Anything welding

It's "easier" to run uphill and get a good quality weld than downhill.

You see downhill more with 31.1, 31.3 and 1104. And a lot of it is when a MFG of a product in a system or a client/company produces a wps specifying a downhill procedure, normally due to time or because it's considered "low pressure".


My comments on downhill are based off of many cert quals which are all ndt and dt via tensile, notch, side bend and face bend (and etch + xray). So opinion aside, the numbers in real world are comparable.

 

And throw name in for Norton discs

 

Are most of these downhill welds F3 xx10 type elecrodes? Just curious. Chatted with a pipline welder who said most of his work was 8010 downhill, root, fill and cap. I knew the root was downhill but was suprised to hear fill and cap was too.

 

Yup. 60xx,70xx, and so on. Then you get in to 5p, 5p++ and every other flavor.
Basically it's a light slag, cellulose rode ( makes gas.for shielding), with a very stiff arc. As you go up in the tensile strength (60,70,80) they get a bit more stubborn to manipulate and can almost be more ...spongy...? while looking at the puddle.

Theres a lot of generalities in welding that are applied poorly.
Ex. You can open root 7018. Columbia gas 12 on 12 branch tests

 

Being mostly self taught, this was a big thing for me. In the beginning I had some welds that were a little porous and that helped.

 

Cool, so many varieties of electrodes, thats what I like about stick.
I was taught with 6010 root, 7018 fill and cap. Its tricky to do haha! 2 of 10 passed their B pressure, I didnt feel like burning $350 to fail so I didnt try, need more experience.

 

Yup. That was 90% of my 31.1 stuff. Underground steam. Downhill root, hot pass, 7018 fill/cap

 

That's really dependent on the welding process being used

 

All my stuff was open root tig uphill. Tig was the only class i took before i decided i didnt want to be a welder. But I am doing it part time in an industrial maintenance shop while in school. We only use the er70s-6 mig wire there nothing special. I dont do much stick welding.

 

Got my dimple die set delivered today from Eastwood. Quality looks great. I feel like they’ll last a while with the amount of use they’ll get. Of course I had to try out my new toy really quick. 1/8” aluminum with a 2” dimple die. Works really well. Very excited to be able to do some dimple dies in some things now. Save weight, looks good, adds rigidity back to the part.

 

Finally finished bumper re design project.

 

Nice job dude!!!

 

That Viking welder makes some nice welds.

 

Thanks bro, here's some more shots. Tight spots got tricky.

 

"Vulcan" ?

 

Oops, got them switched around in my mind. Just woke up.

 

Yep, MIG.

 

Make him get a decent one. You will be in line to acquire it, when he gets tired of using it.

 

All my welding equipment is Miller. With that said, I am impressed with the Vulcan line.

 

Once you go MIG, you will do everything possible to never use that welder again. They have their uses, but MIG is magic once you get it dialed in.