Lap-Joint Penetration pictures

[div6926]

Hi all,

I'm obviously fresh meat and am new to MIG welding, i'm currently restoring a 1972 minget and am reasonably happy with some of the welding i've done.

I use a flow rate of 10 l/min on pub gas using a Cosmo 130T (I know, should've bought a different one). The advice i'm after is how much visible penetration should i have on the bottom plate when doing a lap-joint as i've been unable to locate any photographs from this site or the books i've read.

Some of the joints i do are using a joggler/edge setter should i also see penetration below this joint, and if so how much?

If anyone has penetration photographs of these joints i would be extremely grateful,

many thanks,

Dave

 

[badersbus]

Best thing to do Dave is post some pics of your welds. The guys on here will not rip em apart. We all started at some time , hell we all still have our share of " crap" welds even now LOL.
As a suggestion on the joggled joints , i take it these are on body panels on the Midget. Would it be a suggestion to punch or plug holes through one panel and mig plug them up. You will get a nice factory.. ish joint , replicating the original spot welded joint. I use this method where a spot welder cannot get in.
Post some pics up , we all love in process shots.
Kirk