Anything welding

Shouldn't you bevel the inside?

 

Its not pipe welding. Just mild steel bracket construction.

 

Yes I had it set up like the on on the right.

Wish I knew that earlier! Haha

 

I was speaking in general. I thought it ended up being stronger.

 

With iron positioned like the pic on the left, it is a beveled weld site. You just didn't use a grinder.

 

I didn't think about it like that. Thanks

 

Holy shit! I actually did something right?

 

If we give you an "attaboy", are you gonna be able to keep it together?

 

Probably not. I get very few pats on the back anymore.

 

You got lucky?

 

Seriously though, I would've instinctively gone with setting it up like the butt joint on the right.
Another detail learned.
Thanks Jon.

 

A little detail that my big brother and welder of many years never bothered to tell me about. At first I would bevel the back edge and butt them. But that does not leave much weld area, so then one day the light bulb turned on.

 

Big brothers are dicks.

So my little brother says....

 

It is very natural to set up the joint on the right, my teacher taught us to use the joint on the left for everything but very thin material.
Also when welding the joint on the left it's easier to weld the inside first and then the outside, if you try to weld the outside first you're more likely (actually, very likely) to blow through.

 

Use lower heat and or whip through the middle faster. I roll past the edge a bit also so that I don't melt the edge off and have an unsightly corner after grinding.

 

With which process?
With dual shield (What we used most with that joint) that would be the best way to do that
With MIG you could do smaller/faster circles
With 7018 I would tend to run stringers instead of a weave, or at least run stringers for root and hot and then cap it with a weave.

 

MIG. Haven't stick welded in about 20 years.
Dual shield typically only used in structural? My brother's shop uses it.

 

We practiced with dual shield for the shipyards, I'm not sure where else uses dual shield because my teacher was trying to get us set up to work either for a shipyard or NASA.
I went to school down south (South Ms) but have since moved up to central Va, from the little I have looked around here (I actually don't plan on welding for a career even though I have my associates in Welding and cutting Tech) most places use MIG or Stick.

 

By dual shield you do mean gas shield with flux core wire?