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I'm borrowing this from my brother. Just got home with it and spit out a quick weld. Never welded with gas before. I need some practice with it but this thing welds like butter compared to the harbor freight flux.


http://www.aemfic.com/images/welder1.jpg

http://www.aemfic.com/images/weld1.jpg

Re: Harbor freight shmarbor freight
 

I can lay down beads like that with my flux core HF box. It just comes down to prep. Yeah maybe with a better welder you don't need the ---- surgically clean as it burns through the dirt and grime. What kind of welder is that?

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haha :S

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Snap-On, looks to be about 20 years old. My HF is finnicky as hell, always clogging up and ----. I didnt prep this metal at all been sitting in a box for who knows how long

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Try moving the torch more in small circles as you move across the seam. Looks like you moved straight with it. Mig is 100x better than flux. I ran out of gas today with my mig and tried finishing. lol I still laid halfway decent beads but talk about spatter!!

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yeah I just laid down a straight bead. I'll practice some more tomorrow :6

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flux splatter is hmt approved. My hf unit has paid its dues but Im moving up

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/l/l/l/l/l/l/l/l i move in a pattern like that it keeps the bead a uniform width/thickness . try using a hair less voltage as well

it looks like the numbers for wire speed and voltage are just arbitrary so i cant tell you where to set them. i use a millermatic 350p at work, for .065 wall pipe i use 18.5-19volts and 190-200 wire speed


hope that helps