You could teach in a tech college with your style & skills so to find this video (having just bought that same welder) makes me a very grateful fellow ! thank you so much.
Another great video - you always make welding look so easy, which says a lot about your skills. The "real world" theme is also a nice touch. I want a welder for use at home and have watched your demos on the SIP Mini Mig, and also the R-Tech video series by you on their 180. This video has helped me to decide, and I have my order in with R-Tech. One of the things I particulary like about your videos is that you strike a good balance between commentary and demonstration. Some of the video makers on here that waffle on and on could learn a lot from you. I do have one constructive suggestion - could you show the settiings on the welders each time just before you start welding? I think that would be really useful to someone like me that is new to mig. I did my time as a sheet metal worker and car body repairer in the 60's, but did a career change back in the 80's - I've used oxy/acetylene, electric spot weling, and some arc, but no mig. So now retired and fancy a go at mig welding as a hobby. Keep up the good work - the cussing in the outtakes brought back memories of life in workshops and made me smile. ATB Peter
I'm trained in welding (Stick) & love using flux cored. It gets a bad rap from amateurs for some reason but it's far more useful than standard MIG in my opinion. The slag also protects the weld as it's cooling so stops any chance of contamination. Sometimes you just can't get all the rust off car bodywork because you can't see it below the surface. Flux cored removes the invisible rust into the slag too. Great work as usual pal.
Bloody good test that John, I am seriously impressed. I've been mig welding since I taught myself in about 1990 rebuilding a 1971 VW caravanette which had crash damage to the front near side and a crumpled floorpan on that side .also the bottoms of the rear quarters were rusted out and I made new panels and welded them in out in the street as you could in those days lol. Using a gasless mig would have made it so very much easier and were I still playing around with rusty old Landrovers as I used to do I would certainly invest on one of those and sell my big industrial 200 Amp mig tomorrow. I've given up buying gas bottles now and buy out of date CO2 fire extinguishers instead, no rental, no hassle!. Thank you for this real world demo of what that gasless system can do, especially welding onto bare rust, which normal mig won't even touch.
I live in eastern PA, USA. I was given a Miller Cricket flux core welder. This is 30 - 40 years old but still working. Old school iron core transformer with only 70 amp max current, much lower than present machines. It has the remains of the original wire. I replaced the wire with Lincoln Electric NR-211-MP. An amazing difference. Much less splatter and better weld bead. As you said, the present day flux core weld wire is a big improvement. Dave.
I really appreciate that John. I bought an old caravan with a rusty chassis. I got some 1.5mm square tube from Wicks and I bought the cheapest Mig welder from Sealey. My welds are nowhere near as good as yours but they do withstand the Thor The Mighty Hammer test so I guess the caravan is now good enough for the road. Actually I know it is because I went away in it last week! Next time, with what I learned from this video the job will be better.
Another great product from R-Tech. I’ll be getting one to join my other R-Tech machines. As you say, welding outside is hit and miss with a tig welder because it doesn’t take much of a breeze to blow the gas away from the job. Great video, thanks John.
Made my day, thanks. I didnt know about changing the wire inside the machine, but then I've never welded before. Good video and easy to understand. Your'e a star :)
I bought that machine based on your review John ( although mine is an earlier version minus spool gun port) It's excellent i've not mastered the tig side if im honest (spend most of the time grinding tungsten) just need to practice more. I keep a roll of flux core spare in case I run out of gas mid job I was inpressed how easy it welds just more clean up . The big negative I found is the wire tends to "birds nest" if you dont keep the lead straight . I even tried a knurled feed roller to see if that helped ...it made it worse if im honest. The R tec machine has transformed my welding so thanks for another good honest review.
Cracking Video there John! Never really bothered with gas less welding but with the increase in Gas prices its more appealing to keep costs low in the shop 😃
That was really really handy and well thought out thanks. Never really bothered with the flux core but now I realize I would have been better off on a few jobs.
