Training Tuesday #9 Welding Basics

Good afternoon folks welcome to another Training Tuesday this week we will cover  Arc Welding basics 

Tools or items needed 

an arc welder  

safety gear (helmet, gloves ect )

electrodes

wire brush 

metal to practice on 

Step one 

The arc is started by touching the electrode momentarily against the work to complete the electrical circuit before raising the electrode to establish the arc.

Step two

once you have an arc started draw the arc  in a steady  U shaped movement keeping while maintaining the gap between the electrode and the metal your welding on .

Step three

Practice drawing arcs on a flat piece of metal until you feel comfortable and your lines are clean 

Step four 

practice joining pieces of metal together there a number of different joints that can use I find that a step joint is a good one to learn first you can do the by overlapping the pieces of metal and running the the weld at the edge where they join  

What have we learned 

we have now a basic understanding of arc welding which we can use in a number of ways 

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