Searching for the Perfect Stack of Dimes! Everlast Lightning 225

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Everlast Lightning 225 -You've all seen the charts with different weave patterns to get that perfect stack of dimes. Well today, we're searching for the perfect stack of dimes! We are using some of the patterns we found online, as well as some of our own to see what patterns REALLY get the perfect looking weld.

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[horshak]

mancub if any of my welds came out like yours I carry it around to show off to my friends. Nice work.

[claytonblanchard]

My welds look like mixed change, nickles, dimes, and quarters.

[akio]

Different types and thicknesses of metal make a difference. I find that the cursive "e" makes for nice, consistent welds on thicker stock, but the "stitch" works better for thin stuff, and helps keep from burning holes in things.

[Whipple]

They look good. Test them. I’d be interested in seeing how much the penetration differed between them.
Cheers!
Whipple

[bolezy]

I'm an aluminum welder. I use the standard stitch type weld. I have to say, I really like your weld. I like the functionality of the draw and the overall look of the weld. Very nice sir. 👍

[TheCntryson]

I always like the smoothness of a straight push weld with mig.

[general]

THANK YOU FOR HAVING THIS SITE! THANK YOU FOR POSTING GREAT VIDEOS! Your cameraman is super good!
You were talking about different patterns, and what people used. My Father taught me, at a ripe young age, how to weld with an oxy/actlyn torch, and a wire coat hanger, back before I was 8 years old. I was doing welded art and accompanying a local artist to an art flea market, selling my creations and paying for my gas and hardware, to my Dad. He kept me supplied and taught me lots of techniques. I was fluent by age 10.
I didn't know there was any other way of welding until I got into junior high school. The shop teacher showed me that I wanted to make both pieces of metal, to flow together and have the filler rod to melt to cause a cascade of metal flow from one piece of metal to the other one, not so much as adding metal, but re-directing it, like dragging a path from a puddle of water on the ground, to where you want it to flow to. By introducing a wet surface, the water will not dam-up, but will nor readily follow that course. He said, welding with an electric welder is much the same as welding with the gas torch, but it was an electric arc that was melting the metal and that the direction that you pull the molten metal, needs to tie the metal from one piece to the other piece, just like the gas torch, and like the stick on the ground pulling the puddle of water! He showed me that a swirling pattern would beat BOTH sides and then coming back thru the puddle, would "drag that puddle" to the start of another puddle...an on and on, then back slightly on itself to end. That was the cursive "e". It was a number of years before MIG was even invented. Plasma, back then, was something that carried your blood thru your veins. I have kept that lesson in my head and wrist, for well over half a century, and it hasn't failed me yet! Few and far between welds have EVER failed, and that was tried with lots of tonnage. Sure, I use different patterns for cover passes, when one is needed, but the cursive "e" is my main one in stick and MIG. Torch, is more a drag and get out of the way before you allow the puddle to get too hot and either fall out or pop on you. You have to keep your P's and Q's about you, or you'll screw up! TIG, well...I understand it's just like welding with a torch, but it worry me! You have to keep your filler rod inside the phlegm of shielding gas, all the time and don't let the filler rod touch the Tungston tip, or it will light you up!!! And it has...EVERY TIME I've tried it...so I let other folks do TIG, and I do Torch, Stick, and Flux-Core MIG. I'm fairly close to 70, and I like to go "play" sometimes, but I enjoy watching young ideas. THANK YOU. I hope my story will help folks. I've always been intrigued with working steel. It was my life's hobby. I'm too shakey, now. By bead looks like a beginner's.

[ronmccall]

This is one of the best demos of welding techniques. Definitely gonna save this one. Thank you!!

[russianotter]

Good display of techniques, it's useful to have a few practiced for different situations.

You'll notice the heat affected zone is drastically different between the different techniques you used. This looks like fairly thin stock, so what's most likely happening is simply overheating. The styles with longer backstrokes tend to generate more heat than a simple drag, and it can warp thin material. For thick stock, I think these techniques would really shine.

On the other hand, you'll notice the less backstepping you do, or the quicker you are with it, you can control that HAZ. The quick back/forth stitch towards the end of the video has a very narrow colorband, which is awesome. It's well defined too, which means it's consistent, and that avoids warpage as well.

Cool video!

[everlastgenerator]

Awesome work Mancub. I have to say, "the mancub" is looking mighty nice.

[JAGLIFTZ]

Your technique was taught to me by my boss and it was the first spot on dimes I’ve ever laid he showed me a lil diffrent so I guess it was his twist 2 loops drag 2 loops drag and it makes some fat dimes and fills out incredibly well

[thetruewoodstylesage]

just started a new job never welded a day in my life well im being trained the first week on day shift i aint doing bad so far from what my trainer has told me he has seen 10 times worse but I'm going to try to implement the cursive e technique today see how it goes for me every once in awhile i burn holes but I'm slowly getting better at not staying in one spot to long and moving once i see the weld pool fill up usually when i do burn a whole its not a big one and a few of them i have actually filled in by myself and ive only been welding for like 3 days now and im loving it

[chaneysheffield]

all i have to say is this makes me want to take notes and refrence at work when i get some free time for practice. love it

[sfr]

Ive been using a very similar technique to your last one for 15 years except i pull it rather than push and it comes out even more clean than that. Also i use that technique to make a small welder act a bit stronger by pre-heating the area and doing a whip finish over the top if that makes sense. Good job.

[americanme]

I’ve never welded, but I tattooed for 15+ years and just bought my first welder. Your video has me all excite to run wire.

[julianwaldner]

Anyone else missing the good old days of Bob Moffat sharing his experience in real world welding? With real world applications and machines?

Dont get me wrong mancub, love that you're getting new people into welding, that's awesome.

[traviswright]

I usually do the “wave” or “crescent moon” technique, but the “triangle” and the cursive “e” looks really great. Have to push outside my comfort zone and try out some different styles. Great welds, keep up the great work Cub!

[StreetBikeTakeoverYT]

If I had to pick, aesthetically the triangle one looks the best but pretty large HAZ. Cursive E’s and oscillating back and forth are my go 2’s.

[keelandavis]

I used to always draw these patterns on my homework when I was a kid before I even knew what welding was.

[connor]

So glad to hear u saying spatter is a sign of a dialed or un dialed machine and that patterns are acceptable with mig and that a weld only needs to be as big as the base material...my supervisor says only pattern that works for mig is a oscillation