Pics of my first welds.
 

Well, this is my first attempt at welding, other than when my friend was telling/showing me what to do/how it all works. It is with a 100 amp lincoln electric flux core welder. It can be converted to gas :) I am welding the seams on a Clothes line support thing in the pics. I needed some practice before I start welding my exhaust. I will be praticing more later, but I have to go to work. :(

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All i got is red x's

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damn already three respinses! lol. pics fixed ;)

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not bad but like you said, keep practicing.

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:-X

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if thats not ugly, i dont know what is

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looks like a bad case of herpes

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Not bad. Probably wont seal anything good
My first one looked like that but they got better after messing with setting
and praticing some more. good luck ;)

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Don't do what the welder suggests. When I welded flux, I turn down the wire speed to the point right before your weld jumps back to the tip, and crank the heat.

But then again, at work they always told me I liked to weld hot!

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not bad, get the gas conversion when you can though, it makes a huge difference

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actually for flux core welds, I think those look pretty sweet. Hell I know you didn't grind it down, so that's OG. And every other flux core welded something looked like absolute ----, I know mine did :-[. I was expecting a whole lot more splatter, but I am pretty impressed with your lack of splatter. Looks good mang, keep it up. :)

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Galvanized sucks to weld and stinks like ---- too.

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You're pretty good *snickers ;D

I found out today that Miller has this cool chart that you can use to diagnose your problems.
It has a picture next to the most common problems like low voltage or too high of wire speed.

Check it out, that way you can know exactly how to correct yourself.

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The gas makes welds 900000000 times better. After you get it you'll be embarrassed that you showed us your flux core action. lol.

Trust me, get it. ;)

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haha thanks guys. Yea, I need a lot mroe practice, but Im gonna do some more random beads on that pipe in the morning before I tackle my exhaust.I'm going to try and find some scrap metal laying around to weld to it and test out teh weld strength...

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i actually weld pretty well with flux core
gas is the way to go though

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no ---- :-X

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nothing looks worse than randoms welds on that crapstang

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cept for hotrex's dogshit tigs.


get the gas conversion, you'll poop your pants at the difference. for flux core non gas, the welds look pretty run of the mill, looks like you needs you some more heat tho.

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my tig skills are descent.. the beads look good, that one bead on the dp is migged, its not possible to dogshit up a tig weld like that

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you already forgot about the niggaplease jungle fever edition mani? you know that one you said you threw away...

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practice. lots of it man. it makes perfect

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you can always go over a shitty MIG with TIG and clean it up a lot.

Well, I'm off to install my exhaust. Lets hope my skillz get better. I'll take pics of the aftermath too. :)

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ok, I got it mostly up except the part after the "over the rear axel" part, bc the bend to the muffler is too long and makes the muffler like 4 inches outside the bumper. lol.

I went to walmart to get a cutting wheel for my angle grinder and of course they are out of them. wtf. Now I have to wait until tomorrow to get this ---- done, and I work all day tomorrow. :-\

Here are a couple pics of one of the flanges I welded today. I'm pretty pleased with how this one turned out. part of it looks like ass because I had to break the flange off like 3 times before I got the angle right.

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Nice bead for a beginner welder! Not bad, not bad! O0

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Not to mention that it will give you cancer

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Doesnt everything? :-\

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cancer should be considered like ur long lost brother whom u will eventually meet sooner or later in your life

btw nice welds

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http://www.we-todd-did-racing.com/we...MXk1NDE%3D.jpg
woW i am impressed. :o>:D

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I aggree. Everything "gives you cancer", so I just do what I like and enjoy life while I still have one.

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welding galvanized causes cancer? I weld galvanized all day at work... :-[