Blueprint Reading Chapter 15 Plug and Slot Welds

3 **Welding Symbol:** Represents the type of weld needed, such as fillet, groove, or plug 4 **Fillet Weld Symbol:** Represents a fillet

The basic structure of a welding symbol describes the location and direction of the weld plug and slot welds (used to join frames and metal sheets that

plug or slot weld The size of the plug is shown to the left of the weld symbol In either a plug or slot weld, the sides of the hole may be counter-sunk If a

plug and slot weld symbol In my article on the different types of welds I showed you the 5 basic welds: fillet, groove, surfacing, plug, and slot There is a specific weld symbol for