second class of pipe welding

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Had a good night tonight, second full pipe Ive welded. my tie in's need some work and I didnt even take a pic of the cover passes. I was at 68 amps with 6010 5P+ for the root and 75 amps for the hot pass. and 80 amps with 11018 for the covers since thats what we had, I would much rather has regular good old 7018 but.... Attached Images
Reply:what position is that?
Reply:forgot that its 2G/horizontal
Reply:I havn't done pipe since school.  I had 6010 roots down to an art.  Now, I probably couldn't do a root worth a...When you get out of school, get a job where you use it.  Keep practicing.  I used to feather my stop/starts and it made all the difference.Last edited by mb_welder; 04-02-2008 at 07:28 AM.
Reply:For caps on horz pipe welds...there's a technique called the Texas weave...The way you do It Is weave on a 45 degree angle  like this------->//////////////...Only on a 45...try it someday...the trick is to have no undercut
Reply:Nice!! City of L.A. Structural; Manual & Semi-Automatic;"Surely there is a mine for silver, and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the earth, and copper is smelted from ore."Job 28:1,2Lincoln, Miller, Victor & ISV BibleDanny
Reply:viola thats a very good effort at whats probably the hardest position to get right, if thats only your second root on 2g you wont take long to perfect it.as regards your cap, i would concentrate on stringers for now,as gearjam suggests you can weave on 2g but this is very difficult, its only a personal opinion but this is hard on 6g, its a bloody nightmare on 2g, even if you opt for a double weave.good luck in your pipe career . pipefitter
Reply:I never heard it called that gearjam but I use it. I figured it out on my own. If you are doing that well already violated then you will get it and soon. Listen to pipefitter as everything he said is true. I don't use a weave at all on code work anymore. Strictly stringers due to less chance of mistakes.The difference between art and craft is the quality of the workmanship. I am an artist.