Welding Day 1

Today we started learning about gas welding, steve took us into the workshop and we began to weld Steel so that we could learn and begin to understand the process of welding, we began by melting the two pieces of steel to join them together, then we used the welding rod which I found alot more difficult, but just have to continue practicing until i get the hang of it.


First attempt at welding two pieces of steel together, not enough heat on the metal to get the weld through to the other side properly


Second attempt, this weld is alot cleaner and has penetration the entire way through the weld


Corner joint, the hole is because the welding torch I was using had something stuck in the nozzle and was causing too much oxygen so the torch was acting more like a cutting torch than welding torch


Inside of the corner joint showing the penetration to the inside of the weld


First use of the welding rod, this is where I had the most difficulty trying to move the rod forward as I was putting the rod into the molten pool and dragging forward, It's a bit messy but as steve said its all about practice.