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RE: Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread
January 5, 2021 at 10:12 am
(January 5, 2021 at 7:40 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (January 4, 2021 at 11:43 pm)Fireball Wrote: I have a wire feed from Hazard Fraught that spools wire out. I've almost gotten it down so that it doesn't leave bird shit everywhere. I love my oxyacetylene rig; I can make nice welds with it. I guess if I welded with the wire feed unit enough, I'd get good at it. I don't think that I'll live that long, given the number of welding tasks that I'll be likely to take on.
Ok.... I guess you meant MIG, not TIG......
Now - are you using flux core wire or mixed gas (C25)?
You're right-MIG. And it's flux core, which I believe is part of the problem as well.
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RE: Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread
January 5, 2021 at 12:15 pm
(January 5, 2021 at 10:49 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (January 5, 2021 at 10:12 am)Fireball Wrote: You're right-MIG. And it's flux core, which I believe is part of the problem as well.
Ok... If your machine has the option for gas feed - upgrade to it.
Flux core is essentially the same as stick welding - with the smoke... Plus you get splatter all over. That contributes to ugly welds. You get cleaner welds and breatheable air using gas feed.
Also - if your machine is gas capable - make sure your polarity is correct.
Flux core = negative to stinger.
Gas feed = negative to workpiece.
That got me once... Couldn't get a good weld at all...
I have MIG, TIG and gas. If you want the cleanest - go TIG.
It's a cheapo Harbor Freight welder. I'll have to check to see if I can upgrade it, but I have my doubts. I'm not going to invest in yet another piece of equipment that I will probably use 10 times in my life, so I'll probably just stick to the oxyacetylene rig.
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January 5, 2021 at 7:18 pm
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The gas axe! (I needed a good gas mig (unimig) for welding car panels...) Stick is for general purpose stuff ... I'd love tig and plasma cutter but as Fireball said, not to use them 5 or 10 times max ...
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January 5, 2021 at 10:38 pm
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January 8, 2021 at 5:38 am
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