Welding: Puddle

moving before the puddle freezes. That creates a “wagon track” — a groove full of slag and porosity. Wait until the red glow fades to black. 5. The Great Debate: Art or Crutch? Among welding purists, puddle welding occupies a strange moral category.

Break the arc cleanly. The puddle should freeze with a flat or slightly convex crown. puddle welding

If you have a ½-inch hole in 1/8-inch steel, a continuous bead would fall through. But by building overlapping puddles from the edges inward — like a spider weaving a web — you can “cap” the hole. The first puddles freeze to the edge; subsequent puddles freeze to those puddles. After 20 or 30 deposits, the hole is solid. moving before the puddle freezes

Hold the arc in one spot. Watch the base metal melt into a shiny liquid circle. Do not move. Break the arc cleanly