Well good morning to you to"mr" brian!
So your daddy taught you something,well good for you. I gotta say though,it appears you know just enough to be dangerous.
And again,if you wanta post some pictures of YOUR welds,go ahead,sure your daddy would be proud.[How did your daddy get in this anyways?]
And to believe you don't weld for your living!![man,will wonders never cease]
LD1,now heres a man that likes to post pictures of his weld! Not bad,but that penatration you say you see is actually undercut on the top edge[looks to me like],your not supposed to have that And looks like a little roll on that same weld.
On a weld like that,you got to point your gun up a little,[gravity],also your travel speed might have been a little slow.
Thats why multiple passes are needed in most applications with thicker material,you don't try and fill the groove in one pass,you put a root in,[than dress up/grind any high spots] than put one over it,in this application on horazontal,you might put a root in,than one one bottom half of root,than one[or more] above the second pass,tying them together. That way is easier,than weaving one over another.
That mig is easy when welding thin stuff flat,but you get out of flat,and get on thicker stuff,it ain't so easy anymores,got to have it turned up enough to insure penatration, than that gravity thing gets you.
