my first weld!! *with pics!!* *updated again with charge pipe*
 

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well, i bought a welder a while ago, like back in november or something, and i've never even used it, i bought it off of racerex and he threw in a free grinder :o well, i bought a crush bent 90 to use for my down pipe in case my mandrel didn't come in time, but it did, so i had an extra shitty bend laying around and decided to break out the welder last night ;D i honestly don't know why i didn't try it earlier, i guess i was just scared because i had never welded at all before :-\ anyways, it doesn't look bad at all and it could have looked a lot better if i grinded it down and welded some more, but i didn't feel like breaking out the grinder too, so i just kept building it up.

well, here's a random pic of anthony's (custom coach/speedpartsrus) hot new magnets that he sends with his orders, i'm glad i didn't throw the invoice paper away like usual b/c it was wrapped up in it.
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld1.jpg

pics of my weld (my ------- eyes hurt, i need a better mask)
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld2.jpg

http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld3.jpg


and here's my welder, like i said i bought it off racerex for like 125 shipped with a free grinder! smokin deal!
http://www.newbieforces.com/files/weld4.jpg

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

Cool deal. Keep practising, you will get good in no time. That doesn't look bad for a first try with flux core wire.

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

Holly crap what the heck is that :-X

Looks just like my welds also :-\ :-\

Anything to get it done, with a little bit of grinding it'll look fine. Good job ;D

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

lol, that looks like a pile os -------. :-X I have that same welder(almost)and an automatic mask and I can weld mild steel pretty good, better than that anyways. :P I suck at welding. :-[
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Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

cut me a brake doc, that was the first time i've ever welded, EVAR! i don't think it's too bad for the first weld in my life, i'm gonna practice some more and start welding up my charge pipes, i think i'll get good at it, i was getting the hang of getting a good bead, it was just that i didn't grind down the first stuff that i did :P

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

its..................................... decent for a first time :-X try going in an overlapping motion.. either go forward a bit then back track on your weld half way back... or go in a circular motion basically doing the same thing.. the circular motion is usually for when you have to get 2 sides and the are not on the same level... i'll get a weld and show you what i mean ;D

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

The circular motion is pretty much a deffinate must for nice looking welds. Also when I was first learning how to weld, they guy who was teaching me said that with a wirefeed, you should "push" the weld. So pretty much have the gun angled down and over where you've alread welded. I'm not sure if it just works better this way or mabey because you can see better, but I found my welds getting quite a bit better. And of course if you don't have the capablity already, MIG makes welds infinatly more beautiful.

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

yeah, like i said, i got the hang of it after a while, but i was just welding on top of the mess that i did at first. i also had my heat seatings too high at first and was blasting through the pipe, so i had to try and fill those in. it's pretty cool, i got a few pieces of scrap pipe, i'm gonna practice some more tonight ;D

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

........ :-X Keep on mastering it teg you'll get the hang of it. Not bad...not bad...

Re:my first weld!! *with pics!!* (of course)
 

to me it looks like those pipes have that galvenized (spelling) coating on them I bet when you weld it keeps poping and spiting. take a wire wheel and clean that ---- off the pipes. it will weld so much nicer. and a nother thing that I told buy older guys who weld that helps weld flash is to cut a potatoe in half and stick then on your eyes, the starch helps the burning feel. 8)