BUTT WELD Definition & Meaning

butt weld

noun

a weld between two pieces of metal butted together with the abutted ends shortened and thickened and fused together under heat.

butt weld

noun

See butt joint

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Origin of butt weld¹

First recorded in 1860–65

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“I used a steel tube with a butt weld down the length of it. We don’t have much of the seamless kind. Too expensive. We used what we had on your last rockets.”

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The bar is shaped in the same way as for a butt weld.

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A butt weld was where the two ends of the steel sheet that made the tube were simply pushed together and welded.

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