What Makes a Winning Weld: Tips from the Pros

摘要

Creating a weld is no easy job - practicing ahead of time, trying to get comfortable, and using the correct machine settings and electrodes - are all key elements. It also takes skill, experience, hard work, patience, and dedication. But that does not discourage Andrew Miller, Rick Prince, and Ryan Rummel from giving it their all. Making welds to help complete projects is part of what makes their jobs worthwhile. In fact, they posses about 54 years of welding experience among them. The Welding Journal decided to ask these first-, second-, and third-place winners of the American Welding Society's (AWS) first-ever Professional Welder Competition, which was held last year at the AWS Welding Show in Chicago, Ill., to share their tips on what it takes to make quality welds.