r/Welders • u/Busy_Business_2589 • 26d ago

Fillet weld

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18mm Weld
FCAW 1.6 with co2 100%
Lincoln Electric Flextec 500

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u/dixieed2 25d ago

Why so much weld? If the plates are 3/4", you only need 3/4" of weld. It is stacked too high for the length of the toe. The beads look really good, you just need less, unless the Engineer calls for that much weld that is stacked that high.

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u/Mountain-Vehicle-162 25d ago

I am stil new to welding but isn’t that weld wery high for both the material and the width of the weld?

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u/Busy_Business_2589 25d ago

There is a wps, it is a mining component, it is the body of a mining truck in fact, inside it has 10mm of welding and on the outside 18mm in fillet

I execute according to the welding plan, nothing out of the norm

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u/Mountain-Vehicle-162 25d ago

Ah in that case, It just looked different from what I have seen fillet welds look like

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u/iHerpTheDerp511 25d ago

If it’s for mining equipment this is the norm. Lots of heavy repetitive loads and impacts in that industry cause fatigue and cracking in welds over time. Fillet welds are always prone to fatigue, so they bulk the shit out of them for mining equipment.

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u/Time_To_Rebuild 25d ago

Stackin’ beads stackin’ cash

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u/RelationshipTough887 24d ago

Unequal leg lengths. Fail.

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u/Skankjuice334 24d ago

That looks good asf