MIG welding uphill

[MrJimi]

here is a short video on how it's done, enjoy
welding video

 

[wedge40]

I believe he's done this before.

Wedge

 

[GreenMtns]

Tried this technique a few minutes ago and it makes a much better weld than the downhill method I was using.
Thanks for the tip.

 

[bjcsc]

Is that you?

 

[MrJimi]

Is that you?

No, just something I found on youtube that I thought would come in handy here

 

[JB4310]

I've got a small Hobart handler 135, 110 volt, in general when welding with gas you want a pushing motion so you keep your gas flowing out front, So that technique makes perfect sense.
I also have an A/C buzz box and a DC portable, I do OK when welding in position (horizontal) but once I get out of position I really struggle. When ever possible I try to flip things over to get the weld area horizontal.

 

[alltoys]

In that video the fellow did pretty good only did you see the undercut on the bottom half left side. To bad he couldn't show how it was done during the welding process with a dark lense over the camera. Doing a vertical weld with any process is difficult let alone a MIG.

 

[westbrooklawn]

Interesting... I would love to see a similar video on how to stick weld vertical. Like JB 4310, I am always flipping my workpiece over so that I can be welding horizontally... kind of hard when you are working on a bucket or trailer, etc.!

 

[Dargo]

I have welded for about 25 years, and that is how I was taught. It has always worked for me except with some really thin material. I think most people would even find vertical welding easier with 30 over 35 wire. I dunno why, but it seems easier. Still with the thin material (i.e. under 1/8") I often create a series of connected "tap" or spot welds that are stitched together. I'd love to see a video like that on overhead welding. Even though I've been welding for a long time, and was taught by my father who has been welding professionally for 45 years, I'm still open for better techniques. It seems that every time I weld overhead I set myself on fire somehow or manage to have hot slag drop inside my boot somehow! Oh, I can do it and get a good weld that looks decent, but I still hate having hot items drop into my pockets, pant cuffs, and somehow in my boots.

 

[SPIKER]

DARGO:

for welding MIG uphill is done mainly for structural stuff and when using flux core wire. It is customary for me to usually weld downhill for most mig applications on any thing less than 1/4" material if over 1/4" and or using flux core then uphill is better... as far as overhead, yea I set my underwear on fire 2 times in the past, something ya don't want to happen

Mark M

 

[AlanB]

Dargo, it is not the boots that bother me, it is when it goes in my ear, and last time, when the ear plugs where in my pocket because I remembered to grab them, but had not put them in before starting............

Man I hate that.

 

[GaryE]

Interesting... I would love to see a similar video on how to stick weld vertical. Like JB 4310, I am always flipping my workpiece over so that I can be welding horizontally... kind of hard when you are working on a bucket or trailer, etc.!

Westbrooklawn,


I don't have a video, but it is done basically the same way. Hold the rod 45 degrees to vertical but instead of an inverted "V" pattern, use an inverted "U" pattern. Works real well with 7018 ac rods. Give it a try! Hope this is of some help.


For the record I am not responding to this welding thread... That is my story and I am sticking to it.

 

[MrJimi]

Interesting... I would love to see a similar video on how to stick weld vertical. Like JB 4310, I am always flipping my workpiece over so that I can be welding horizontally... kind of hard when you are working on a bucket or trailer, etc.!

I've had great luck welding downhill and pushing the weld down with a stick or MIG
try it, it's easy
really