I know there's no reason to because TV screen but every time I close my eyes with arc flash :D keep up the videos, each one is getting better and better
Bore anyone who will listen about flux-core welding - you need 2 things, 1mm wire & arc-force control on the machine. Forget amps, volts, wire speed, blah blah - you need arc-force adjustment & nothing else. Dial the machine controls down to minimum, adjust arc-force to suit the thickness of the metal & weld. If your machine doesn't have the facility to adjust arc-force, it's going to do your head in trying to run flux core. Simple as. If your machine does, you will soon begin to love flux-core. I run the stuff for a living & only ever adjust one parameter - arc force. I weld gud. You can liquidise 10mm plate or weld like a Prince on 0.8mm sheet steel using just that one parameter adjustment - no other control varied. So if that's the case - it is - then what hope do you have with a machine that doesn't offer that adjustment? It's just going to frustrate you. Be like someone chucking you a guitar with no strings & going "Here, Pal, give us a few bars of Black Sabbath off that!" strum all you like - important stuff is missing. No Black Sabbath emerges... It ain't you - it's the machine. "Can I adjust arc-force?" - the only question you need to ask when buying a flux core machine. On most, you can't - they're like hens teeth. If you can't, don't buy it. Don't care who makes it, what colour it is, what amps, what duty cycle, blah blah blah - Does it have arc-force adjustment? You will only get that parameter on SOME multi-process machines (not all) - you will not get it (lol) on 99% of "Dedicated Flux Core" machines - which tells you that even the manufacturers have no clue how to run flux core well. Go figure. Hence most "Flux core welding machines" are CRAP at running flux core. Which is slightly ironic.. There's technical reasons to do with production ratios that I won't bore you with as to why you ought only ever buy 1mm flux core wire - not 0.9mm, not 0.8, not 1.2 - 1mm. Doesn't matter what you are welding - 10mm plate or 1mm sheet - or thinner - only ever run 1mm wire. 1mm wire is in no way 1mm of weld deposit metal, unlike solid MIG wire - hence it works on very thin steel (the "flux core" is the hint). The extrusion process is the "technical reasons" - I will bore ye. Someone might read it & learn somthing. At 1mm, the ratio of flux to metal is ideal - any thinner & there's too much flux, any thicker & there's too much metal - 1mm is the sweet spot.
Great first ever attempt at welding! 🎉
@@Kim-jn6qw hey yeah. Thanks!
I know there's no reason to because TV screen but every time I close my eyes with arc flash :D keep up the videos, each one is getting better and better
@@aerynleighproductions cheers big ears!
"i should of stayed in bed" 🤣 love the vids and progress so far Q.. keep at it mate
@@slimt2270 thanks for your support brother!!
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In the words of Borat "Great Success!"
Indeed!!
You may have already done this but reversing the polarity helps with flux core. Positive to clamp. Negative to wire/tip.
thanks, i've heard this. I'll double check my welder. It's on loan from a friend, i'm not entirely familiar with it.
Bore anyone who will listen about flux-core welding - you need 2 things, 1mm wire & arc-force control on the machine. Forget amps, volts, wire speed, blah blah - you need arc-force adjustment & nothing else. Dial the machine controls down to minimum, adjust arc-force to suit the thickness of the metal & weld.
If your machine doesn't have the facility to adjust arc-force, it's going to do your head in trying to run flux core. Simple as.
If your machine does, you will soon begin to love flux-core. I run the stuff for a living & only ever adjust one parameter - arc force. I weld gud.
You can liquidise 10mm plate or weld like a Prince on 0.8mm sheet steel using just that one parameter adjustment - no other control varied. So if that's the case - it is - then what hope do you have with a machine that doesn't offer that adjustment? It's just going to frustrate you. Be like someone chucking you a guitar with no strings & going "Here, Pal, give us a few bars of Black Sabbath off that!" strum all you like - important stuff is missing. No Black Sabbath emerges... It ain't you - it's the machine.
"Can I adjust arc-force?" - the only question you need to ask when buying a flux core machine. On most, you can't - they're like hens teeth. If you can't, don't buy it. Don't care who makes it, what colour it is, what amps, what duty cycle, blah blah blah - Does it have arc-force adjustment? You will only get that parameter on SOME multi-process machines (not all) - you will not get it (lol) on 99% of "Dedicated Flux Core" machines - which tells you that even the manufacturers have no clue how to run flux core well. Go figure. Hence most "Flux core welding machines" are CRAP at running flux core. Which is slightly ironic..
There's technical reasons to do with production ratios that I won't bore you with as to why you ought only ever buy 1mm flux core wire - not 0.9mm, not 0.8, not 1.2 - 1mm. Doesn't matter what you are welding - 10mm plate or 1mm sheet - or thinner - only ever run 1mm wire. 1mm wire is in no way 1mm of weld deposit metal, unlike solid MIG wire - hence it works on very thin steel (the "flux core" is the hint). The extrusion process is the "technical reasons" - I will bore ye. Someone might read it & learn somthing. At 1mm, the ratio of flux to metal is ideal - any thinner & there's too much flux, any thicker & there's too much metal - 1mm is the sweet spot.
@@jamesward5721 cheers for the info mate! This welder I’m using is on loan from a friend. I appreciate your knowledge.
noice mad max feel, if you start welding hockey protective gear to the bonnet, you've gone too far ...
@@crymeariver6651 oh yeah!! Mad max…. I like it.