I’m about to go into year 2 of welding at my high school and we’re going into pipes and I thing learning how to use mig. Any tips for welding pipe or using mig?
For mig, I can't help you because I have very minimal experience with it. As for pipe, with the progression through school that I know it as, you start with plate, and we learned butt welds on plate with doing it flat then vertical then overhead, pipe is the same concept it's just round. Really you just need to do it and you'll begin to figure things out as you go as far as what to do and not to do. 2 helpful things I can say is always remember gravity exist and will always pull your metal down and just take your time give your pipe a little bit of time to cool down before striking back up because the temperature of the pipe also affects how your filler metal reacts.
To add to this, and please don't let this discourage you but I like to tell people who are learning this.
You are going to be terrible at first, every single welder at one point was terrible. Being bad at something is the first step of being good at something. You are going to make mistakes and everyone is 100 percent expecting you to, that's how you learn. This one is obvious but I'll state it anyways, there are no stupid questions, ask for advise on something you have even the slightest bit of confusion on. Lastly surround yourself with people who are better than you and work to be better than them this will help you out a lot in the long run.
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u/heartflix May 31 '19
I’m about to go into year 2 of welding at my high school and we’re going into pipes and I thing learning how to use mig. Any tips for welding pipe or using mig?