JTSpeedDemon
2019 Build Off Winner!
Yup, I finally got my first welder!
For $200, I got a Century FC-90, as a late birthday present! My dad also got me this big Husky bin to keep everything in. Of course, I have a full complement of safety gear, and we even cleaned the automotive fluid stains off the garage floor before I ran a bead.
We had to go to like FOUR stores to find the NR-211MP wire! Is EVERYONE welding in quarantine????
But yeah, I got it yesterday, and I ran some beads as practice yesterday! The welds are on 1/8" mild steel, with 0.030" wire.
The first few welds, I had the power WAAY too high, as it's not too hard to tell. I was blowing holes in the steel! And there was a lot of splatter, undoubtedly a side effect of the high power. I attempted a weave, but I only got a zigzag bead.
On the last bead, I got a real nice one! There's still a little slag I didn't clean off, but it turned out real nice!
I'm really impressed with this little welder, I can't wait to undo the frame mods on my kart! I also ordered an angle grinder kit on my own dime, so I'll be pretty well set up for kart fabrication!
For $200, I got a Century FC-90, as a late birthday present! My dad also got me this big Husky bin to keep everything in. Of course, I have a full complement of safety gear, and we even cleaned the automotive fluid stains off the garage floor before I ran a bead.
We had to go to like FOUR stores to find the NR-211MP wire! Is EVERYONE welding in quarantine????
But yeah, I got it yesterday, and I ran some beads as practice yesterday! The welds are on 1/8" mild steel, with 0.030" wire.
The first few welds, I had the power WAAY too high, as it's not too hard to tell. I was blowing holes in the steel! And there was a lot of splatter, undoubtedly a side effect of the high power. I attempted a weave, but I only got a zigzag bead.
On the last bead, I got a real nice one! There's still a little slag I didn't clean off, but it turned out real nice!
I'm really impressed with this little welder, I can't wait to undo the frame mods on my kart! I also ordered an angle grinder kit on my own dime, so I'll be pretty well set up for kart fabrication!