The material is 44w. The wire is aristo rod 12.5 by esab. As for position, flat and horizontal. The joint prep was 90○ and 35○degrees again with3/32 land and root opening. There are no stop and starts. This is to develop the shop procedure so parameters are up to me. There are 3, 3/4"side bend ...

Has anyone done a mig open root plate, square to bevel procedure. 35○ bevel 3/32 land and 3/32 root opening? Its for a shop procedure, so tensile and bend test. Bend tests have all passed but failed tensile. Suggestions?