wheresmejumper wrote:A very slight weave or oscillation will flatten them,but overlap them a little more as said

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roberts56 wrote:Maybe you are doing it a bit slow so you are building up those beads, try speeding up a bit your travel speed to get some flatter bead welds. Just my personal opinion !



Yeah, + 1 on Otto, loose the " dig " on the caps.

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Lose the "dig" on the cap. You don't need "amp correction" from the machine to make a slick cap. You need to weld it with no more than 10% dig, "zero" preferred, and control the arc with your arc length, or you will never get a smooth cap. The dig control will fool you...

The individual beads do not seem too humped up (convex) however the valleys between the beads take away from the appearance. Concentrate on bead placement during the cap. Forget about how many beads you are going to cap with. Try to maintain a smooth transition where the toes of each bead tie into ...

Hi I am new to this forum and thanks for taking a look at my pictures. I am practicing my 6g pipe welding and am having issues with my cap. I can't seem to get the stringers to flatten out smooth. The beads seem to crown out. My root and fill are going great but when it comes to the end it just seem...