Welding pwns me......JB Weld to the rescue
 

So i was trying to make a flange adapter for my bov and............i suck horribly at welding. I have the 90Amp Fluxcore welder from Harbor Freight and i can't get a bead going. all i have is a bunch of splatter and melted tubing. Thank goodness JB Weld was invented.

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Re: Welding pwns me......JB Weld to the rescue
 

Damn....is that galvanized pipe? nowonder you couldn't get a bead. JB should hold though......Damn

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Oh my god. :-X

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galvanized coating owns you.

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stop using chain link fence posts for charge pipes

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lol......galvanized.....hmm...... well its just some exhaust pipes i got from pepboys......but i did grind down the area where i was welding... this is like my first welding experience besides testing my welder on a drill bit and a monkey wrench.
I didn't think it would be so hard......those guys at the ghetto looking exhaust shops make it look so easy!

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i learned a few things real quick on how to get the hf fluxcore to make a nice bead. Stickout from the end of the tip should be about 1/2", anything more makes the arc get too hot and burn the wire before a bead can start.. anything less clogs the tip of the welder. My tip also got clogged often, so i had to take the tip off and clean it kind of often. The next big advancement came from making circles as i was welding. Making small circles instead of just traveling straight really made some nice beads for such a cheap ass welder. HF represent, i have their welder, chop saw, and 4" grinder (for all the fluxcore madness)

a little present from me to you....

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y helo thar noob mig! i gotta admit, for mig, and using exhaust adapters which are steel, you need to slow your wire feed, or up your amperage, from what it seems, but i pretty much never mig, because i love my little sticky welder :)

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you need to grind down the area before you weld

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Holy crap, man! :-X

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Based on my experience with JB weld, it will slowly burn away when used on exhaust stuff.

Next time, drink less beer and spend the money on a hood that you don't have to hold with one hand.

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its for his charge piping :)....and i say it looks glorious. but lay off the pipe while you weld next time

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Go buy some new wire at home depot or somewhere. If you are still using the wire that came with the welder I guarantee just buying new wire will help.

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I would bet that ---- would look really good after you paint it.

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umm.. what kind of jb weld is that..did you even mix it right. When i mix my JB it turns out to be a grey to darker grey not brown.?

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its grey......i think the brown is just from my low wattage light fixture

so the wire that came with the welder sucks? good advice! i'll def. go buy new wire for next time

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haha yea. Wouldn't be HMT witout some JB weld on it somewhere :1

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lmfao wow dude talk about boost leak waiting to happen get that ---- fixed or dont put it on your car in less you think duck tape is super strong and will hold when the jb weld breaks or who knows i might be to drunk to tell u anyhting good lucm and happy tuning any way pc

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don't you noobs know anything? JB Weld is the be all end all solution on HMT :S

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Its charge pipe, why in the hell would it break on there? There isnt a large amout of heat.
Turn the wirespeed down and leave the heat kinda hot, that will let you figure out what you need. I run stuff hot and always start and stop with any welding i do. Always work from the thickest piece of material. Do a small weave pattern but stay on the flange longer than the pipe. If it gets red and stuff starts to swirl around its about to blow a hole in the pipe. You can stop and restart like i do or you can do a little whip action and move forward real fast giving the material a second to cool then get back into it. I do that with stick welding but it still applies Watch the glowing puddle behind your wire, thats the weld. Keep the puddle as uniform as possible, when you go fast its long and skinny when you go slow its short and fat. It is the size of your weld. When you restart go a little farther back than the point of where the glowing puddle was last, make a small circle then go forward.
You will figure it out with some experience. Fluxcore wire welding isnt fun at all.

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thanks! sounds like good tips

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you tellin' me.