hey I'm in welding school right now, my Welding Symbols midterm is tomorrow so wish me luck n thanks for this video i appreciate it. definitely was a good overview n recap in the basics eunuch is what i needed. i even learned i cpl things that our teacher n our material didn't cover, at least not that i remember. so thanks! oh and I'm subscribed now! look forward to checking out more of your videos.
I'm at hohokus school of trade in Patterson NJ. The instructor in class has referenced this channel as well as shown several of your videos. Just wanted to tell you, as if you didn't already know, that your really helping out people new to the trade with valuable advice for many different techniques as well as valuable accurate information. We all know that the internet/youtube can be a wildly misleading source of info at times if you don't already have a basic knowledge and the ability to verify the source where the information is coming from. Thank you.
@@GodslilRedneck23 now I need to step up my game... I am slacking on video production. I like welding videos with "no sparks" .... I have some on aluminum .... those are usually very informative. you did a GREAT job. seriously ! keep up the good work. thanks for the reply
@@GodslilRedneck23 the day you stop learning is the day you die. (physically or mentally) depends on what kind of guy you are .... I ALWAYS enjoy learning and there is a lot to be learned foremother people and just life in general. In some situations there is no right or wrong - often there is a a few solutions and some have more positives than others but not one solution is perfect they all have their pros and cons - and the tricky part is to pick the one that works best for you in the situation that you are in ... I mean welding symboled ons are out and dry, but when it comes to repairing things or building things and you don't have a fully spec'd welding procedure .... and you have lead way .... that is when your job becomes interesting There are a few good welding guys out there in the welding community .... and when you or I watch all of them and piece stuff together then it expands the horizon .... One guy is really good at tig one at mig one at stick, one guy does steel, the next aluminum the others stainless or some other exotic stuff ... one guy does pipe one guy structural .... I think I can learn a little from everyone .... looking at your tube hurricane you seem a little more like the "get it done" type off welder than the "instagram" type of welder ..... so am I ....lol. often I catch some comments in that regard but then again - it puts food on my table and feeds my family ... a lot of my customers just want it done (reasonable well) and move on with life ... they dont need instagram welds on their scrapyard equipment they need it operational ... and some guys get it and others feel the need to "teach" me in the comments ... oh well .....LOL. that is the freedom of the internet Thanks for making these videos
For those who have commented about the arrow side-other side debacle. Yes he did get it messed up starting about 13:40 mark. The point of that section was about adding the info to the welding symbol. In that first drawing example at 13:40, he did draw the arrow to that "top" edge, so that should have been the arrow side, then he drew the weld on the other side. He was wrong to do that. And continued to be wrong in those following examples. I did not go thru all the comments to see if he ever corrected it via a reply. And in some other examples, the arrow never touches a line. The welding symbol in the drawing should always be attached to the line anywhere the weld is to occur. He might have missed that drafting standards and procedures class.
I'm a structural engineer with 10+ yrs of experience. They do a great job of teaching engineering science in school and a real S*** job of teaching general application. This video is a better description of basic welding than I ever received from any of my mentors in my early years of training. Well done!
I’m a CAD drafter/designer and I work with engineers frequently.. never went to school but from the sound of it I wouldn’t need to concerning this topic!
I never went to school for welding or any shop stuff at all. Now working at a weld shop I really want to move up from being a grinder and your videos are allowing me to learn what the guys at work are doing and talking about. This is helping me live a better life because im finally grasping the work. Thank you somuch you really have no idea what this means to me!
at 14:21 the 2-6 1/4" fillet welds you are drawing are on the Other side, but the weld symbol calls for the 2-6 1/4" fillet welds to be on the Arrow side.
I went to welding school for 6 months, and quit half way through for a girl. (Didn't last) Now, almost 6 years later, I'm quitting truck driving and getting a chance to be a welder again (even though it's MIG) and your videos are really helping me out. I can run beads, I never lost that talent, it's like riding a bike, but the terminology and basically everything else I have to relearn. Thnx for making these.
Seriously since I started watching you videos and following your class , improvement in welding technique and welding language power located me... I'm a steel structural welder in Hong Kong.. I would like to use this moment to say thank you. You've really change my personality in the welding industry. I wished I had the opportunity to follow you long time ago...pls do not relent in sharing the skillful ideas and welding techniques to the world...I say thanks you so much....I'm one of the best fans you have....
Hey man I’m just watching this video cause I started welding at my trade school! It feels like a lot at first but I just feel like I’m putting too much on myself and I need to pace myself. I’m just hoping everything is coming together and this video made it much clearer. I was wondering if u had any advice for a rookie like myself? Also my teacher said the books we have to read at home are to reference cause everything is gonna be hands on and that’s the main way we are gonna learn he said but also did u have advice on book work on how to study cause I can’t learn as much just from reading lengths and other stuff just from reading I like more hands on learning??
I appreciate your videos, man I just passed a test to get my new job. I watched three videos the night before and took notes and passed the test. I thank you much
Welding is a growing wealth of knowledge and skill set. There is many intermittent learning skills that you evolve to while advancing your career. That’s why I never degrade or look down on a beginner in the field,because one day I was in his shoes and my welding skills got better over time. You evolve over time into becoming an experienced welder.
