Padding beads is a skill exercise for welding where you stack one bead half way over the previous bead. Its a very efficient way to get in a lot of welding practice and uses very little metal compared to other Tee joints, or laps. Think about building up a worn area on a shaft, or hardfacing teeth on heavy earth moving equipment, or stacking beads on a horizontal pipe joint. All of these tasks use the same skill acquired padding beads. In this video, I started out by welding a border bead using

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77K views · 1.9K reactions | After testing a bunch of different weave patterns, we keep coming back to the stringer bead. Forget the motions and focus on running a clean bead and watching your tie in. Most of the time, it’ll land right where it needs to be. Are you team weaves or team stringer? | Weld.com | Facebook

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41K views · 2.4K reactions | The Doc is in showing you how to properly run a stringer bead in the 3F position. Did you know our educational section in our #weldapp can teach you this exact thing and so much more?! Check it out for yourself! LInk in bio | Weld.com | Facebook

Practice your starts and stops as well as running straight beads, and make sure you are staggering where you make them to get comfortable tying into welds. Watch the full video on YouTube https://youtu.be/oiQRrAP2CqQ | Weld.com