Welding critique please

[Mathius]

You have a very bad case of cold roll. Could be your technique, could be your heat settings are too low.

You see the bottom and top of your welds? There is no visible penetration. It looks like a log of steel is sitting on the two plates. Very little strength there, not enough penetration.

Your weld should look flat on the edges of the weld where you can visibly see it burned into the plate.

Your gap isn't an issue. You're running what's referred to as a "T" joint. Because one plate is butted up against each other, like a corner. This is also a fillet weld, not a groove.



Your motion should flow from one plate to the other, spending more time on the top half, because gravity is going to try to pull the weld down.

Mathius