Electric arc welding method

An electric arc welding method for creating a multi-pass fillet welded joint between a first metal cylindrical construction element and a second metal cylindrical construction element, wherein the first construction element and second construction element are to be connected to each other in a joining position, in which joining position the first construction element and the second construction element extend at an angle relative to each other, wherein the welding method comprises:

• providing a first metal cylindrical construction element that has a longitudinal axis, an outer wall, and on said outer wall a welding area, and applying a first stand-alone toe weld on the outer wall of said first construction element, wherein the first stand-alone toe weld comprises at least one first toe weld bead, wherein the first stand-alone toe weld has a shape of a projected image of a circle having a circle diameter, wherein the image is projected on the outer wall of the first construction element at an angle that is the same as a relative angle between the first construction element and the second construction element in the joining position,
• providing a second metal cylindrical construction element that has a longitudinal axis, an outer wall and a welding area, wherein the second construction element has an outer diameter that is smaller than said circle diameter,
• after applying the first stand-alone toe weld on the first construction element, arranging the first construction element and the second construction element relative to each other in said joining position wherein the first construction element and the second construction element are at an angle relative to each another, wherein in the joining position a distance is present seen along the welding area of the first construction element, between the first stand-alone toe weld and a root area of the welded joint to be created,
• and wherein in the joining position the second construction element is arranged within a perimeter of the first stand-alone toe weld,
• while maintaining the joining position, making a first weld connection between the welding area of the first construction element and the welding area of the second construction element by applying a root pass at the root area of the welded joint to be created, wherein the root pass comprises at least one root pass bead,
• after applying the root pass, applying one or more filling beads, wherein the first stand-alone toe weld, the root pass, and the one or more filling beads together form part of the welded joint between the first construction element and the second construction element, wherein the first stand-alone toe weld forms a toe of said welded joint at a side of the first construction element and wherein at least some of the one or more filling beads are arranged between the root pass and the first stand-alone toe weld.