You’re perfect, I’m an engineer and actually your way of explaining is outstanding, very simple, and illustrating... Keep it up, sir. Loved what you’re doing..
JP Sureau when I taught classes, we’d start covering symbols day one. They would get a new symbol for each joint configuration and we would build from there.
Just came here to thank you, took ICC Welding Inspector exam, drawing part, and thanks to your drawing videos I could pass it at the first try... Very simple and well explained content... Keep it up👍🏼
First of all, love these type of videos, this is almost exactly how I teach weld symbols myself, one note that I may make is that around the 14:15 mark you show a stitch pattern but draw the weld symbol incorrectly(shows arrow side weld but you show the welds on other side of where the arrow is pointing.)
Yes it should be on the arrow side. Look at the fillet welding section in the link www.millerwelds.com/resources/article-library/deciphering-weld-symbols
Thank you for this video! I'm a 4th year sheet metal apprentice and I'm taking a welding test soon and really needed a visual aid to help me put all of my print out material into perspective. You helped me and others in my class more than you know. Good job bro!
As an engineer with little welding drawing experience, this is helpful. I actually tried to make some prints for a weldment last week... luckily it ended up being converted to a screwed assembly (for technical reasons), as I had things completely jacked up (didn't use the right symbols or the like). Good to know this in case I ever have to make welding prints for real. Side note- I do work with metric a lot (Japanese auto exhaust/body shell OEM for Toyota)... I haven't seen them (we usually never do), but I'm sure it would give the local welding shops fits if they were handed equipment drawings to recreate that were all in Japanese with metric :D. Equipment wise. we're a metric company, for everything except pipe threads, floor anchors, and MIG wire. Makes working with non-metric suppliers "interesting".
ANY SYMBOLS OF WELDINGS IS APPROVER BY CITY ENGRS,INPECTORS IF WELD IS NOT STRONG TO HOLD MATERIALS,TOU CAN RECOMMEND IF YOU A SUPERVISOR OR FOREMAN WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCED IN FABRICATIONS AND WELDINGS SKILLS EXPERIENCED
@@edgardocortez4433 I am not a CWI. Not yet, anyways. But I work with 3 other CWI's, and only one of them can weld as good as me. The other 2 cant weld at all. They are all book and been counters.
This is fantastic. This makes it a lot more clear than my blueprint reading textbook, and you found a way to explain it in detail while making it easy to follow.
This is so beautifully simple and comprehensive. I'm taking my Level 1 CWB later today and this is some fantastic last-minute study material. Wish I had started with this. Would have saved a lot of confusion.
Awesome refresher guys thanx for info👍👍👍👍👍👍 and if I may say to any beginners reading this, study the symbols and what the information means learn it memorize it, if you make a mistake on this it could cost u a job, as I forgot that one side indicated weld size and the other indicated length... Cost me a job interview even though my weld test was flawless and my weld did not break.
I have a question- at 13:03 where you explain the cross shape, you say the 3/16 goes on the “top” and the 1/4 goes on the “bottom”- I thought the arrow acted as the workpiece though which would have the 3/16 on the “bottom”- can you explain why the “top” is the arrow side in this specific instance?
Excellent instruction! I've been hired on to a welding construction crew in Munich, Germany as a legal American/German dual citizen. I should be working in Deutschland for about 8 or 9 months and I can either legally stay or come back to the States after that time. Even though I was born and raised in North Carolina USA I still grew up in in the Moravian Village German immigrant community within Winston-Salem and always doing metal working projects in Metric Measurements. Speaking and spelling the English language just as any other American is native to me but I didn't even learn the Imperial Measurements system until after college(Won't be a problem in the next job).
Thanks for this video I'm in school and reading it I'm a book and seeing this video truthfully this video is more valuable than my $200 book. Its helped alot thank you
HELL YEAH, I learned from here a lot, even though I'm totally dumb and a noob about this. :D. Thanks to this video I'm much more smarter than I was yesterday. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY FRIEND.
Thank you so much please continue with these technical viseos they are so important, I recently learned how to weld and got qualified but they didn't teach us technical drawing or anything just the basics.
Can you explain 14:20 with the arrow pointing to the top side of the vertical and the symbol indicating near side. If I look at that, I would assume the weld would go to the top side of the vertical, not the bottom. It's there a specific reason you placed the welds on the bottom?
Thank you very much for this video. I'm an Engineer who almost never designs welded parts, and if I ever learned the symbology in college (I'm 99% sure I never did) then I've forgotten it by now.
Great refresher course! I want to teach tig welding mainly, but other welding as well. At 45 I went and took a welding test today with flux core nr-232 wire and forgot about the 1 inch stick out on the wire and I had the volts up too high 105, when volts should of been around 25 with 3/8 metal thickness. The blueprints were more technical than I recall, lol. You are a great teacher! It gets very busy in blueprints , looking like a dam Maze!! Appreciate the lessons.
Both the symboles at the 9 min mark say weld on other side but the arrows are on different sides of the weld. One should say on arrow side(right) and one should say on other side(left) 9:00
I have an associates in mechanical drafting and design. I didn't do so well in my fasteners class. I didn't understand the weldments symbols that well. This video was pretty useful. Thanks.
Dude, I really appreciate your availability to share you knowledge. And also, I am very grateful because your pronounce is so clear due to English is not my first language. Thanks a lot, friend! Best regards.
