7018 Stick Welding Tube to Plate 5F

A simple 5F tube to plate weld test using 3/32" 7018 at 90-95 amps

[bogan]

Afew years ago i had to pass a 6g test to go on a mine site here in Western Australia. My job on the site was just to tack up base plates to columns then another guy would weld them out behind me. Thats right folks had to pass a cert just to tack up baseplates

[SeanBZA]

Bet the longest wait was for the hot work permit, and the safety induction for the new area. Only then can you actually step foot and see what you are going to do. 5 minutes of work, 2 days of preparation, a week of training, which means he now has another cert on his toolchain to use.

[beyondmiddleagedman]

We had no one certified for a very specific and critical weld at my shop. The mfg sent one of their engineers to our facility to check our welding equipment. Two days later they flew out a welder with his own roll of wire and had the gas company deliver a bottle of 'special' mix. (The exact same stuff we had 12 bottles of. From the same supplier.) The welder loaded his wire in our machine. Ran a few test beads on a coupon using the engineer's settings and went to work. 8" of bead in 4 locations (about 15 minutes) later he packed up, took his spool and flew home.
A farmboy could have done the welds with a buzzbox and had the same results. But, being it was a government job, lawyers and politicians are involved. Nothing without a CYA paper trail.

[mattfischer]

I appreciated the constant walk thru & bits of knowledge throughout the video. It's evident that you guys have been in the field for a while & have extensive knowledge of welding. This video just happened to pop up on my feed but I'm definitely gonna bookmark it & check out whatever else you guys have 4 videos. Thanks for a well made, instructional type video that has some relevance. There's too many people with the ability to make videos that should not. Mostly for the lack of knowledge in the field, especially on the safety side of things.

[___PK__]

What a great camera. It helps me big time to see so clearly what that stick and puddle are doing with an expert on the other end. To see what I should see through the lens.

[waynemartin]

Thank you Jody. I really appreciate your stick welding videos.

[calholli]

In the end, he left that cap crooked because he didn't have a hammer with him, and he didnt' want to climb back down; if he wasn't on camera, he could have unhooked his harness and used that hook as a hammer and tapped the cap over straight again-- Next time I bet he'll remember to bring a hammer though. :)
Preferably tied to a lanyard, so he can't accidentally drop it.

[Skyne_E_Vader]

Great to show a real world application!

[stuartbrazile]

Looks like Andrew isn’t too worried about his hair catching fire 😮
Braver than me!!

[olddawgdreaming]

Thanks for sharing with us Jody. That was interesting to hear about. Fred.

[Her.ber.t]

You are the best! Herbert from Brazil👍🏾

[dumitruserban]

Tig weld on a 2inch socket ! 2 runs when I worked in refinery an gas plant ! No stick weld ! Sparks ! Build a hampy for sparks and gas monitoring

[wildman]

I wish I could lay a beautiful bead of weld like that; with stick

[hinesvillebass]

I have to do this alot where I'm at. Only diffrence is the 12 to 3 o'clock positions are obscured and. It visible so I have to mirror it with stick and it allways is a PIA to do. But I'm glad I get to do it because I know my welds will pass QC. And if someone else did it where I'm at it would most likely fail and I'd have to do a repair in the field lol

[jee]

In my opinion, small bore it should be used GTAW welding process.

[paulmeersa]

In ASME if you qualify welders on 2" XXS groove welds they are qualified for this fillet weld also, unless ASME IX [QW452.6] has changed from a few years back...?

[T_Humphries]

Lots of hoops to jump through, I am interested on how he charged his time for this job

[Ga-m]

Did you grind the area after weld again ???

[TRPD]

Im Just starting 5F and having some trouble. Am I suppose to have a technique/pattern when welding?

[chorgzent.]

Lol u could tell andrew aint workin for lincoln anymore wit that spraypainted hood haha no way Ol Red allow that