When doing rosette welds is it better to cut a number of smaller holes or to cut fewer with large holes? Is it important to be able to see the underlying metal or fill in the space?
Rosette welds
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There's a reason!Depends on what you're welding
I've never read anywhere the correct sizing and spacing of rosette welds. I just make them look proportionally correct to the piece the plate is getting welded to. On small holes I fill it totally and larger holes 3/4" or so I run a bead around the edge. I'm sure there is some information on the interwebs somewhere, just never thought it that important for my junk.
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Say one was to cut and sleeve a frame.
Check out Rush55's frame, he did some nice rosettes.
EDIT.... Look at Brisveganbj42's frame around June, he put together a beautiful frame, also.
EDIT.... Look at Brisveganbj42's frame around June, he put together a beautiful frame, also.
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I would recommend making the hole large enough to know that you're getting good weld penetration on both the top and bottom plate. I have found that if the hole is too small, the weld tends to be biased toward the top plate and IMHO isn't quite a strong as one done with a larger diameter hole.
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That’s the beta I was looking for.