Question..You put the 3/8 weld on the other side and the 1/4 on top, wouldn’t the 1/4 weld be on bottom seeing as the in the Symbol 1/4 is on the other side? Thanks! 20:27
@13:49. I am confused in this drawing. Why is the arrow side on the bottom when you put the arrow on the top of the joint? Seems backward from what was previously discussed. Does something unique happen when you change the view from side to overhead?
@15:19 referencing the top example, wouldn't the arrow side be on the "top"? I'm asking because that is the side the arrow is on. Am I missing something? For the bottom example I have the same question; why is the "bottom side" of the plain view t-joint the arrow side?
Thanx for your welding symbols classes . its so awesome n clear to understand , this help alot in the welding industry .Because welding industry moves on drawings , measurements and symbols. this has been agreat class . Thanx for yo time Bro.
Great video, the only thing that might help even more than you have within this video would be that, when you draw 2 pieces of steel you use different colors. So that when you change views you can keep the visual with the same colors from steel to steel. For example, the flat piece of steel could be blue and the vertical piece could be red. Change views and carry the colors through so some of the less visual can keep up. Thanks!
Good stuff. very good examples for us who need a refresher. On the explanation at 14:20, should the arrow side of the 1/4" weld be drawn on the arrow side of the vertical plate? Same for the next weld example @15:06. You drew them on the other side of the plate on the plan view. Am I missing something? Thanks again for these explanations.
At 12:24 you got me for a moment. I thought it was going to go across the other way, not diagonal, but I see that the reason for me being wrong there is because the middle piece was one whole piece. So that was a nice lesson in itself right there.
8:58 both symbols are telling you the same thing but wouldn't they each imply welding on the other side than where the arrow is pointing to? (so they carry similar information but are indicating opposite sides of the T-joint.)
At 14:22 the arrow pointed to the top . I understood that the instructions on written on the underside are for the arrow side. Why are you drawing the weld on the “ other side “ ? Just started welding. Like the way you explain things. Please clarify. Thanks
I love structural welding. This man knows what he is talking about. In Fabrication though.... you will run into situations that the prints do not match what makes sense. Simply ask if the print is correct before burning. Cover your ass. Engineers often get things wrong. Use your common sense.
DarkForce X and on the 8th day God created the RFI (request for information) 😂 if you look on the prints, the engineers number should be there. I used to call for written clarification all the time if I knew something was wrong. I love structural welding too 🤘🔥
You are so right. As a newly certified CWI, I used to run through that all the time and was making me very nervous. Now, I just use my best judment possible.😊
EVERYTIME YOU MUST CHECK THE EI DRAWINGS AND FABRICATIONS DRAWING STRUCTURAL DESIGN TO BE SURE ITS CORRECT BEFORE FABRICATION START INFORM ENGRS OR DETAILER IF YOU ARE AUTHORIZE TO TALK ..AND ASK QUESTIONS ..
14:31 I might be wrong? But bottom = arrow side, so the welds would be on the opposite side of that t-bar right? Because the arrow is pointing at the top half, but the welds were drawn in on the bottom section
At 14:20 he represents the intermittent welds on the "other side", but the fillet weld symbol is represented on the arrow side of the welding symbol. is that a mistake or am I not understanding this correctly? I'm confused now. Any thoughts?
Video's like this..t's great to promote skilled mahi of all trades..learn the basics be interested learn what ye can and hope to be an apprentice ..right support, encouragement..do the 'math'.. awesome vid👍
I love the video, and perhaps I'm a little slow, but at the 9:01 mark, aren't those arrows both telling you something different about the joint? They both mean "Other side", but since they are drawn on opposite sides of the vertical piece, the two arrows are each referring to 2 different welds. The arrow on the right means a weld on the left, and the arrow on the left means a weld on the right, correct? So I guess they both read the same way, but they don't tell you the same thing about the weld they are drawn against?
im stumbled here too i made i few practice blue prints on paper and i got confused when back to the video and im at the same point they both are saying 3/8 other side but were the arrow is pointing is on the other side as well so wouldnt that mean there opposite because that would be from the left arrow side and other side and the right side arrow side to other side of t joint
I'm little bit confused! please help me understand, at 11:50 you shown other side's weld information on the top of the reference line but at 14:18 you shown other side's weld information on arrow side/ below the reference line. is that due to top view?
at 9:00 isn’t the symbol on the right saying the fillet weld goes on the other side? For them to be saying the same thing shouldn’t the weld symbol of the right symbol be on the bottom of the line?
At 8:50 he says the symbols mean the same thing, but does the symbol on the lefts “other side” mean the opposite side than the symbol on the right? Basically is the other side different for both symbols because they are on different sides or no
A little late to the party here, but plan to watch this whole series as it's something I'd like to be more knowledgeable on. Have a question about the single V bevel at around 6:00 in. Does the weld symbol indicate which piece of material to put the bevel on on that joint? It does seem more intuitive the way you read it, but does the direction of the V on the symbol indicate which side of the joint to bevel if it isn't as clear cut?