Nice video! And I agree with your recommendation. Flux core wire is ideal for hobbyists and small jobs. Cheap too, even if the wire itself isn't the cheapest. I have a simple 150 euro supermarket welder that takes the small spools such as you have shown. Perhaps surprisingly is has not let me down once. And no unwieldy gas bottles to deal with. If I had to weld all day long all days of the week it would be a different story. With regard to visibility: I was taught to always push, not drag the torch to where you want it to go. It may well be a matter of personal preference, but it's something you might want to try.
Thanks for your video, John. I have found that serrated drive rollers work better for flux core. Also, multi-pass flux core wire produces much less spatter than single pass flux core, although it is quite difficult to find.
Great job John. Big thumbs up from me. I have used flux core wire in the past, and the result was not nearly as good as your demonstration. As you say, wire has come a long ways in the recent years, and the welders have also. Again, Great job John and R-tech. Take Care and Stay Safe. Bob
Great video John. I've currently got use of a mate's mig and tig welders, but considering getting my own. The R-Tech stuff looks really quite competitive - I don't suppose anyone has had experience of the 3-in-1 welders and/or spool guns?
I'd second tom thumbs comment, got tig170, mig 180 and plasma cutter all faultless machines and can make any welder weld brilliantly. Taught people to weld with the mig and they also love it and bought from them. You would t be disappointed with any machine from rtech
As an apprentice back in the 60s we were learned to weld with oxyacetylene, not wanting dangerous gases attached with the house I bought a gas less mig years ago but unfortunately I struggle mainly the wire is pushing the tip away from the work. So instead of a neat weld it resembles low temperature crow shit welding. But you make it look easy….. can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
20 years ago, my 5-year-old grandson could have broken that weld with a feather and a rubber hammer. Today it is his welds that are feather test targets.
@@cliveramsbotty6077 Yes, actually 26 now. While in college he did welding for a company that "Flew" actors on and off stages." Very neat computer-controlled winches. We tell people he "FLEW JESUS" when a megachurch had their Christmas show where the Jesus actor flew onto the stage. He is really into 3-D printing now.
In stick welding, I use negative earth, positive electrode 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, I use earth positive, electrode negative. I swap from one to the other about 50 times a second.
I wonder why you got some thumbs down ??? It's deffo a thumbs up for me - I just need to buy a roll of wire - as I can't be arsed with gas - for the amount of welding I don't do ! Many thanks for that, John. Right - let's test R-tech out..... Hmm, have to agree to their privacy policy - they think - so I put a disclaimer in the message box - that I don't agree with their privacy policy and that the box was ticked under duress - in other words, I was forced to tick it.
You dropped a roll of wire - and made a mess. I once dropped a spinning reel of film in the cinema - and snapped the film. I spliced the film together and told no one. It went through the projector the day after nay bother - so the once and only time I'd spliced 35mm film, it was a success ! (I was a teenager at the time, just assisting the projectionist. He was not in the room at the time.)
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You could teach in a tech college with your style & skills so to find this video (having just bought that same welder) makes me a very grateful fellow ! thank you so much.
Another great video - you always make welding look so easy, which says a lot about your skills. The "real world" theme is also a nice touch. I want a welder for use at home and have watched your demos on the SIP Mini Mig, and also the R-Tech video series by you on their 180. This video has helped me to decide, and I have my order in with R-Tech. One of the things I particulary like about your videos is that you strike a good balance between commentary and demonstration. Some of the video makers on here that waffle on and on could learn a lot from you.
I do have one constructive suggestion - could you show the settiings on the welders each time just before you start welding? I think that would be really useful to someone like me that is new to mig. I did my time as a sheet metal worker and car body repairer in the 60's, but did a career change back in the 80's - I've used oxy/acetylene, electric spot weling, and some arc, but no mig. So now retired and fancy a go at mig welding as a hobby.
Keep up the good work - the cussing in the outtakes brought back memories of life in workshops and made me smile.
ATB
Peter
Another good vid John maybe you could mention antispater sprays and jells ,to reduce spatter on the work .and the torch tip etc
I'm trained in welding (Stick) & love using flux cored. It gets a bad rap from amateurs for some reason but it's far more useful than standard MIG in my opinion. The slag also protects the weld as it's cooling so stops any chance of contamination. Sometimes you just can't get all the rust off car bodywork because you can't see it below the surface. Flux cored removes the invisible rust into the slag too. Great work as usual pal.
