How to MIG Stack dimes

Struggling to get that stack of dimes with your MIG welder? See my hints, tips and advice on how to get a stack of dimes with a MIG welder.
Try the different techniques, and you will produce your own stacking of dimes in no time 😊
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[@timk7171]

Ive been a welder for 40 years doing it this way is wrong. Its for tossers

[@thehomeweldshed]

Everyone has a different technique. What works for one doesn't for another. Could you share your technique perhaps? We all know welding is an individual thing. Thanks for the comment 🙂👍
Edit ... I've pinned this comment so when you do share your technique from 40 years of experience we can all learn from an apparent expert

[@ronelopangilinan6991]

4 months experience i can weld better. stronger,deeper, in any orientation...left hand, right hand ..push or pull than @timk7171.. you cant beat grade five genius.....keep up the good work steve

[@thehomeweldshed]

@@ronelopangilinan6991 Thanks buddy, appreciate the comment 😊

[@valveman12]

"Ive been a welder for 40 years doing it this way is wrong. Its for tossers"
Wrote the Tosser!

[@thehomeweldshed]

​@@valveman12 😂 🙈

[@theman3688]

Clean weld! Subscribed from the US!

[@thehomeweldshed]

Thank you 👍 😁

[@DIYHomesteadProjectsDIYHP10]

Nice job! I enjoyed your video 👍

[@thehomeweldshed]

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 😀

[@thedoingnotthedone.6292]

Nice demo. Good to see what can be achieved with a £200 mig set.

[@thehomeweldshed]

Thank you 🙏 The lower cost welding sets can certainly surprise.
It's usually not the machine, it's the person using it 😉

[@giovanninicosia1864]

Like the channel good content keep it up!

[@thehomeweldshed]

Thank you, much more coming 😀

[@Nmap-WireShark]

Nice video, great for beginners who have a 240v welder-- when they see this and produce this weld they will be really interested and feel great!
Have you ever tried overlapping C's on the same fillet weld from right to left I travel pushing the puddle into a reversed C overlapping back to the opening of the C

[@thehomeweldshed]

Thank you ... It's surprising what can be achieved on these little 240v welders. If this video inspires others, that's the best reward from making it.
Yes I've tried that and various other techniques, including multi run fillet, etc. With practice you can do a lot.
Thanks for reaching out 😊

[@speed71378]

NICE to now

[@thehomeweldshed]

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it

[@TheOmgu74]

If you are using Argon/CO2 mix you are MAG welding, not MIG welding.

[@thehomeweldshed]

Good observation. Most mig or mag welding processes use mixed gas nowadays. Pure co2 can be used, but it's mainly on general carbon steel fabrications. Whether it's mag or mig, most refer to it as mig welding anyway for simplicity

[@davidrichards3605]

Why this fascination for Stacking Dimes? Its for cosmetices only, not for real structural welds, the root penetration is less with this technique and the Ripple effect are stress raisers, only for amateurs.

[@thehomeweldshed]

Hello David, you are indeed correct, if you watch from 1:35 onwards, I say exactly that, all it achieves is cosmetics only. And that’s fine for general fabrications, or when your objective is to simply fuse two pieces of metal together which will not be subject to excess load or stress.
You are also correct in that each ripple can cause a stress point, focusing a mechanical moment between each dime. But a weld of this nature, such as repeated cycles of pressure, heat and cooling, etc will have a specification and NDT standard. I’ve seen welds rejected in my time working in petrochemical due to coarse weave, stacked dime effect and similar.
Stacking dimes is merely aesthetically pleasing, it has its place, and as such, it’s fine for amateurs or general fabs, who may be working up to coded specifications and WPS parameters.
Thanks for asking and for the comment 😊

[@davidrichards3605]

Its interesting, some years ago I did some evaluation on using the Linear Oscillation (welding term for stack of dimes technique) technique as opposed to a continuous travel or Sine wave type oscillations in automation applications using a robot at the Welding Development Laboratoy I worked. The results showed that the main effect was that the overall heat imput control was better allowing thinner materials to be welded with less burn though - especially useful in welding thin gauge Aluminium. The negative of this was that the root penetration was reduced by approx 10% and the coarse ripple effect had an effect on the mechanical test although we never saw any fractures from the ripples.
Also on macro & micro examination there was a significant trait of increased underflushing and undercut between Dimes. @@thehomeweldshed