I really like that this was easy to understand. You missed me at one part when you were talking about something going to the left.. I didn’t quite understand that but I didn’t dwell on it because I didn’t want to fall behind and not understand what you were talking about. The real gem of this video is at smashburger, that guy ordering all those burgers 💀😂😂
First, let me say this is a great series idea and I thoroughly this first installment! That said, I have a question and a suggestion or "tip" to contribute. First the "tip". A way to remember which symbol side is which that I use is "arrow" and "bottom" both use a double letter in there names ( aRRow /boTTom). So if you remember this, then, what is written on the boTTom of the line will go to the aRRow side the rest will take care of itself. A little like the words "port" & "starboard" being "left" & "right" is easily remembered by "port" and "left" each having 4 letters. Little tricks like this have helped me alot! I hope it helps someone else as well. Now the question. When laying out the intermittent welds be they staggered or not, will the bead placements be shown or are we to know to start laying out from the middle and work our way out or start art at the end and work our way across? Could you be a bit more specific about this please? Perhaps you could show an actual call out sheet or blueprint that a pro welder on the job site would be given to work off of? Structural, pipe, fab shop, whatever! Maybe all of them if possible so we could see the differences as well as the similarities of what each occupation sees on a regular basis? Just a thought! I'm too old to go pipeline welding or build skyscrapers or bridges and tunnels but I'd love to see what they are looking at! Again, great video! Looking forward to more! Peace
patrick farley thanks for the feedback and the tip. The intermittent fillet welds would usually e labeled on the print. If they aren’t, I usually make sure that one of them starts at the end of the pieces being joined.
Hey, at 11:43... The welding symbol on the left hand side shows the weld symbol on the "other" side. Shouldn't that technically be on the "arrow" side? I'm not criticizing whatsoever, and it's a genuine question. I'm just asking for clarification so I make sure I understand properly. Thank you for all your help also.
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@@pwr-mfg3550 the link is up in the description. You can also download our free poster on www.weld.com.
hey I'm in welding school right now, my Welding Symbols midterm is tomorrow so wish me luck n thanks for this video i appreciate it. definitely was a good overview n recap in the basics eunuch is what i needed. i even learned i cpl things that our teacher n our material didn't cover, at least not that i remember. so thanks!
oh and I'm subscribed now! look forward to checking out more of your videos.
glass4breakfast thanks for watching man. Good luck.
OUTSTANDING! Simply outstanding! I learned more from this 20 minute video on weld symbols than I did in a year in my welding degree.
Frank Bibby stay tuned, there’s more coming. Thanks for watching.
Haha true
right!? this guy woulda been a way better teacher than mine. this guy is awesome will subscribe for sure
You didn't focus then simple as that
U had a horrible teacher
I'm at hohokus school of trade in Patterson NJ. The instructor in class has referenced this channel as well as shown several of your videos. Just wanted to tell you, as if you didn't already know, that your really helping out people new to the trade with valuable advice for many different techniques as well as valuable accurate information. We all know that the internet/youtube can be a wildly misleading source of info at times if you don't already have a basic knowledge and the ability to verify the source where the information is coming from. Thank you.
First guy in 15 years of youtube welding who explains it in details ! thumbs up !
ZILA thank you sir. We have more coming your way.
@@GodslilRedneck23 now I need to step up my game... I am slacking on video production. I like welding videos with "no sparks" .... I have some on aluminum .... those are usually very informative. you did a GREAT job. seriously ! keep up the good work. thanks for the reply
ZILA thanks man. I’ll have to check out some of your videos. Gotta keep learning.
@@GodslilRedneck23 the day you stop learning is the day you die. (physically or mentally) depends on what kind of guy you are .... I ALWAYS enjoy learning and there is a lot to be learned foremother people and just life in general.
In some situations there is no right or wrong - often there is a a few solutions and some have more positives than others but not one solution is perfect they all have their pros and cons - and the tricky part is to pick the one that works best for you in the situation that you are in ...
I mean welding symboled ons are out and dry, but when it comes to repairing things or building things and you don't have a fully spec'd welding procedure .... and you have lead way .... that is when your job becomes interesting
There are a few good welding guys out there in the welding community .... and when you or I watch all of them and piece stuff together then it expands the horizon ....
One guy is really good at tig one at mig one at stick, one guy does steel, the next aluminum the others stainless or some other exotic stuff ... one guy does pipe one guy structural .... I think I can learn a little from everyone .... looking at your tube hurricane you seem a little more like the "get it done" type off welder than the "instagram" type of welder ..... so am I ....lol. often I catch some comments in that regard but then again - it puts food on my table and feeds my family ... a lot of my customers just want it done (reasonable well) and move on with life ... they dont need instagram welds on their scrapyard equipment they need it operational ... and some guys get it and others feel the need to "teach" me in the comments ... oh well .....LOL. that is the freedom of the internet
Thanks for making these videos
@@GodslilRedneck23just curious have you ever had a spark sneak up under your helmet and catch your beard on fire ?
For those who have commented about the arrow side-other side debacle. Yes he did get it messed up starting about 13:40 mark. The point of that section was about adding the info to the welding symbol. In that first drawing example at 13:40, he did draw the arrow to that "top" edge, so that should have been the arrow side, then he drew the weld on the other side. He was wrong to do that. And continued to be wrong in those following examples. I did not go thru all the comments to see if he ever corrected it via a reply. And in some other examples, the arrow never touches a line. The welding symbol in the drawing should always be attached to the line anywhere the weld is to occur. He might have missed that drafting standards and procedures class.
