it's wild! I hav been practicimg 5/16 weld thickness for a year now and never even knew it! we have an A-Frame that goes on our dumpsters and the longest welds we make on it are two 1.5 ft horizontal welds that I measured today, and yep: 5/16 thickness. Good stuff eh?
I teach all my guys to just flip the gauge for measuring the vertical leg. It the gauge hits the weld, you’re good, if it doesn’t then it’s undersized. I don’t like reading those lines I think it’s too difficult in the field and eyes are deceiving.
How would you determine your puddle size is correct during welding? My guess would be example your weld symbol is calling out .25 inches. Best way to make sure your puddle is the right size is geo get a 1/4 inch plate and place it up against your joint and mark with soap stone or scribe out the legs on both plates. Then you know for certain you have an idea where your toes should wet out to. That's how I'd do it before inspector comes around with a gauge to check the size of legs. I never had to deal with that but I'm sure for accuracy if you dont know what the size weld should look like, just scribe out your legs first. Then you'll have an idea of your puddle is washing out consistently to the appropriate sizes. Especially on unequal legs. Because how are you suppose to know if your puddle is washing out to appropriate leg lengths. You really don't. For me I'd mark my legs first. Then i know as i pull the trigger, i can watch the puddle expand out and make sure the sides spread somewhere near the lines.
You can mark your sides, but for the most part welders just get used to how big they need to make the puddle through muscle memory and repeated welding. If you were in a production situation they are not going to want you to slow down production by taking the time to mark the sides. If you were in a certification situation then I would say it would be appropriate to mark the sides.
Yes... 5/16 weld practice all week for a weld test next Sunday and now I know how to use my guages! Thank you!
it's wild! I hav been practicimg 5/16 weld thickness for a year now and never even knew it! we have an A-Frame that goes on our dumpsters and the longest welds we make on it are two 1.5 ft horizontal welds that I measured today, and yep: 5/16 thickness. Good stuff eh?
I teach all my guys to just flip the gauge for measuring the vertical leg. It the gauge hits the weld, you’re good, if it doesn’t then it’s undersized. I don’t like reading those lines I think it’s too difficult in the field and eyes are deceiving.
I needed this. TY
How would you determine your puddle size is correct during welding? My guess would be example your weld symbol is calling out .25 inches. Best way to make sure your puddle is the right size is geo get a 1/4 inch plate and place it up against your joint and mark with soap stone or scribe out the legs on both plates. Then you know for certain you have an idea where your toes should wet out to. That's how I'd do it before inspector comes around with a gauge to check the size of legs. I never had to deal with that but I'm sure for accuracy if you dont know what the size weld should look like, just scribe out your legs first. Then you'll have an idea of your puddle is washing out consistently to the appropriate sizes. Especially on unequal legs. Because how are you suppose to know if your puddle is washing out to appropriate leg lengths. You really don't. For me I'd mark my legs first. Then i know as i pull the trigger, i can watch the puddle expand out and make sure the sides spread somewhere near the lines.
You can mark your sides, but for the most part welders just get used to how big they need to make the puddle through muscle memory and repeated welding. If you were in a production situation they are not going to want you to slow down production by taking the time to mark the sides. If you were in a certification situation then I would say it would be appropriate to mark the sides.
So if the drawing asks for a 10 mm fillet and you put a 12mm but the throat measures up as a 10 mm does it still pass
In my experience if a drawing asks for 10 mm it is referring to the leg size of the weld not the throat.
@@TVWeld im saying if the leg measures a 12 but with the throat of a 10
Thank you for this sir, will come in handy for some pre-study CWI part B classes and test.
Thanx!