Alright, I am new to welding and I am currently building a single tier stand. I have a question about welding on the legs. I am building the top tier by welding all four corners. I want to lay that on the four legs and weld them on. My question is about welding where the legs and top will join. Should I weld the top tier and then double weld or should I connect the legs and try to weld the three pieces together with essentially one bead?
Any feedback or thoughts?
I know think I should have welding the legs as the corners but thought it would be more structurally sound to lay the top into legs.
I don’t see any issues with welding the top as a single frame. There are good reasons to do so.
For legs, I would layup and weld the lower framing and then join the top to the frame. That way I could avoid try to set a "long’ leg on end and get everything square with long vertical extensions.
Your system shouldn’t be having to deal with a ton of side to side movement, mostly up/down weight distribution so 3 beads should give you ample strength.