Tower Base

02/10/07

I did three passes of weld.  The first was from the inside.  I then gouged out with the grinder.  Then did a second pass straight into the root.  I set the machine to a slightly higher power that I know produces undercut on a normal fillet weld of that thickness.  But, as it was straight down into the root, I wanted good penetration.  This took the weld to be about flush with the hull.  Then I did a third standard fillet weld on the normal setting to produce this final weld bead.  Its done at last and I feel as if I have reached a milestone at this point.

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