Bloody good test that John, I am seriously impressed. I've been mig welding since I taught myself in about 1990 rebuilding a 1971 VW caravanette which had crash damage to the front near side and a crumpled floorpan on that side .also the bottoms of the rear quarters were rusted out and I made new panels and welded them in out in the street as you could in those days lol. Using a gasless mig would have made it so very much easier and were I still playing around with rusty old Landrovers as I used to do I would certainly invest on one of those and sell my big industrial 200 Amp mig tomorrow. I've given up buying gas bottles now and buy out of date CO2 fire extinguishers instead, no rental, no hassle!. Thank you for this real world demo of what that gasless system can do, especially welding onto bare rust, which normal mig won't even touch.
I live in eastern PA, USA. I was given a Miller Cricket flux core welder. This is 30 - 40 years old but still working. Old school iron core transformer with only 70 amp max current, much lower than present machines.
It has the remains of the original wire. I replaced the wire with Lincoln Electric NR-211-MP. An amazing difference. Much less splatter and better weld bead. As you said, the present day flux core weld wire is a big improvement.
Dave.
I think you were having fun playing there John
Great video mate
I really appreciate that John. I bought an old caravan with a rusty chassis. I got some 1.5mm square tube from Wicks and I bought the cheapest Mig welder from Sealey. My welds are nowhere near as good as yours but they do withstand the Thor The Mighty Hammer test so I guess the caravan is now good enough for the road. Actually I know it is because I went away in it last week! Next time, with what I learned from this video the job will be better.
Great demonstration John, some nice welds laid down, 5mm is about right to weld on.
Thanks for sharing.
Another great product from R-Tech. I’ll be getting one to join my other R-Tech machines. As you say, welding outside is hit and miss with a tig welder because it doesn’t take much of a breeze to blow the gas away from the job. Great video, thanks John.
Thanks John, you have answered a lot of questions for me!👍
Made my day, thanks. I didnt know about changing the wire inside the machine, but then I've never welded before. Good video and easy to understand. Your'e a star :)
I bought that machine based on your review John ( although mine is an earlier version minus spool gun port)
It's excellent i've not mastered the tig side if im honest (spend most of the time grinding tungsten) just need to practice more.
I keep a roll of flux core spare in case I run out of gas mid job I was inpressed how easy it welds just more clean up .
The big negative I found is the wire tends to "birds nest" if you dont keep the lead straight .
I even tried a knurled feed roller to see if that helped ...it made it worse if im honest.
The R tec machine has transformed my welding so thanks for another good honest review.
Cracking Video there John! Never really bothered with gas less welding but with the increase in Gas prices its more appealing to keep costs low in the shop 😃
That was really really handy and well thought out thanks. Never really bothered with the flux core but now I realize I would have been better off on a few jobs.
I have a cheap gasless machine for such jobs. It works really well and suits my ability. Thanks John. Best wishes, Dean in Oxfordshire.
Nice video! And I agree with your recommendation. Flux core wire is ideal for hobbyists and small jobs. Cheap too, even if the wire itself isn't the cheapest. I have a simple 150 euro supermarket welder that takes the small spools such as you have shown. Perhaps surprisingly is has not let me down once. And no unwieldy gas bottles to deal with. If I had to weld all day long all days of the week it would be a different story.
With regard to visibility: I was taught to always push, not drag the torch to where you want it to go. It may well be a matter of personal preference, but it's something you might want to try.
Nice camera work john and a video treat
Many thanks John. Useful review. Also useful that this welder is effectively 3 welders in one.
That was a great video you have given me some confidence to set up my new mig welder
A good and interesting demonstration. I wasn't aware of this option. You have given me something to mull over.
Not all Machines have the Reverse Polarity option for Flux Core.
Great review John..that tensile test at the end was brilliant :)
Great video John, keep'um coming.
Thanks for your video, John. I have found that serrated drive rollers work better for flux core. Also, multi-pass flux core wire produces much less spatter than single pass flux core, although it is quite difficult to find.
I've got a shit load of flux core wire laying around the shop, I've always used gas but I will give this a go, thanks John...