@@markactonatwarrencat thanks for the clarification I was getting confused
@@markactonatwarrencat yea i thought so technically he is wrong
I'm a structural engineer with 10+ yrs of experience. They do a great job of teaching engineering science in school and a real S*** job of teaching general application. This video is a better description of basic welding than I ever received from any of my mentors in my early years of training. Well done!
Yep, I am showing this to all my new grad engineers.
3rd year engineering student! Haha
I’m a CAD drafter/designer and I work with engineers frequently.. never went to school but from the sound of it I wouldn’t need to concerning this topic!
I never went to school for welding or any shop stuff at all. Now working at a weld shop I really want to move up from being a grinder and your videos are allowing me to learn what the guys at work are doing and talking about. This is helping me live a better life because im finally grasping the work. Thank you somuch you really have no idea what this means to me!
at 14:21 the 2-6 1/4" fillet welds you are drawing are on the Other side, but the weld symbol calls for the 2-6 1/4" fillet welds to be on the Arrow side.
I think that was a test :) (?)
i agree to you sir. i was a little bit confuse.
After welding the smart-arse welder just turned his work through 180 degrees and told the inspector where to go :)
He made a mistake and put it on the wrong side...I'm like wtf...I thought I wasn't getting it.
I went to welding school for 6 months, and quit half way through for a girl. (Didn't last)
Now, almost 6 years later, I'm quitting truck driving and getting a chance to be a welder again (even though it's MIG) and your videos are really helping me out.
I can run beads, I never lost that talent, it's like riding a bike, but the terminology and basically everything else I have to relearn. Thnx for making these.
Seriously since I started watching you videos and following your class , improvement in welding technique and welding language power located me...
I'm a steel structural welder in Hong Kong..
I would like to use this moment to say thank you. You've really change my personality in the welding industry. I wished I had the opportunity to follow you long time ago...pls do not relent in sharing the skillful ideas and welding techniques to the world...I say thanks you so much....I'm one of the best fans you have....
I'm just starting my welding education and that was extremely clear, well explained and easy to understand! Sincerely appreciate your videos!
Throckmorton thanks man. Stay tuned, we’ve got more to come.
Hey man I’m just watching this video cause I started welding at my trade school! It feels like a lot at first but I just feel like I’m putting too much on myself and I need to pace myself. I’m just hoping everything is coming together and this video made it much clearer. I was wondering if u had any advice for a rookie like myself? Also my teacher said the books we have to read at home are to reference cause everything is gonna be hands on and that’s the main way we are gonna learn he said but also did u have advice on book work on how to study cause I can’t learn as much just from reading lengths and other stuff just from reading I like more hands on learning??
Hey did you pass @Throckmorton.
Question - At 13:15 you put the 3/8 on the other side but is drawn on the arrow side. I was wondering if that was right or something else.
I appreciate your videos, man I just passed a test to get my new job. I watched three videos the night before and took notes and passed the test. I thank you much
Welding is a growing wealth of knowledge and skill set. There is many intermittent learning skills that you evolve to while advancing your career. That’s why I never degrade or look down on a beginner in the field,because one day I was in his shoes and my welding skills got better over time. You evolve over time into becoming an experienced welder.
You’re perfect, I’m an engineer and actually your way of explaining is outstanding, very simple, and illustrating...
Keep it up, sir.
Loved what you’re doing..
This is a perfect video for an apprentice starting out. We teach this to our 1st years and it's on the Red Seal exam.
JP Sureau when I taught classes, we’d start covering symbols day one. They would get a new symbol for each joint configuration and we would build from there.
@@GodslilRedneck23 Agreed Brother. That's what we do. Prepare the next generation.
JP Sureau my goal is to help leave the industry in a better place then when I found it.
@@GodslilRedneck23 Again, agreed Brother.
@@JPUA144 How come you have different last names?
Just came here to thank you, took ICC Welding Inspector exam, drawing part, and thanks to your drawing videos I could pass it at the first try... Very simple and well explained content... Keep it up👍🏼
Your plan view arrow-side is opposite... 14:19 - 16:20
Mattio, Thankyou, I thought i was going crazy there, he had it backwards.
@@scottcarr3264 i have aspergers, and i'm in Engineering... i notice a lot of things.
@@mattio79 that was making me twitch as well...
mattio79 thank you, just came to the comments to make sure I wasn’t wrong. Great video though for people like me starting the QC world.
Ha, Ya. I was like I thought I had this but now I'm lost LOL
when i was at Boeing , Wichita. a lot of welders was confused about how to count the length of the weld. you did a good job showing that
Moe Shouse thanks man. I appreciate the feedback.
Your videos make me want to try my hand at welding again! I left the industry 22 years ago.
Thad Campbell come on back. We need all the hands we can get to teach the up and comers.
First of all, love these type of videos, this is almost exactly how I teach weld symbols myself, one note that I may make is that around the 14:15 mark you show a stitch pattern but draw the weld symbol incorrectly(shows arrow side weld but you show the welds on other side of where the arrow is pointing.)
I'm pretty new to this stuff but yeah I noticed that. Thought I was just misunderstanding.
