02-11-2015, 08:31 PM
Hoped we'd get a few more opinions.
Yes the wedge and anchor will take a lot more heat. On something like that I'd weave a U shaped pattern, start on the thin metal then move over to the heavy making the u to move forward, move over the u slower then out onto the beam and right back onto the heavy part to focus the heat there. With 1/8 rod at 110 to 120 amp, (recommended is probably 90 amp) weave a pattern about 3/8th wide, moving forward maybe an 1/8th of an inch at a time. You should be melting back into the pass behind the weave a little each time, laying the beads beside each other leaves a rough surface. Doing it this way with 7018 (if your welder is DC) should have the slag almost curl of behind as you go.
Think thats how I'd do it, I weld more by feel (gets hot some times)
Yes the wedge and anchor will take a lot more heat. On something like that I'd weave a U shaped pattern, start on the thin metal then move over to the heavy making the u to move forward, move over the u slower then out onto the beam and right back onto the heavy part to focus the heat there. With 1/8 rod at 110 to 120 amp, (recommended is probably 90 amp) weave a pattern about 3/8th wide, moving forward maybe an 1/8th of an inch at a time. You should be melting back into the pass behind the weave a little each time, laying the beads beside each other leaves a rough surface. Doing it this way with 7018 (if your welder is DC) should have the slag almost curl of behind as you go.
Think thats how I'd do it, I weld more by feel (gets hot some times)
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Greg
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