A foreman in St. Louis called me out on my weld prep last month

He walked over and said, 'Your bevel angle is too steep, you're losing penetration before you even strike an arc.' I was cutting a 37.5 degree bevel on some 2-inch plate for a pressure vessel. I switched to a 22.5 degree angle on my next piece and the difference in the root pass was night and day, way cleaner tie-in. Anyone else have a simple tip that fixed a weld issue you didn't even know you had?

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quinn5829d ago

Yeah, "doomed from the start" is right, @kelly.parker. I had the same thing happen with my travel speed on a fillet weld, felt like an idiot when I slowed down.

kelly.parker9d ago

Oh man, "losing penetration before you even strike an arc" is such a specific and brutal call-out. That foreman basically said your weld was doomed from the start (which, you know, is a fun way to start your Monday). It's always the simple stuff you overlook that comes back to bite you. Glad the fix worked, but I'd be thinking about that comment for weeks.