3G Open Root Test by a Welding Student | 6010-7018

Today we have South Coast Welding Academy welding student Austin Wright. He is currently learning the welding trade, and today he is going to show you how far along he has come on his 3G Open-Root test.

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[jamesonkennedy]

I think this video was great. Austin focused on the weld, and the WeldingFlyDuck talked through it. I’d love to see a series of these.

[johnmichaelbenson]

I just started welding school after 30 years in culinary and it is awesome! I'm stoked by your videos!

[LilFish]

You guys made a great choice and choosing the student to do the video. Great job Austin, this young man will do well in this field, best of luck to him.

[ildefonsobriones]

In my own experience in welding technic, circling the rod is the best if your hands not shakey but if your hands too shakey, the best stroke is whipping.

[davidusry]

Good job Austin, your going to do well in this field!

[davidmorgan]

You are going to make a great hand out in the field Austin!! Keep at it youngster!!

[savetheplanet]

I go to Lively and we learned it a bit differently. We still used 6010 for the root and 7018 for the fill and cap, but we did a single vertical weave fill and a vertical weave cap that just covered the bevels. We used 3-stringer caps on 2G and 4G. We have 1/8in gaps and 1/8in landings on the bevels. They have us do vertical weave beads whenever we weld vertically even on pipes. We used weaves on 1G and 5G, but used stringers on 2G and 6G. They even have us do this for AWS cert testing.

[clintcowles]

The A B C's of welding. Always Be Comfortable. SMAW is by far my favorite process. And I have never been formally taught how to run a tig torch....I struggle to get Comfortable with that....I'm 42 now...time flys!! Would have been the cats ass to go to school for welding!! I hope these young guys make the best of it!!!

[nabilfazabinmohdaffenddi]

Good video. I just starterd my first training. Been 3 days now. Your video helps a lot. Thank you @weldtube!

[BadEconomyOfficial]

“I’m going to go up, down, side to side!” Dude, just do ⭕️ circles or triangles, 10x faster and your beads will turn out better.

[adevairalmeida]

I'm Brazilian and I liked your videos

[ryanmccarthy]

At my shop, we seldom ever do stick welding.
Unless we go out into the field for installations.
Otherwise, it's nothing but Mig and Flux Core.

[ramjitukaram]

Thank you so much ❤
I learn so much hear

[weavercattlecompany]

The Hot pass technique used here is nothing more than glorified tack welding 🤫

Don't watch the puddle cool down but instead make sure the puddle is chasing the electrode which means your amperage & speed of travel are correct. If the puddle is solidifying before you whip back into it then you aren't actually controlling the puddle are you 😊

The "Hot" pass is a process that helps smooth or resurface the root pass and make it usable without grinding the weld. The extra heat also helps remove any remaining trapped slag from the root pass. You're looking for a smooth weld bead with tight ripples and not a stack of dimes or in this case quarters 😁

Small circles on the E7018 stringer will flatten the bead out so it won't look so lumpy/crowned. Also, triangles for E6010/6011 hot pass will allow you to carry a larger puddle while still keeping a flat/smooth bead profile 😉

On a side note, a short arc-length will cause a crowned/lumpy weld bead profile too. This will cause the arc-force to be weak which won't spread the weld puddle out correctly making it more difficult to control.

A good way to verify if your arc-length is correct is to try running some E6013 for your cover pass. This particular electrode is similar to E308/309 stainless and requires the welder to manually manipulate the arc-force to control the puddle. If you have any flaws into your technique then E6013 will definitely expose them when it comes to welding out of position 😁

By the way, you can use E6013 open root if you want to challenge yourself. I've used it open root before on a PTO-Drive shaft on farm equipment and it works just fine and is more ductile to boot! Just know that the world doesn't revolve around pipe welding so don't be afraid to try other techniques.

[abdtk]

I am a Bangladeshi I am always yours Watch the videos and I am learning new welding watching your videos helps me a lot so asakari step step brother step1step 1g to 6g please give all the videos asakari thank you

[MatthewPalmer-so]

Wish I could go there and get trained!!!

[aaronwilson]

Thanks for clarifying the hot pass inverted T was 6010 and you could be asked to use 7018 weave. That was a good video, good explanation while you as a instructor watch and teach.

[realsteelreggae]

This is an incomplete test, where's the bending and assessment..full test please.

[andloz]

Good shit I plan on becoming a welder in the next two years I need all the info I can get and you guys are amazing at explaining technics thank you

[aaronthompson]

Another great video guys. Keep up the good work.