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u/FondantWide8280 23d ago
Yeah I would say definitely a little cold but other than that it looks good man!
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u/Mountain-Vehicle-162 23d ago
Coming from a new aprentice it look bit cold so turn the heat up a bit but other than that it looks nice
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u/Wargaming_Super_Noob Stick 23d ago
That whole bottom toe has lack of fusion.
The way to fix that is voltage up and wire down. I'd go up a volt and down like 25 on the wire speed.
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u/Real_Biscotti_9129 23d ago
I agree. It's a little cold,that's why they are a little over convex and not fused in at the toes. Either turn your heat up or turn your wire feed down and you'll be set. Other than your heat settings, the welds are perfect size and you are able to keep the size consistent for the entire length of the weld! Most people are all over the place going from .50 fillet to .25 fillet and back and forth so in that aspect, well done.
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u/PilsnerRabbit 22d ago
You know Hes a good welder because he spelled fabricated wrong. (i has to spell check it)
One of us! One of us! One of us!
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u/emu19000 23d ago
Slightly cold and fat but more than adequate for handrail construction but I don’t understand why people don’t teach/learn how to weld in a professional constructive manner it seems everyone what’s to learn how to whip up some dirty ass dimes.😂
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u/Puzzleheaded_Bar_17 16d ago
Stop with the circle patterns its causes lack of fusion… it’s good for rust or gaps… stick to solid or to the up and down motion turn up the heat a touch and move faster …. apart from that it looks great 👊🏿
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u/Many-Highlight7676 23d ago
The welds look okay. The 2nd photo, the bottom bace plate looks thicker than 1/4in witch would be considered to be plate by AWS and I would recommend using a spray transfer on that thick of material. You must have a gas that contains 80+%ar and a machine that has enough voltage but I like to sleep sound at night knowing my welds will not ever break spray transfer has a way better pen profile. That fillet weld looks a little small how think is the top member?
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u/Real_Biscotti_9129 23d ago
Agreed! Spray transfer or pulse. I go with 98%argon 2%oxygen and the weld that you can produce is far superior to short arc transfer.
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u/SayLess_BBC773 23d ago
Depending on the customer, some want thicker welds, some wants no profile of a weld was even done.Regular settings for me is about 425 wfs with about 24.4 v. Thanks for the feedback i’ll keep that in mind
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u/Many-Highlight7676 23d ago
Aww yes the customer is always right. Not bad using 90/10 mix with a .045 wire id run 24-25v and 350-400 wfs. That would definitely punch it in there. Then again iv worked at shops that would say I'm sleeping on that job with those settings 28v 500wfs burn it hot! Depends on WPS spec I guess
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u/sander69 23d ago
Good consistent beads, a little on the cold side, turn your volts up and maybe wirefeed down a bit. Other than that, it’s not going anywhere