Nice bumper. I'm thinking about this one or a Warrior Products bumper. You have a couple things mixed up with MIG welding. Fluxcore (FCAW) is weld wire that contains flux material in its core to give off inert gasses when it melts to shield the weld area. The diagram you included in the video is of FCAW. MIG is Metal Inert Gas welding (gas in pressurized bottle delivery). Your machine is capable of doing both however you were welding MIG. Although both methods of welding are very similar since they use inert gas to shield the weld from reactive chemicals such as the regular atmosphere it is improper to refer to MIG wire as flux................just MIG wire or wire would do.
Get you some solid mig wire, .030", and 100% CO2 or 75/25 CO2/Argon. You'll have a much easier time learning and laying down a beautiful weld. Also, try small C's rather than circles until you understand the puddle. Great to see you getting after it and just doing it. Awesome job!
Looking good, Moe! If you go wheeling with this when you're done building I'd love to join and send my brother some pictures of the second life you gave his old FJ.
Looks MEAN! might look even better once that rusty trim piece gets cleaned up! 🤭great video! inspiring me to get my welder out of the amazon box it came in.
Great video dude! Thanks for being so transparent and approachable about this whole welding process. Well done!
Nice bumper. I'm thinking about this one or a Warrior Products bumper. You have a couple things mixed up with MIG welding. Fluxcore (FCAW) is weld wire that contains flux material in its core to give off inert gasses when it melts to shield the weld area. The diagram you included in the video is of FCAW. MIG is Metal Inert Gas welding (gas in pressurized bottle delivery). Your machine is capable of doing both however you were welding MIG. Although both methods of welding are very similar since they use inert gas to shield the weld from reactive chemicals such as the regular atmosphere it is improper to refer to MIG wire as flux................just MIG wire or wire would do.
Great video just got my Coastal off-road bumper in gonna tackle it next weekend!
Nice! You totally got this!
crazy transformation! cant wait for the final product. Also, sick video transitions
Get you some solid mig wire, .030", and 100% CO2 or 75/25 CO2/Argon. You'll have a much easier time learning and laying down a beautiful weld. Also, try small C's rather than circles until you understand the puddle. Great to see you getting after it and just doing it. Awesome job!
Appreciate the pointers! Yeah i’m no expert but i definitely want to get more comfortable with this stuff!
Looking good, Moe! If you go wheeling with this when you're done building I'd love to join and send my brother some pictures of the second life you gave his old FJ.
Sounds like a plan!
Looks MEAN! might look even better once that rusty trim piece gets cleaned up! 🤭great video! inspiring me to get my welder out of the amazon box it came in.
Don’t forget about that shielding gas!! Lol
Great work!!
very informative and interesting video. What is the thickness of the metal?
Hello can you give me the size of every piece because I want to do the bumper by my self
It seems hard. Not sure if I have the fortitude.
Yeah, it’s definitely a weekend-ish project but it’s definitely doable!
Nice! How long did the welding and grinding work take?
Grinding and welding took me about 6ish hours if i recall. But that was me taking my time and working on this video.
Hey what size are those American racing ar201s? Frame 6:02. I'm searching the earth for a spare...
They were 18x9’s wrapped in a 35x12.5x18 tire
@@MJAltairy got it. Darn. Looking for a 16x8 for a Tacoma. Thx