should help sort that out. I did try and keep a tight arc but i did see it get bigger in places but was able to tell and push the rod further into the weld puddle to try and correct. So i was happy that i was now able to tell that the arc was getting to long

 

[Kent]

Lap your beads so you pick up the toe of the previous
Start your pad along the outer edge as in right on the very edge! Then work in
Your doing OK but your not realy able to judge anything running imaginary lines across a plate

 

[Bear]

So i assume by lap the beads you mean do the next bead along the edge of the previous bead?

 

[Kent]

So i assume by lap the beads you mean do the next bead along the edge of the previous bead?

Yep just catching the toe of it

 

[Bear]

Yep just catching the toe of it

Ok will give that ago next time.

Thanks