slow-motion stick welding

[CNC Dan]

I'm not sure if I posted this here before, but I thought people would like to see this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8VghtYo5o&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

[stuckmotor]

Was the weldor holding the electrode at the correct distance or long arcing for the sake of the video?

 

[CNC Dan]

Was the weldor holding the electrode at the correct distance or long arcing for the sake of the video?

Not sure, but you could try to judge by the electrode size.

BTW, the whole video is less than 1/2 second.

 

[Furu]

In the 1/2 second (real time) video the arc length was closed up significantly. You can see it over the 2 minutes but is real obvious if you drag the slider to speed up the 2 minute slow mo.

 

[flusher]

Was the weldor holding the electrode at the correct distance or long arcing for the sake of the video?

Looks pretty good to me. Angle about 30-45 deg. Gap (measured to the centerline of the rod) looks OK (about 50% of rod diameter--1/8" dia rod, 1/16" gap). Puddle looks normal. No evidence of long arcing.

 

[CNC Dan]

This vid shows spray transfer mig.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzpNORdg7qs&feature=youtube_gdata_player