Pics and vid of me welding

[jr dragster Tyler]

Just thought this might be usefull for somone looking into welding. I have a lincoln eletric 180C MIG welder, Using 75/25 Argon Co2 gas mix. My welds come out VERY nice and clean.

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/juniordragster123/th_MOV02365.jpg (http://s284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/juniordragster123/?action=view&current=MOV02365.flv)

And this is the weld I just made. BTW I am using a MILLER auto shade mask. Retails for around 180-200$

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll33/juniordragster123/DSC02366.jpg

[Kenny_McCormic]

Thats really clean, makes my work look like it was done by a blind mentally "slow" monkey.

[ed1380]

that bead looks differnt than ive ever seen before.

btw my autodarkening helmet was $30 and works just as well :rolleyes:

[kibble]

We can't be having these kinds of inappropriate videos here! :toetap05:

LOL, just kidding! :arf:

[jr dragster Tyler]

It looks different? in what way? Do you mean it just looks REALLY clean? At the end I started to weld faster so it looks kinda distorted. I've tried my dads 30 dollar welding helmet and it didnt look as clear. I could Just barely see the puddle forming.

[ed1380]

well im used to beads that have teh ripples. yours looks clean but idk how that happens. high wire feed speed?

ripples
http://htdconnect.com/~wmogrady/lube/welders/images/m12141_c.jpg

[jr dragster Tyler]

Yeah I'm pretty sure that picture you have there is TIG welding. You always have ripples with TIG welding. But I did have my heat setting and wire speed a tad on the low side.

[newrider3]

I always get ripples with a good weld on a wire feed welder. Also, if you use flux core, the better welds usually have a nice coat of slag you have to chip.

[jr dragster Tyler]

Yeah I get ripples too but this weld was just for fun.

[kibble]

Aww dude, I weld just for fun all the time! This one time, I was driving and I decided I wanted to weld, so I busted out my welder and I started welding stuff to my steering wheel. Fun stuff! :roflol:

I can kinda see what looks like some slight ripples, but the bottom part of that weld is pretty bubbly. Nice and clean though!

[jr dragster Tyler]

Yeah at the end I whent to fast by accident.