Yes it should be on the arrow side. Look at the fillet welding section in the link
www.millerwelds.com/resources/article-library/deciphering-weld-symbols
In your 3/8ths T fillet weld equation, you say both sides mean the same thing? If that were true wouldn't the symbol on the left be on the bottom?
I hope he would have the integrity to openly correct that💯.
Came for this exact comment
You are great teacher... I v been welding 5 years and never had to use a weld symbol. But I’m glad I found this video
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Thank you for this video! I'm a 4th year sheet metal apprentice and I'm taking a welding test soon and really needed a visual aid to help me put all of my print out material into perspective. You helped me and others in my class more than you know. Good job bro!
CHARLESofPUNK! Glad to hear man. Thanks for watching. Good luck on your test. Make sure to check out episode 2. It’s out right now.
4 years as an apprentice?! Fk that
As an engineer with little welding drawing experience, this is helpful. I actually tried to make some prints for a weldment last week... luckily it ended up being converted to a screwed assembly (for technical reasons), as I had things completely jacked up (didn't use the right symbols or the like). Good to know this in case I ever have to make welding prints for real.
Side note- I do work with metric a lot (Japanese auto exhaust/body shell OEM for Toyota)... I haven't seen them (we usually never do), but I'm sure it would give the local welding shops fits if they were handed equipment drawings to recreate that were all in Japanese with metric :D. Equipment wise. we're a metric company, for everything except pipe threads, floor anchors, and MIG wire. Makes working with non-metric suppliers "interesting".
Typically CAD programs will let you specific what you want (e.g size on this side, type in the other side) and then auto generate the weld symbol
Excellence in welding instruction brother. May the Lord continue to bless your game.
I typically don't have to read weld prints, i make my own usually. But this is great info for new guys and gals getting into welding.
True in field when you see it it is usually obvious but I still like knowledge
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@@edgardocortez4433 I am not a CWI. Not yet, anyways. But I work with 3 other CWI's, and only one of them can weld as good as me. The other 2 cant weld at all. They are all book and been counters.
@Gian Grimaldi I am not a CWI. But I work with 3 of them. Only one of them can weld. The other 2 are just book and bean counters.
This is fantastic. This makes it a lot more clear than my blueprint reading textbook, and you found a way to explain it in detail while making it easy to follow.
This is so beautifully simple and comprehensive. I'm taking my Level 1 CWB later today and this is some fantastic last-minute study material. Wish I had started with this. Would have saved a lot of confusion.
This is awesome! I’m new to welding and the way you have explained the symbols in this video makes it really simple to understand them 👍
Paul Travis thanks man, glad we could help.
Hey man you explain really well and make me have a better understanding of what these symbols mean and how to interpret them
Thanks!
You bet! Thank you!
Awesome refresher guys thanx for info👍👍👍👍👍👍 and if I may say to any beginners reading this, study the symbols and what the information means learn it memorize it, if you make a mistake on this it could cost u a job, as I forgot that one side indicated weld size and the other indicated length... Cost me a job interview even though my weld test was flawless and my weld did not break.
at 12:43 isn't the 3/8" weld on the arrow side?
Please remember weld symbol on TOP is always other side
16:30. Best piece of advice so far.
I have a question- at 13:03 where you explain the cross shape, you say the 3/16 goes on the “top” and the 1/4 goes on the “bottom”- I thought the arrow acted as the workpiece though which would have the 3/16 on the “bottom”- can you explain why the “top” is the arrow side in this specific instance?
OUTSTANDING Best video to come out in a long time ,
Bostrom Eric thanks man.
Excellent instruction! I've been hired on to a welding construction crew in Munich, Germany as a legal American/German dual citizen. I should be working in Deutschland for about 8 or 9 months and I can either legally stay or come back to the States after that time. Even though I was born and raised in North Carolina USA I still grew up in in the Moravian Village German immigrant community within Winston-Salem and always doing metal working projects in Metric Measurements. Speaking and spelling the English language just as any other American is native to me but I didn't even learn the Imperial Measurements system until after college(Won't be a problem in the next job).
Excellent!! Good job Red Beard, by far the best welding symbol lecture I ever had 👍
Juan Lagarde thanks. Hopefully you were able to learn something new.
im a visual learner and this is very well explained i feel confident enough to read fillet weld symbols
Thanks for this video I'm in school and reading it I'm a book and seeing this video truthfully this video is more valuable than my $200 book. Its helped alot thank you
HELL YEAH, I learned from here a lot, even though I'm totally dumb and a noob about this. :D. Thanks to this video I'm much more smarter than I was yesterday. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MY FRIEND.
can't tell y'all how much I love this channel
I don't even weld (yet) and have no plans to get into welding as a trade. But I really enjoy this info and am looking forward to part 2!!
Jeremy Hamaker stay tuned. It’ll be here before you know it.
Thank you so much please continue with these technical viseos they are so important, I recently learned how to weld and got qualified but they didn't teach us technical drawing or anything just the basics.
Ionut TH will do man. Thanks for the support.
You are a very good teacher... Love & respect from India🇮🇳
Can you explain 14:20 with the arrow pointing to the top side of the vertical and the symbol indicating near side. If I look at that, I would assume the weld would go to the top side of the vertical, not the bottom. It's there a specific reason you placed the welds on the bottom?
