What is the best tool to use to grind down or sand down fillet welds. In my case I need to make the best looking tidiest welds that I can.
The pictures show what I mean. The welds are in an awkward space to get the grinder in there. I use use a 5" grinder with a sanding disc.
It's all good and well when you have a good run and lay down some good welds, but sometimes you have to move. Whether it is because your hand slips or you can't handle the pain of that hot spatter ball burning your skin off. Either way you move and the weld bead appearance suffers.
These welds are painted over and need to be looking their best. I like to present the quality of my work as best as I can.
Actually, those ant holes in the weld are there because I'm trying to make the one continuous weld bead. But unfortunately as I come around with the torch I can only go so far around in rotation until it hits the other upright pipe. From there the angle of the gun changes drastically and eventually the shielding gas does not work anymore and you get porosity. This joint is a tricky one. You are always going to have a stop start bump of weld metal, that will need a bit of sanding down.
Is there another tool that is designed for this type of blending work?
It's not too bad to clean up the front of the fillet welds with the angle grinder and sanding disc. But you can't get it further in under the center of the top pipe. It's those tight spaces and areas I need to sometimes clean up. How....?
The pictures show what I mean. The welds are in an awkward space to get the grinder in there. I use use a 5" grinder with a sanding disc.
It's all good and well when you have a good run and lay down some good welds, but sometimes you have to move. Whether it is because your hand slips or you can't handle the pain of that hot spatter ball burning your skin off. Either way you move and the weld bead appearance suffers.
These welds are painted over and need to be looking their best. I like to present the quality of my work as best as I can.
Actually, those ant holes in the weld are there because I'm trying to make the one continuous weld bead. But unfortunately as I come around with the torch I can only go so far around in rotation until it hits the other upright pipe. From there the angle of the gun changes drastically and eventually the shielding gas does not work anymore and you get porosity. This joint is a tricky one. You are always going to have a stop start bump of weld metal, that will need a bit of sanding down.
Is there another tool that is designed for this type of blending work?
It's not too bad to clean up the front of the fillet welds with the angle grinder and sanding disc. But you can't get it further in under the center of the top pipe. It's those tight spaces and areas I need to sometimes clean up. How....?
