vonsteimel
Mechanical
- Oct 19, 2010
- 132
Greetings,
I do a fair amount of drawings which require weld call outs, most of which will end up being made in a fab shop environment. Most of the welders are not certified.etc and do not know all the the weld symbols.
I usually just use the "Fillet" weld symbol to call out welds as its the most commonly known it seems. But when it comes down to it, its not correct and just looks bad when a professional engineer/drafter/welder.etc does get their hands on it. For instance, say I call out a seam weld with a fillet symbol.
Or sometimes I'll just use a leader that reads "Spot weld every 1.50" .etc
This has to be fairly common in smaller mfg & fab shops. How do you recommend handling it? Should I just call them out by the book and let the fabricator figure it out?
Thanks,
VS
I do a fair amount of drawings which require weld call outs, most of which will end up being made in a fab shop environment. Most of the welders are not certified.etc and do not know all the the weld symbols.
I usually just use the "Fillet" weld symbol to call out welds as its the most commonly known it seems. But when it comes down to it, its not correct and just looks bad when a professional engineer/drafter/welder.etc does get their hands on it. For instance, say I call out a seam weld with a fillet symbol.
Or sometimes I'll just use a leader that reads "Spot weld every 1.50" .etc
This has to be fairly common in smaller mfg & fab shops. How do you recommend handling it? Should I just call them out by the book and let the fabricator figure it out?
Thanks,
VS