I also think that was a mistake.
Xmvw2X my arrow came out shorter than I wanted it too. Story of my life 😂 sorry for any confusion.
Thank you very much for this video. I'm an Engineer who almost never designs welded parts, and if I ever learned the symbology in college (I'm 99% sure I never did) then I've forgotten it by now.
First time i see symbols for welding projects!!! I cant wait to learn more about it!!! Thanks for sharing!!!👍🏼😎🇵🇷
Luis otero no problem man, thanks for watching.
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Great refresher course! I want to teach tig welding mainly, but other welding as well. At 45 I went and took a welding test today with flux core nr-232 wire and forgot about the 1 inch stick out on the wire and I had the volts up too high 105, when volts should of been around 25 with 3/8 metal thickness. The blueprints were more technical than I recall, lol. You are a great teacher! It gets very busy in blueprints , looking like a dam Maze!! Appreciate the lessons.
Both the symboles at the 9 min mark say weld on other side but the arrows are on different sides of the weld. One should say on arrow side(right) and one should say on other side(left) 9:00
I have an associates in mechanical drafting and design. I didn't do so well in my fasteners class. I didn't understand the weldments symbols that well. This video was pretty useful. Thanks.
I just took my D1.1 exam yesterday and passed 😄
Dude, I really appreciate your availability to share you knowledge. And also, I am very grateful because your pronounce is so clear due to English is not my first language.
Thanks a lot, friend!
Best regards.
Question..You put the 3/8 weld on the other side and the 1/4 on top, wouldn’t the 1/4 weld be on bottom seeing as the in the Symbol 1/4 is on the other side? Thanks! 20:27
What a great video, even after 5 years.
@13:49. I am confused in this drawing. Why is the arrow side on the bottom when you put the arrow on the top of the joint? Seems backward from what was previously discussed. Does something unique happen when you change the view from side to overhead?
same question. Its the total opposite of what he taught in the beginning
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@15:19 referencing the top example, wouldn't the arrow side be on the "top"? I'm asking because that is the side the arrow is on. Am I missing something?
For the bottom example I have the same question; why is the "bottom side" of the plain view t-joint the arrow side?
Thanx for your welding symbols classes . its so awesome n clear to understand , this help alot in the welding industry .Because welding industry moves on drawings , measurements and symbols. this has been agreat class . Thanx for yo time Bro.
Great video, the only thing that might help even more than you have within this video would be that, when you draw 2 pieces of steel you use different colors. So that when you change views you can keep the visual with the same colors from steel to steel. For example, the flat piece of steel could be blue and the vertical piece could be red. Change views and carry the colors through so some of the less visual can keep up. Thanks!
I been approved for the welding school I was Interested in! Now I’m getting familiar with blue print reading. Great RUclips channel.
Good stuff. very good examples for us who need a refresher.
On the explanation at 14:20, should the arrow side of the 1/4" weld be drawn on the arrow side of the vertical plate?
Same for the next weld example @15:06. You drew them on the other side of the plate on the plan view. Am I missing something?
Thanks again for these explanations.
Wow nice explanation sir
I am watching more videos on that topics but not clear
This video clear all doubts
Thanks a lot sir
Keep em coming.. we weldin' pupils want to learn.
Mr Wolf good to hear.
At 12:24 you got me for a moment. I thought it was going to go across the other way, not diagonal, but I see that the reason for me being wrong there is because the middle piece was one whole piece. So that was a nice lesson in itself right there.
8:58 both symbols are telling you the same thing but wouldn't they each imply welding on the other side than where the arrow is pointing to? (so they carry similar information but are indicating opposite sides of the T-joint.)
Are the two examples starting at 14:20 flipped regarding which side they're supposed to be on or did I miss something?
Great video. I just started Working Drawings 2 and we are CADD'ing out welding symbols. You make these hieroglyphics easier to understand.
Starting welding school here soon and this helped me was worried and confused on what the blueprints even meant
At 14:22 the arrow pointed to the top . I understood that the instructions on written on the underside are for the arrow side. Why are you drawing the weld on the “ other side “ ? Just started welding. Like the way you explain things. Please clarify. Thanks
I appreciate the videos but can you explain why at 14:22 you put the welds on the 'other' side but gave directions for 'arrow' side. Thanks
Started at 8:50 the fillet symbol must be located below the reference line as this is arrow side. Or maybe I'm wrong?
My thoughts too
this was awesome I had no idea whatsoever about anything concerning welding drawings and symbols
thank you
I love structural welding. This man knows what he is talking about.
In Fabrication though.... you will run into situations that the prints do not match what makes sense. Simply ask if the print is correct before burning. Cover your ass. Engineers often get things wrong. Use your common sense.
DarkForce X a daily thing at my shop
DarkForce X and on the 8th day God created the RFI (request for information) 😂 if you look on the prints, the engineers number should be there. I used to call for written clarification all the time if I knew something was wrong. I love structural welding too 🤘🔥
Wroger Wroger always.
You are so right. As a newly certified CWI, I used to run through that all the time and was making me very nervous. Now, I just use my best judment possible.😊
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14:31 I might be wrong? But bottom = arrow side, so the welds would be on the opposite side of that t-bar right? Because the arrow is pointing at the top half, but the welds were drawn in on the bottom section
Sorry, isn't at 12:40 3/8th is on the arrow side? And 5/16th is on the other side?
