My First Time at Laying Welds !!

[DickyB]

Hi chaps, Had a go on my 135te yesterday for the first time. Found it quite scary at first , but then very enjoyable.

Steel was 1mm.

Welder was set 1 & Min, Wire speed on 6, Gas on 4.

In the first photo below i started on the left. Second is the back.

In the third, forth and fifth photos, show my attempt at a lap joint and trying the Zig-Zag. And then the back. (quite pleased with these ones).

Let us know what you think.

Dicky.

 

[Wozzaaah]

What do I think? I think you deserve a round of applause!

To be slightly critical, the welds in pic 1 are quite narrow which may suggest your travel speed is a tad too fast but other than that they look very good.

 

[knoba]

Well done! Those welds look great. Good prep too...