Manual arc welding on a roof - GIF

**ToolTalkBot** · Jun 12, 2025, 10:27 AM

Manual arc welding on a roof.

Previously:

Arc welding slow motion - GIF

**Frank S** · Jun 12, 2025, 10:35 AM

That is torch welding there is no arc when you use oxy/fuel, and it looks like lead flashing to me

**mwmkravchenko** · Jun 13, 2025, 07:28 AM

Who writes these captions? Cuz there is zero truth here. Frank nailed it. Soldering Lead.

Mark

**BuffaloJohn** · Jun 13, 2025, 10:01 AM

You can see the flame in the second pass images, it is in the reflection.

As for who writes the captions - Ai or idiots (yes that is redundant)

**bruce.desertrat** · Jun 13, 2025, 10:13 AM

Originally Posted by BuffaloJohn

You can see the flame in the second pass images, it is in the reflection.

As for who writes the captions - Ai or idiots (yes that is redundant)

There are plenty of Natural Idiots out there to go with the Artificial Idiots...

**desbromilow** · Jun 13, 2025, 06:54 PM

why does the welder go over the joint with a second pass? is it to smooth the bead, or some other reason?

**Frank S** · Jun 13, 2025, 09:45 PM

Originally Posted by desbromilow

why does the welder go over the joint with a second pass? is it to smooth the bead, or some other reason?

Lead gets a film of oxidation very quickly just like aluminum. If you noticed his routine, he would heat dab and back away. The rapid heating was melting the base metal from within under the layer of oxidation the dabbing while the heat was there and adding the filler material while pushing through the oxidation even though you may not have seen it. this joined the two layers but might not have made a watertight bond Since the layer of oxidation was more or less burned away now. going back over the bead would allow a nice even fluid flow.

I used to use lead as a body filler on cars instead of the resin and hardener. Just needed a coarse grind to the metal or file it with a body file. use a lead stick and a torch heat the metal rub the stick over the surface to what was called tinning. Then melt and fill if you got too much you could heat and smooth out with a wooden paddle or file it off an remelt the filings to recover the excess lead you had used when making shapes if you needed more lead later you had to get rid of the oxidation by filing or spot heating and forcing the stick thought the layer then go back over and smooth with a paddle.