At 14:20 he represents the intermittent welds on the "other side", but the fillet weld symbol is represented on the arrow side of the welding symbol. is that a mistake or am I not understanding this correctly? I'm confused now. Any thoughts?
i confused in that part too
This is going to be a great series. Thanks for starting this one.
BambulanceMan you’re welcome sir.
Video's like this..t's great to promote skilled mahi of all trades..learn the basics be interested learn what ye can and hope to be an apprentice ..right support, encouragement..do the 'math'.. awesome vid👍
I love the video, and perhaps I'm a little slow, but at the 9:01 mark, aren't those arrows both telling you something different about the joint? They both mean "Other side", but since they are drawn on opposite sides of the vertical piece, the two arrows are each referring to 2 different welds. The arrow on the right means a weld on the left, and the arrow on the left means a weld on the right, correct? So I guess they both read the same way, but they don't tell you the same thing about the weld they are drawn against?
im stumbled here too i made i few practice blue prints on paper and i got confused when back to the video and im at the same point they both are saying 3/8 other side but were the arrow is pointing is on the other side as well so wouldnt that mean there opposite because that would be from the left arrow side and other side and the right side arrow side to other side of t joint
I'm little bit confused! please help me understand, at 11:50 you shown other side's weld information on the top of the reference line but at 14:18 you shown other side's weld information on arrow side/ below the reference line. is that due to top view?
i am seriously confused.at 14:24 the welding should be drawn at the top part(arrow side),shouldnt it?
I love videos like this very informative
Redemption Garage thanks we do what we can.
at 9:00 isn’t the symbol on the right saying the fillet weld goes on the other side? For them to be saying the same thing shouldn’t the weld symbol of the right symbol be on the bottom of the line?
@18:33 would you finish the joint to the end?
At 8:50 he says the symbols mean the same thing, but does the symbol on the lefts “other side” mean the opposite side than the symbol on the right? Basically is the other side different for both symbols because they are on different sides or no
14:30 ON VIDEO. ACCORDING TO THIS WELD SYMBOL WE MUST HAVE WELD ON THE ARROW SIDE??? IS IT YOUR MISTAKE OR I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WELL?
This explanation is excellent. Will have to show this training to the fab shop.
Thank You for the useful information. Waiting for more. : ) Edit; i got both books today. Thanks again for the most useful info.
noneya bezness that’s a great investment man. Really good info in those books.
A little late to the party here, but plan to watch this whole series as it's something I'd like to be more knowledgeable on. Have a question about the single V bevel at around 6:00 in. Does the weld symbol indicate which piece of material to put the bevel on on that joint? It does seem more intuitive the way you read it, but does the direction of the V on the symbol indicate which side of the joint to bevel if it isn't as clear cut?
Excellent! ,Knowledge is power. Thanks for sharing.
I agree. Knowledge is power
John Bladykas thanks for watching.
THIS HELPED ALOT WITH MY AUTO CAD SCHOOL WORK
I really like that this was easy to understand. You missed me at one part when you were talking about something going to the left.. I didn’t quite understand that but I didn’t dwell on it because I didn’t want to fall behind and not understand what you were talking about. The real gem of this video is at smashburger, that guy ordering all those burgers 💀😂😂
how do you know where to start your 2-6 weld? what told you to start off the edge of the plate, instead of right on the edge
On a staggered weld (17:30), how do you know what side starts with the stich in the middle and what side starts with the gap spacing?
First, let me say this is a great series idea and I thoroughly this first installment! That said, I have a question and a suggestion or "tip" to contribute. First the "tip". A way to remember which symbol side is which that I use is "arrow" and "bottom" both use a double letter in there names ( aRRow /boTTom). So if you remember this, then, what is written on the boTTom of the line will go to the aRRow side the rest will take care of itself. A little like the words "port" & "starboard" being "left" & "right" is easily remembered by "port" and "left" each having 4 letters. Little tricks like this have helped me alot! I hope it helps someone else as well.
Now the question. When laying out the intermittent welds be they staggered or not, will the bead placements be shown or are we to know to start laying out from the middle and work our way out or start art at the end and work our way across? Could you be a bit more specific about this please?
Perhaps you could show an actual call out sheet or blueprint that a pro welder on the job site would be given to work off of? Structural, pipe, fab shop, whatever! Maybe all of them if possible so we could see the differences as well as the similarities of what each occupation sees on a regular basis? Just a thought!
I'm too old to go pipeline welding or build skyscrapers or bridges and tunnels but I'd love to see what they are looking at!
Again, great video! Looking forward to more!
Peace
patrick farley thanks for the feedback and the tip. The intermittent fillet welds would usually e labeled on the print. If they aren’t, I usually make sure that one of them starts at the end of the pieces being joined.
Your a very good teacher❗️
I'm about to start my welding education, and really want to be prepared and ahead so I'm not failing my classes
Hey, at 11:43...
The welding symbol on the left hand side shows the weld symbol on the "other" side. Shouldn't that technically be on the "arrow" side?
I'm not criticizing whatsoever, and it's a genuine question. I'm just asking for clarification so I make sure I understand properly. Thank you for all your help also.