Welding thread!!!!
#1471
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i ran out of mig wire in the small machine last night. gonna have to use my backup spool of shielded wire now. so gonna have to change my polarity, drive wheel and switch to a black nozzle, if i can find it.
i don't think i've ever welded with flux core before.
i don't think i've ever welded with flux core before.
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The last time I used flux core was building highway signs in 1984 or thereabouts. We have an auto parts store open 7 days that always has a roll of solid .028 on the shelf.
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You either have a "crappy squirt gun" or you ran out of "Crappy electrodes". Buzz box is used to describe a stick welder and you may have a wirefeed squirtgun. I can't tell from the image due to my "crappy glasses" what type of machine you used to weld your trailer which seems pretty nice.
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You either have a "crappy squirt gun" or you ran out of "Crappy electrodes". Buzz box is used to describe a stick welder and you may have a wirefeed squirtgun. I can't tell from the image due to my "crappy glasses" what type of machine you used to weld your trailer which seems pretty nice.
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People always think of SMAW (stick) welding as a dirty process. Just gotta use quality electrodes, and running DC is much cleaner than AC.
Had to use our AC Lincoln tombstone to build something at work. Got it as clean as possible with AC, but it makes a lot of spatter. This was 6013
I always run 7018 on DCEP, with pretty good results.
The inner C gussets were made from scrap .120" HREW, and I was too lazy to drag the 200lb housing out to my shop, so I stuck them on with my crappy 110v flux core. They look like crap, but they aren't load bearing so I'm not super concerned
No spatter, clean weld with deep penetration, thats why I love DC
Had to use our AC Lincoln tombstone to build something at work. Got it as clean as possible with AC, but it makes a lot of spatter. This was 6013
I always run 7018 on DCEP, with pretty good results.
The inner C gussets were made from scrap .120" HREW, and I was too lazy to drag the 200lb housing out to my shop, so I stuck them on with my crappy 110v flux core. They look like crap, but they aren't load bearing so I'm not super concerned
No spatter, clean weld with deep penetration, thats why I love DC
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I only like stick welding with 150 amps or more. Or stainless. Everything else is boring. I'd rather just MIG it and be done but of course 90% of what I weld at work is with a 7018 or 316 Rod.
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not many affordable dc machines available, but yeah, nothing beats welding dc over ac.
with that said, for stick, i love my lincoln ranger 225, it's very powerful.
with that said, for stick, i love my lincoln ranger 225, it's very powerful.
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My dad's work was gonna scrap my old Hobart, industrial TA350DC so he grabbed it. 600lb of beastly welder for free, even came with about 80lb of perfectly serviceable electrodes (unfortunately 50 of that is 6011 which is terrible lol)
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People always think of SMAW (stick) welding as a dirty process. Just gotta use quality electrodes, and running DC is much cleaner than AC.
Had to use our AC Lincoln tombstone to build something at work. Got it as clean as possible with AC, but it makes a lot of spatter. This was 6013
I always run 7018 on DCEP, with pretty good results.
The inner C gussets were made from scrap .120" HREW, and I was too lazy to drag the 200lb housing out to my shop, so I stuck them on with my crappy 110v flux core. They look like crap, but they aren't load bearing so I'm not super concerned
No spatter, clean weld with deep penetration, thats why I love DC
Had to use our AC Lincoln tombstone to build something at work. Got it as clean as possible with AC, but it makes a lot of spatter. This was 6013
I always run 7018 on DCEP, with pretty good results.
The inner C gussets were made from scrap .120" HREW, and I was too lazy to drag the 200lb housing out to my shop, so I stuck them on with my crappy 110v flux core. They look like crap, but they aren't load bearing so I'm not super concerned
No spatter, clean weld with deep penetration, thats why I love DC
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