How to stick weld 👨🏻‍🏭: How to weld Butt joints (Series part 4)

On episode 4 we tackle butt joints and fix common welding mistakes

[mrblungorn]

how does this series not have more views. this 'course' is unreal. good info. not boring. and good presentation. cheers buddy ! (from a new welder)

[graphite]

Thank you! this information you are sharing from this series of videos blows all the previous videos I have seen right out of the water, you are an excellent teacher!!! A++❤

[johngersna]

I learned a few things from this excellent video. #1 For my purposes I'll stay away from 6013 rods. #2 I'm not the only one that sometimes loses my line of travel. I thought that it was because of my age (going on 73) which probably contributes to it but you gave me ways to overcome it. For that I thank you. You are a great teacher and I believe that your channel will grow immensely in the future. There are a lot of people that are very interested in learning how to weld and you make it interesting, informative, and easy to understand. God bless and please keep making your videos

[boehning]

I'm a scientist, and I love how you treat welding like a science: reduce the number of variables and only change one variable at a time until you have the perfect weld.

[elgkas]

Thanks for making several mistakes Greg. I believe it is the only way for beginners or experienced welders to understand why welds fail. I am sure that it would not be to hard to put a weld down that looks picture perfect but has no strength. Ultimately, we all want welds that look good but more importantly, perform as expected.

[MarkFlynn-xk]

Hi Greg. Thank you for your excellent tutorials. I have an up coming project where I have to join 125mm by 75mm 4mm thk RHS together as a structural butt joint. I’m aware that in an Contiguous beam we would locate the connection 1/3rd or 2/3rds of the span. Or I can treat each span between supports as individual beams. My question is how would you butt weld the beams together? I’m new to welding but I, m a civil engineer. I’ve researched and backing plates etc have come up. But I believe position of the joint determines the type of connection. Hope this makes sense and look forward to your words of wisdom. Thank Mark

[fitch]

Terrific video. I've been stick welding off and on as a DIY for something like 70 years and I learned from it. I'm learning something, sometimes a lot from the videos in this series. Thanks for that,  

We only learn from what goes wrong. Someplace in my office I have a book titled "What you can learn from what went wrong, " a relic from my years trouble shooting satellite power electronics at Boeing 25 years ago. When everything goes right, it's almost impossible to know the cause of success. On the other hand, problems and mistakes can be investigated to find the cause. A mistake people frequently make is to assume there is only one cause. Often with a new process or new design there can be multiple causes working synergistically.

[ronrichard]

Thanks for the vids, enjoying the welding classes.

[chuckmiller]

When I learned to do root passes, we ran 6010 or 6011 on 16 guage sheet steel, we pushed the rod to burn through solid sheet and learned how to control that keyhole.

[Christopherbever]

I’m going to re watch this whole series once I get my high volt outlet put in so I can practice on my new to me tombstone!

[transientmwx]

Great video! Thank you for putting the time in. As a new welder it’s good to see and hear different aspects of running stick, and you’re not afraid of pointing out mistakes and provide solutions. Awesome!

[bradman]

This video series is amazing. If I butt weld plates and they warp so they are no longer flat, how can I prevent/ fix this?

Thanks!!

[ericarachel]

as a novice, I love the way you explain things, it is easier to follow than others I have viewed. You have mistakes and then tell how and why it happened like in real life, this is a great learning tool

[zenjon]

Greg, since I started watching your videos, I run a file a couple or three times over the shank of the welding rod. On 7018, I have noticed a considerable change in starting it

[mervenmoodley]

Hello, thanks ...I started watching your first video for beginners and continued watching. Your videos makes so much sense compared to other videos that I watched which much use for me. I learnt so much from you and I am now understanding my mistakes as amateur welder. Thank you so much. Happiness 😊

[bkimby]

Just found your channel a day ago. Love the videos.

[julesc]

Thank you for 6013.
In my country 6010 and 6011 are speciality pipe rods and only available in 50 pound boxes and are relatively expensive. 7018 are available but only from speciality welding supplies.
Only 6013 considered the general purpose and the only rod available available at the local hardware stores.

[erikslagter]

Greg, thank you for taking the time to make this awesome detailed series on YouTube!

[angelaprater]

Pretty good teacher love learning from you. Thank you so much for taking the time.

[blueknightcraze]

Youre truly a blessing 😂 thanks for this playlist