Thank you Welder2008 and Otto. Both of your posts have been really interesting and informative. With most of my career thus far spent focusing on theory and in an academic environment it's really valuable to get advice from people with a lot of practical experience. My main concern with a larger wel...

Hi there, I'm a mechanical engineering student and a bit stuck specifying a weld size (bead throat) for a design I'm working on. The pieces to be welded are 2mm thick 6082 extrusions. Strength calculations I've done indicate that a 1mm throat would suffice (using 5356 filler), however I have no idea...