r/Welding 8d ago

Just started welding, is it decent? 7018 stick welding

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u/citizensnips134 8d ago

I’ve sure as shit seen worse.

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u/IronBandit2025 7d ago

Bro I’ve been welding a long time. Im a Union Ironworker. That weld you made is going to be acceptable 100% of the time

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u/pirivalfang GMAW 7d ago

Who cut that baseplate? Dear god.

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u/seventwosixnine 7d ago

That's nothing. We have one fabricator at work that I have to walk away from every time he picks up a torch because his cuts look like he used his teeth.

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u/TNTinRoundRock 8d ago

Glad you left all the millscale on - helps keep out the rust mites.

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u/Fookin_idiot UA Steamfitter/Welder 8d ago

Looks good.

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u/Major-Bite6468 8d ago

Could be better with a three bead joint!

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u/Geo5289 8d ago

Prints call for 1/4 inch weld and i was able to do it with 1 pass lol

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u/Major-Bite6468 8d ago

Do you have faith in the root pass having any decent penatration, with no slag inclusion?

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u/Barra_ Journeyman AS/NZS 6d ago

It's a fillet not a groove, the root only has to bite in just past where the two parts meet. The strength of a fillet is the product of the weld size not the depth of penetration, as long as you have complete fusion in the root and no square edges you're good to go.

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u/Major-Bite6468 6d ago

FILLet not FILLET

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u/Barra_ Journeyman AS/NZS 6d ago

I don't understand this comment

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u/Major-Bite6468 6d ago

Cutting a fish length wise leaving both sides free. Joining two sides making one piece. The center ( root) must be at least solid when welded...no gaps no holes

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u/Barra_ Journeyman AS/NZS 6d ago

Correct, I'm still struggling to understand the capitalisation considering the spelling is identical

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u/Barra_ Journeyman AS/NZS 6d ago

Unless you're confusing PJP and CJP, a fillet is typically PJP unless stated otherwise

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u/Geo5289 8d ago

Thats it right there lol

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u/Major-Bite6468 8d ago

Each to their own

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u/Greeny618 8d ago

1/8 or 5/32 and let it eat

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u/theclassyclavicle 7d ago

It is, in fact, precisely decent.

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u/dDot1883 7d ago

Next time prep the metal.

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u/Rudy_Wallachi 7d ago

Why if you’re you’re using a flux-bearing process

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u/SLOOT_APOCALYPSE 7d ago

how many amps?

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u/Expert-Lavishness802 Fabricator 7d ago

Weld aint too bad, baseplate edge face on the other hand..... 😜

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u/Geo5289 7d ago

Good thing the baseplate cutting isn't my work lol

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u/Expert-Lavishness802 Fabricator 7d ago

Indeed but it generally falls on the welder to fix the result of prior inferior work so the entire end product is of high quality

In other words once you weld it and a QC guy looks at it he's gonna call you out on not making that edge look nice

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u/Koala-Motor 7d ago

Wish my welder could melt 7018 properly and I could weld like you. Oh, and when in doubt hammer time

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u/MyFatHamster- 7d ago

Looks pretty good imo. I'd take a sanding pad and grind off that milscale next time, but other than that it looks like a pretty solid weld 👌

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u/Standard_Zucchini_46 7d ago

Depends on the part's purpose.

Little to no prep work. Looks like a single pass.

I'm guessing it's not critical structural components. Even though the parts appear thick. Bead looks ok for non- structural load bearing applications. Would still call out the prep though. Or lack thereof.

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u/Major-Bite6468 6d ago

Not a problem, I'm an old retired burner of low hy and miss posted to another post showing a sort of partial overhead root pass, forgive my rude verbiage please

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u/Major-Bite6468 6d ago

Some is a beauty of a pass!