A Welder friend builds Cattle Crushes and Yards onsite, Flux Core is all he uses, bigger Wire and Welder of course, but the method is still the same.
Great job John. Big thumbs up from me. I have used flux core wire in the past, and the result was not nearly as good as your demonstration. As you say, wire has come a long ways in the recent years, and the welders have also. Again, Great job John and R-tech.
Take Care and Stay Safe.
Bob
Good video. I think flux cored mig gets a bit of a hard time. This shows it is a perfectly good and useful process.
Great video John. I've currently got use of a mate's mig and tig welders, but considering getting my own. The R-Tech stuff looks really quite competitive - I don't suppose anyone has had experience of the 3-in-1 welders and/or spool guns?
I’ve used a Tig, mig and a plasma cuter from these guys and they’re top quality compared to other sets I’ve used. Im going to get this product as well
I'd second tom thumbs comment, got tig170, mig 180 and plasma cutter all faultless machines and can make any welder weld brilliantly. Taught people to weld with the mig and they also love it and bought from them. You would t be disappointed with any machine from rtech
please report back here with an opinion if you end up getting a machine - thinking of getting one myself. thanks
Great video..newbie at welding…
Question…do in make contact with tip of gun or just the wire ..when welding?.
As an apprentice back in the 60s we were learned to weld with oxyacetylene, not wanting dangerous gases attached with the house I bought a gas less mig years ago but unfortunately I struggle mainly the wire is pushing the tip away from the work. So instead of a neat weld it resembles low temperature crow shit welding. But you make it look easy….. can’t teach an old dog new tricks.
20 years ago, my 5-year-old grandson could have broken that weld with a feather and a rubber hammer. Today it is his welds that are feather test targets.
am i right in thinking he is 25 years old now
@@cliveramsbotty6077 Yes, actually 26 now. While in college he did welding for a company that "Flew" actors on and off stages." Very neat computer-controlled winches. We tell people he "FLEW JESUS" when a megachurch had their Christmas show where the Jesus actor flew onto the stage. He is really into 3-D printing now.
In stick welding, I use negative earth, positive electrode 50% of the time. The other 50% of the time, I use earth positive, electrode negative. I swap from one to the other about 50 times a second.
Ha, I do it _sixty_ times a second!
@@UncleKennysPlace Show-off ! ;)
Great video. I’ll get a spool of that and give it a go !
Great work! What do you think to the REBOOT mig welder? R-tech is a bit expensive for me. Thanks, L
I have never used one , Things considered r tech are not that expensive
thanks John, nicely explained
Brilliant demonstration!! Personally I just think you wanted to have a go in a swing dad 😂
Back to his old Mountain Climbing Days...
I wonder why you got some thumbs down ???
It's deffo a thumbs up for me - I just need to buy a roll of wire - as I can't be arsed with gas - for the amount of welding I don't do ! Many thanks for that, John.
Right - let's test R-tech out.....
Hmm, have to agree to their privacy policy - they think - so I put a disclaimer in the message box - that I don't agree with their privacy policy and that the box was ticked under duress - in other words, I was forced to tick it.
No response from R-tech as yet
John I need a new Double Boost Tee Shirt, where can I get one? Paul in Nebraska.
You dropped a roll of wire - and made a mess.
I once dropped a spinning reel of film in the cinema - and snapped the film.
I spliced the film together and told no one. It went through the projector the day after nay bother - so the once and only time I'd spliced 35mm film, it was a success ! (I was a teenager at the time, just assisting the projectionist. He was not in the room at the time.)
What setting where you at when you did the thinner metal
Great video! thanks
Very usefull xdeo going to get one.cheers
Thanks for the help
I know somebody who used CO2 fire extinguishers as a source for the gas as he could get life expired ones for free lol.
Excellent video.
Hi John what model welder is that please
R Tech MIG 180.
Good thing your weld held there when you were hanging from it; had it parted your nose and your knob would have been in danger.
Have I heard where is the bastard before lol
as per brill
Well it's not fecking MIG then is it !
A real good show ! Enjoyed watching, thanks.
Thanx John , good demo