Battery Pods

12/04/09

These endcaps could only be welded from one side.  In order to be sure I got 100% penetration, I raised them up about 3mm using washers to leave quite a large gap.  The caps already had a 30 degree bevel on so I thankfully didn't have to grind one.  I did the first root run straight into the root and it came nicely through the other side.  In this picture, I have completed the second run, which takes it flush to edge of the cap.  I MIG welded these runs as its quicker and with the heat from the first run, this second filling run went in smoothly.

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