heat, or too much heat. You should be able to tell which by checking appearance of the material.
13. After laying several satisfactory weld beads with 1/8 inch rod, different sizes of welding rods should be
used in repeating the whole procedure. This will help in becoming familiar with the heat and weld time
required to properly bond varying diameter rod. This may he tedious, but it is of primary importance.
Once you have mastered straight passes on a flat surface, you are ready to progress to the welding
together of two pieces of material.
1. Take two pieces of material about the same size as the flat piece you used for practicing straight weld,
and bevel one long edge on each, at an angle of about 30 degrees, with a 1/32 inch flat a the edge, using
a sandpaper wheel, a file, or a block plane.