- Cub and I were having lunch over here the other day
and he chirped, yet again, said something about,
doubt that metal core will run overhead.
- I still don't think you could run that overhead.
- Next week.
All right, it's on.
Well, I know I can do it and I'm thinking you can, too.
- I don't know.
- Got your machine all set up.
We're running Select-Arc 70C metal core 035 26.5 volts
400 on the wire feed speed.
Should be nice and crispy, should be hot.
And we got a section of weld over here
that you can do overhead.
Let's get our gear on, you can do this.
All right sir, here we go.
We got you set up.
We're gonna do 26.5 volts, 400 on the wire feed speed.
Nervous, what do you think's gonna happen?
You think it's gonna boil outta here
and get saggy and stuff?
- [Cub] It's saggy, gonna look like (beep).
- Trust it. (tools sparking)
You need to have just a slight push angle on here
'cause again we're hot we're like,
almost to the spray mode.
You can stitch, it's better to kinda travel smooth.
You can manipulate this some, just don't whip it.
Different, huh? - Yeah, for sure.
But it's not what I expected.
- [Bob] What'd you expect, drippy?
- Drippy. (both men laughing)
- [Bob] Told you it'd stick up there.
- [Cub] Yeah, I'm impressed.
- [Bob] So, you remember that one time at weld camp?
Where you learned overhead metal core?
Looks like I owe you dinner now, bud.
That's not bad, that's not bad.
- [Cub] I won't ever forget this.
- [Bob] Wire angle, you know, you gotta treat that wire.
I didn't say anything but a couple times it looked
like you were getting down here on this part
instead of being in the middle
but look how your profile laid in there.
So you practice this, you run this multiple times,
kinda get the hang of it, learn little tricks.
You were moving some, probably a little more down here,
where you're oscillating the wire back and forth.
Look how it laid in there.
- [Cub] Oh yeah, it looks a little bit there.
- [Bob] Yeah, you know, again, you're not gonna carry
a whole bunch of metal overhead
but at least you can get this in there pretty tight.
You get a good profile out of it.
- [Cub] You get good penetration
with this metal core easily?
- Well, as I was watching it,
I'm watching it dig in there on the front side of it.
Again, you're real close to spray mode.
Why don't we cut a section out here
and etch it and look at it?
- Sweet. - Okay.
(saw buzzing)
(tool whirring)
There's your cut and etch.
I hope you're satisfied with that.
- [Cub] We've got some penetration,
pretty good throat right here, penetration.
- [Bob] Yup, we've got into the effective throat well.
- [Cub] Yeah, I don't see no worm hole.
- [Bob] Oh you won't, you won't not on filet weld like that.
I think that's pretty successful.
So now you can learn wire angle, travel speed,
you can drive that in there overhead, it'll round overhead.
- [Cub] Yeah, I'm pretty impressed with it.
- Trust the old guy, you know?
It'll do it.
I didn't bet, but I think I owe you dinner on that.
It ain't funny, it's not funny but I'll buy you dinner.
How about that? - It feels good.
I got one win under my belt, one win.
- I learned a little bit here watching you
so I hope the viewers did too.
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