Re: OT sorta-Learning to weld

Posted by Mel in SW Iowa on June 02, 2009 at 06:06:41 from (75.104.160.38):

In Reply to: OT sorta-Learning to weld posted by Lanse on June 01, 2009 at 19:13:50:

Buzzman72, you are right, the puddle is the key.

Some brands of 6013 that I have tried work fine
in a butt joint or in any flatwork, but when you
are welding any included angle (90 degrees or l
less), the flux puddle is so big and thick that
you can't see what the metal puddle underneath is
doing especially in corners of included angles
(welding the inside corners of a box).

6011 and 7014 usually allow a welder with less
experience to view his puddle underneath or through the flux and make a better weld.

I recently had my first bad experience with an
auto darkening helmet. I had an inexpensive one
with a "Weld It" name on the auto darkening module
that I began getting welding flashes with. I had
another welder observe my welding thinking I was
seeing an intermittent problem with contaminated or damaged flux. He wasn't getting the arc flashes through his helmet. Fortunately, I didn't flash burn my eyes.

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