first time welder
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What type of welder? Wire thickness? Amps?
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first picture, mabye a little more hotter and dont go so fast. youtube mig welding there is TONS of how to videos on different techniques on set up and whatnot
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Start here
Also I wouldn't use any wire bigger than .030" in that machine If you don't have an auto darkening helmet you can get a hf one for $40 with a coupon, while not the best its a decent cheap starter. |
^ good post above also slow down and take your time looks like you were trying to rush it
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Ill teach u how to weld buddy!! :)
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Thanks for the links and heads up on the wire thickness.
I seen those cool, blue flame HF helmets in the newspapers I get. I'm just waiting to one in the mail so I can make a trip and buy a drill wire brush. At first I was but today I took my time and it paid off, I'll post pictures later when I'm near my computer. Promise sweetie? |
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Third one looks alot better takes practice most people don't realize how hard it really is
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Tell me about it. I thought it will be easy as solder, man was I wrong.
I just need to find out how to tack so I can do my core support. |
Ya ha as far as tacks give it two or three seconds and you should be good
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I think I have a few of the coupons to get them for $40...I always set the ads in a drawer and forget about them. Let me know if you want one.
What do you want the drill wire brush for? I like these for removing paint if thats what you planned to use it for. New pics are looking better, try slowing down some more though. |
i'll let you know if i need a coupon if i dont get my HF newspaper
That is what i was talking about, 6.99 isnt bad for that brush. I need that to clean the parts well cause a hand wire brush doesnt do a good job, lol. when i get more scrap metal (hopfully this weekend) i'll try it by slowing down. I notice alot of poeple do the "e" motion welds but i get two different stories to which way to weld. left to right, right to left then bottom to up instead of up to down. so i'll be trying to make a metal box so i can try all different techniques and see which is better for me. thanks for all the help guys. |
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Those vids you posted are pure gold
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nice to know about thinner metals are down hill. i'll be doing my core support soon and thats pretty thin.
the vids are good, i keep watching them. |
I have been practicing but haven't been taking pictures.
One question I do have is, do I need a different welder for aluminum? Can't I just buy aluminum welding wire? |
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Nice...if you look at your first welding pics...I'd say you have come along way.
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i due side to side but looks good buddy
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You can technically.... If you run pure argon. Which you can not do seeing you have a flux core.
Problem is mig won't feed the wire correctly its to soft you need a push pull gun or spool gun. Most people don't weld aluminum with mig. And if they do for anything that really matters they use a welder like the millermatic 350p. If you want to do aluminum you need to learn tig |
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i don't know of any quality tig machines that aren't ac, so not sure the purpose of your edit.
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Uh most people on this site can't afford the 2500+ a quality AC/DC machine will cost and it's irresponsible to tell a first time welder that they need a TIG machine to weld aluminum without specifying that you need a machine capable of AC current.
Not to mention I could stick weld aluminum so to assume you can only TIG weld aluminum is ignorant when in reality all you need is AC current and compatible filler metal. |
lol i never said you have to have tig. it was mearly my opinion that tig is the way to go. i even said in my post you can do it with mig.
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I've welded some pretty big structural stuff with a spool gun. However, if you buy a cheap spool gun it's a lot more difficult to achieve good alum. Welds. There's other great options than jumping into a 2500 + dollar machine. Save the money and go pay for some weld lessons and make sure it's something you really wanna do.
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thx
thx something like that? i knew that a/c was needed to weld alluminium, but i i was told i can weld with my machine aslong as i get a spool that say aluminium wire; then just keep the settings low and speed low and to take my time. i seen both mig and tig welding aluminium, my uncle has been doing it all his life and his the one that told me, i can do it with my machine but, i just have to get the settings rights. I had to check due to the fact, he sometimes likes busting my ass on things like that. However, I did check on the internet and found a few that say yes and few that say no, So i thought i would ask here. i'll see if my uncle has one of those spool guns laying around he would sell me. Before i went into pharmacy, i was going into welding but classes were a 5-8 month waiting period, which i couldnt wait for at the moment. Now that i have a job, I thought i would be able to pick it up on my own. |
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