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How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 12:46 am
by ReaganReese46
Hello! I'm brand new here, looks like an awesome community to meet! I'm a senior in high school looking for a career in welding.
We have a local competition coming up, and I've been practicing like crazy. I just did this today. What do you all think?
E6010 73 amps 3/32 gap.
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 8:02 am
by tungstendipper
Your pictures didn't show, at least on my computer.
Welcome to the forum!
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:22 am
by MinnesotaDave
Same, no pics on my end.
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:08 pm
by ReaganReese46
Sorry, it seems you must right click them and open in a new tab.
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 7:42 pm
by aland
I'm just posting these pics from the OP...somehow google has them un-viewable for 3rd party hosting, but don't know that for certain...these seem to view...
That second pic doesn't look like a bad root pass, IMO. Is the first pic the fill pass ? Has a slight undercut on it. Maybe adjust the amps slightly. the top weld looks questionable along the seam, but that could be my untrained eye.
Alan
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 11:22 pm
by Poland308
I would guess that those are two pics of the same weld. One from each side. If so then there is a little lack of fusion on the back side. Not bad. Things look pretty even. I’d recommend running a little hotter. What size rod? 1/8? How much land?
Re: How is this 6010 root pass?
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2018 10:04 am
by CHCWeldingLLC
Same questions as Poland but to me it looks like the gap is wide, you shouldn’t be able to fit your 1/8 rod though to the backside, causing you to keyhole the gap open, then allowing you to push the rod into the backside and get some build up.