Welding, hows it looking?

[2or3wheels]

how does these welds look?

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Needs work. Is that stick welding?

 

[modelengineer]

Get a chipping hammer and stiff wire brush. Hammer the crap out of the weld to remove the slag, and then brush away all the loose slag before you make the next weld. You can end up with slag inclusions (v. bad) in the weld if you don't do this.
Go slower, and more steady. Practice flat welds before you do corner welds. They are much easier.

 

[newrider3]

Learn to run good "stringer" beads, meaning you just strike an arc and pull the rod along, before you move on to rod manipulation, and lap and t welds like that.

 

[jr dragster T]

Look's a bit like Oscar's first welds. All broken up and bubbly. Just need a bit more practise.

 

[Scout]

Lay the material out so you are welding flat. Something like that I would prop it up and use clamps or magnets so it sits at a 45* and I can lay flat beads.

 

[modelengineer]

Really strong magnets (hard drive) can affect the arc in strange ways, that was an annoying mistake I made.

 

[fluxcored]

Really strong magnets (hard drive) can affect the arc in strange ways, that was an annoying mistake I made.

I hate using magnets.

Sometimes I use super glue to hold stuff but of course be wary of the fumes,

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Weld outside, no fume problems.

 

[sayre315]

how does my welding look
im using the HF 90 amp flux wire welder with the auto darkening mask
http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk10/sayre315_bucket/?action=view&current=sayrepic201.jpg

 

[jr dragster T]

That's pretty darn good there Sayre!

 

[sayre315]

thank you Mr. Tyler
that auto darkening mask is soooooo amazing! best thing since the invintion of toilet paper

 

[fluxcored]

That's pretty darn good there Sayre!

Have to agree. You're doing well.

 

[sayre315]

thanks alot guys!
hey
i have a queston for any of you guys that have this welder
the problem is the wire wont go through the cord
i un screwed that screw that puts pressure on the wire
then i tried pulling the wire through and it wasnt easy

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

how does my welding look
im using the HF 90 amp flux wire welder with the auto darkening mask
http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk10/sayre315_bucket/?action=view&current=sayrepic201.jpg

Better than mine! Looks great. Elaborated on you wire issue. I always just feed the first couple inches clamp down the roller and pull the trigger till it comes out of the gun. Its not gonna go through there easy by hand. your pushing a single strand steel wire down a plastic tube.

 

[sayre315]

no i mean it had already been through
it was about 3" outa the end and its hard to "pull" out

 

[jr dragster T]

Check your wire tip and see if it's clogged. Sometimes if you get too close to the arc it will melt back to the tip. Can also check the rollar's and all. Seeing as I have so many tip's I'm not alway's too worried about reviving them. You can see one is a new tip and the other is a revived clogged tip. I'm not 100% sure if you can even remove the tip on those cheap welder's. Also it makes it easier to make the cable straight and to remove the wire tip. And it's always hard to pull out. As long as the wire feeder can push it through then your good.

 

[Kenny_McCormic]

Its gonna be hard to pull out, its the nature of the beast. As long as it pushes it out fine your good. Keep the roller clamp tight.

 

[sayre315]

ok, well
the tip is almost new, nothing wrong at all
yes tyler the tips can be taken off of these cheap welders
no it WONT spit any wire out at all
and i have tried every tension possible

 

[jr dragster T]

Well then you have a odd probelem. Almost like the wire is sticking inside the feeder hose. Check everywhere on the machine. Sometimes it can bind up and you may not notice it.