Contemporaneous notes from when learning "stick" welding on welding course, 2004.
SMA Newham, 2005:
SMA welding of steel plate.
At home, Feb 2008:
Renewing skills of using "white-packet Rutiles" - unbranded cheap
6013's.
Practicing vertical-up bead-on-plate welds.
Vertical-up T-fillet 6013 weld. Sketch of welding conditions (later superceded). Back at Newham College, March/April 2008.
By mid-June 2008 - my vertical-up SMA 6013 vert-up T-fillet welds are improving. Looks like I might have found my conditions now.
Passed vertical-up SMA 6013 T-fillet weld - used AC with old oil-cooled arc welder, 26thJune08.
Comment on two different techniques for welding vertical-up SMA welds.