Any welders? I need a weld inspected.
 

So im an electrician not a welder but recieved a crash course from my dad. I borrowed his hobart mig to do some welding on an implement im building and wanted an approval before i carry on. Thanks

How much weight are u expecting these welds to hold??

Wrap the ends and seal weld it all around and you'll be ok. Make sure of your material type. I'm assuming regular carborundum steel. If so, make sure that you're using 70s-2 or 70s-6 wire, otherwise, you'll have breakage.

Carbon steel! Not whatever my phone came up with!

That looks like stainless plates. If so, you need to use 309 wire because the pipe is definately carbon.

was the gas on??

Plates galvanized

if the gas wasn't on there would be more little holes in the weld! so it looks like it was! I use to work in a shop inspecting welds on scaffold before it got galvanized, all welds had to be 3/4 of an inch long on all points to be approved safe. as long as your weight isn't too much your welds should be good.

Using flux core, i dont have gas available

Did u grind the galvanized first? Also if your not planning on supporting over 1000lbs or something extreme like that your gonna be fine man...this is getting made out to be more than what it is.

This going to be a row builder for gardening, the plates allow me to slide my discs wider and narrower and adjust the angle. What im gettin at is that it'll have apush against it but the dirt will already have been broken up by the time i use this.

I did grind the galvanized first, i tried without first and it looked rough due to throwin a lot of slag

Would i be right by thinkin that if i was worried about strength that i should have taken my welds wider when i was making my "U" s? Or should i have put a bead over these beads like a story house idea? Just tryin to get a better understanding of this.

Man you got plenty enough on there...your gonna be fine

If anything...tie them in with each other and make one long one

It crossed my mind may do that just to be safe, i know its not a lot of pull on it but hate for it to give me problem years from now

now that you've got some meat on it. turn up the heat about 20-30 and blend it together. a good weld is one that don't break. don't worry about cosmetics.

Again, wrap the ends of the plates. That will be more than plenty for what you need.

I did that on the other two, not sure y i didnt do this one like that

You had a me moment! Lol!...Know what ya should do and still don't! Lol

^ If this guy tells ya its good its good . He can't catch trout but he can weld in the dark while blindfolded. LOL:rotfl:

I did the other 2 nite before last when i had more time, did this one tonite while the wife was hollerin dinner time. Had 10 min to weld, finish my beer and refill, then shut the shop.

That hurt, eman!

2 stringer bead seal weld be there till cow's come home.

I can weld some. You should have hollered.

Wrap the ends and I agree

yup always wrap the ends, that will hold alot more than you think it will, you should always grind the galvanize off till it throws sparks like you would be grinding on bare metal. Looks good for a rookie, and as mentioned before as long as it doesnt break its gtg