Describe a stringer bead.

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Describe a stringer bead.

A stringer bead is a single weld pass deposited straight along the joint with no side-to-side motion. This creates a narrow, clean bead and uses minimal weaving or multi-pass build-up. The other descriptions describe different techniques: weaving would cover a larger area with side-to-side motion; multiple overlapping passes would be a multi-pass weld; and claiming it’s always a filler bead with oscillation contradicts the straight, non-oscillating nature that defines a stringer bead. So the straight, single-pass, no-weaving description best matches how a stringer bead is formed.

A stringer bead is a single weld pass deposited straight along the joint with no side-to-side motion. This creates a narrow, clean bead and uses minimal weaving or multi-pass build-up. The other descriptions describe different techniques: weaving would cover a larger area with side-to-side motion; multiple overlapping passes would be a multi-pass weld; and claiming it’s always a filler bead with oscillation contradicts the straight, non-oscillating nature that defines a stringer bead. So the straight, single-pass, no-weaving description best matches how a stringer bead is formed.

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