John,AKweldshop wrote:Butcher wrote:I was starting my stringers on the backing plate so that is where the weld transferred from overhead (doesn't seem like the right term?) to vertical. Unless you mean the two short stringers, that is where I filled in two low spots.AKweldshop wrote:What are those ugly little things hanging onto the bottom of that last pic you posted?
Surely you are able to eliminate those ?
I'm talking about those two little stringers that you used to fill the low places, yes.
Bottom line.
They look bad.
Your capping stringers should be one weld from top to bottom.
If you have low places, for gosh's sake, fill them in thru out the fill passes.
You had tons of time to even things out.
Please do not fill the low places on the cap.
John
You made those statements now back them up.
You have forgot that Butcher is welding to AWS D1.1 and he will be turning his test plate in with the cover pass ground down. Why then would it matter what the weld looks like?
There is NOTHING in code that states a weld must be continuous no matter the length of the weld.
"Section 3.7.1 Vertical-Up Welding Requirements. The progression for all passes in vertical position welding shall be upward, except that undercut may be repaired vertically downwards...."
Figure 4.21 Test plate for Unlimited Thickness-Welder Qualification clearly shows the test plate shall be 5" min to which his plates are 6", I know because I provied these particular plates, therefore he can cut off the ends and get rid of those "little ugly things hanging onto the bottow."
If I am incorrect in my reply, please correct me with the code to which he is welding to.
-Jonathan