alright.......i don't try and do this often, i know when i speak it's me me me and i am trying to curb that but me is the only experience i have. anyways, i'm not a trained professional welder i just learned how to control this machine. i do it often enough i don't think about what i'm even doing most of the time. and i'm sure a professional certified welder would pic my crap apart.
but just for the sake of "science" overhead is no different than flat welding, it's all about committed motions and a good arc start. once that arc bites in it will draw itself right up and in for you.
i cleaned up this crap at lunch real quick and i ran 1 weld flat on the table and then i flipped it over clamped it to an angle got down on 1 knee and ran an overhead. i didn't do anything different for either weld.... same settings same pace, same nozzle angles.
if your ever in doubt, stop set yourself up some scraps and find your setting so you can comfortably weld at your pace.
but just for the sake of "science" overhead is no different than flat welding, it's all about committed motions and a good arc start. once that arc bites in it will draw itself right up and in for you.
i cleaned up this crap at lunch real quick and i ran 1 weld flat on the table and then i flipped it over clamped it to an angle got down on 1 knee and ran an overhead. i didn't do anything different for either weld.... same settings same pace, same nozzle angles.
if your ever in doubt, stop set yourself up some scraps and find your setting so you can comfortably weld at your pace.