What welders do you run?

[Roert42]

Man, I put my floor in my 1988 with a borrowed chineseum 110v Flux core at the guidance of these fools.

That would have been badass compared to what i had.

This would be perfect for welding floor pans, very hard to burn through.

The duty cycle seems to be non existent/endless, or the thermal overload doesn’t work, so it’s got that going for it.

 

[scotts90ranger]

With those settings I would switch to 3/32" rods instead of 1/8", sure they're somewhat harder to come by but are better suited to the drawn on amperage...

I've had good luck with my little HFT flux core welder, sure it teaches you bad habits but assuming you use .035" wire instead of .030" wire they weld ok with some practice... on either low or high it's too much voltage for .030" wire and it just vaporizes and makes the welds look HORRIBLE, if you get the wire speed and weld speed dialed in for what you are doing with .035" wire you can make some fairly decent welds... That said the Titanium welders are far superior being inverter they are true DC voltage instead of A/C which shouldn't work on flux core... that and the inverter magic is great... Sure transformers are more reliable long term but they weld nice...

 

[Roert42]

With those settings I would switch to 3/32" rods instead of 1/8", sure they're somewhat harder to come by but are better suited to the drawn on amperage...

I've had good luck with my little HFT flux core welder, sure it teaches you bad habits but assuming you use .035" wire instead of .030" wire they weld ok with some practice... on either low or high it's too much voltage for .030" wire and it just vaporizes and makes the welds look HORRIBLE, if you get the wire speed and weld speed dialed in for what you are doing with .035" wire you can make some fairly decent welds... That said the Titanium welders are far superior being inverter they are true DC voltage instead of A/C which shouldn't work on flux core... that and the inverter magic is great... Sure transformers are more reliable long term but they weld nice...

I intended to write 1/16 6011, 3/32 is still too big.

 

[scotts90ranger]

ah, yeah... that makes more sense, I've tried those short 1/16" rods before, they're frustrating...

 

[racsan]

the tiny rods for my 115V welder drive me nuts, the rod wants to flex and bounce around when I weld , so I usually hold the middle of the rod with my free hand. It gets hot quick!

 

[Roert42]

the tiny rods for my 115V welder drive me nuts, the rod wants to flex and bounce around when I weld , so I usually hold the middle of the rod with my free hand. It gets hot quick!

I don't have much an issue with that, However you can only get like 2-3" bead from one stick.

Spend more time changing rods them burning them.

 

[Dirtman]

I'll pay any one of you $500 bucks for a lesson plan...

Seriously... Im screwed.

 

[Dirtman]

This is what I have so far...


Step #1... Slide show of work I've done
Step #2... Show me what you know
Step #3... don't kill people with bad welds

Then drink in the classroom?

 

[Roert42]

I'll pay any one of you $500 bucks for a lesson plan...

Seriously... Im screwed.

When do you need it?

 

[Dirtman]

When do you need it?

Monday

 

[Roert42]

Monday

Don't worry.

I will try and figure out how to weld tomorrow.

 

[Snoranger]

I'll pay any one of you $500 bucks for a lesson plan...

Seriously... Im screwed.

Are you teaching a basic welding class or advanced?

 

[Dirtman]

Are you teaching a basic welding class or advanced?

Advanced. Titanium, and exotic metal welding. Environmental chamber work is going to be a huge part.