My Advice For Better Looking Flux Core Welds (Gasless MIG)

welcome back to the channel guys today and then be showing you how to improve your flux score wells now by no means am I am professional so take this with a grain of salt but these are just some of the techniques and tips and tricks I've learned on how to improve the physical appearance and the structure of your welds here's everything we're gonna be using and we got a few joints prepped so yeah let's get into this here's the welder we're gonna be using a lincoln electric weld pack it's been in the family for around eight years and me and my dad have been sharing it over the past few years so obviously signing the best conditions the rollers are on their way out I've had the liner replaced we're using Lincoln inter shield 211 and P wire this is the best possible wire you can run it costs about nine dollars a roll before you start welding be sure you set the polarity to dc- it's in the instructions manuals so be sure you look it over some of them come dc+ from factories so be sure you change that over to DC negative it's gonna create less spatter and better-looking weld so yeah be sure you set that so as a beginner you'll find that you'll have to change these pretty often and make sure you do keep yours clean also be sure you adjust the wire so you can stop it with your finger now as a beginner you'll want to get in the habit of cleaning your surfaces down and making sure they are free of rust sometimes little wipe is all it takes to create a better world one thing that is very unique with flux core is that you do not have to weld inside you can weld outside under strong winds because the flux is integrated in the in the wire and you don't have to worry about any shielding gas blown away so that's a plus of flux core welding and since the flux is integrated in the wire it is going to be a pretty sloppy and discouraging welding process it's going to produce lots of spatter smoke so that's something you're gonna have to get used to and keep that in mind it can be discouraging sometimes when you're first starting but you know you have to get used to it you have to kind of work with it so yeah before we start welding make sure you have some sleeves on gloves are a must as your welding yours gonna be a slight puddle of slag and remember when your slag you drag so you always want to drag to create the best and the most optimal weld pretty steep angle but not too steep and we want to drag it and with more practice you should be able to nail this the closer you're gonna hold the tip the more heat you're gonna drive in the middle and the farther the colder it's gonna weld so keep that in mind as you're welding you want to be sure you closely watch the puddle watch the leading edge and watch the slag for good looking whales you want to be sure you include oscillations in the welds or basically manipulation puddle manipulation whether it's the circle eyes the ease the zigzags I personally do all of them you don't want to go too crazy with it but just little slight the slight movement and I'll show you what I'm talking about so we've got everything out the way we're gonna go ahead and start welding now remember if you're not sure what settings to use there's always a chart on the inside of the welder and it should tell you a lot of information about what proper settings to run but with more practice you'll be able to nail the settings down every time so here's the first joint as you can see it's not too thick nor is it too thin this should be perfect for showing you guys how to create a better weld I like to hold my gun like this keep it very stable and also brace my arm against the table we got our mass so like I said guys there is lots of slag and it's just an ugly mess but after we wire brush it it should reveal the real world one thing you do want to avoid when welding is undercut undercut is scary it can cause well Feiler cracks etc so I undercut is caused by welding too hot and you want to be sure you avoid it at all times but as you can see here we have a pretty decent bead this is mostly a dial in bead on the flip it this beat I was just dialing in this one came out pretty nice and this one looks very nice except for all that undercut as you can see the weld puddle kind of digs into the metal and creates that lip and yeah that is not good it's gonna crack under pressure so you want to be sure to avoid that kind of disappointing because it looks very nice but all that undercut is no good so what we're gonna do is we're gonna try that same technique a steep rod angle dragging and circley eyes and we're gonna see what that gets us on this so yeah not bad for the first weld of the day but we could do better [Music] so this is actually just multiple beads that I connected the first one was here I had to restart which it created kind of this this bead and then this one I'm actually actually looks very good and in this one the metal was thin so yeah overall you know it's good but this bead right here has the perfect profile has those perfect ripples no undercut so this right here is what I'm looking for so yeah all right I'm gonna see if I can lock that down yeah these tacks aren't holding [Music] [Applause] [Music] here's that piece we attacked it to the table and we try to break it but actually surprised it didn't break okay now we're moving onto the pipe test no it's not one of those 6g overheads certified blah blah blah tests it's just kind of like a experiment I've actually never welded something like this before never welded any pipes like this but we're gonna give it a shot we went ahead and beveled the edges we're gonna turn the average up and have some fun okay there we go guys let's start welding [Music] so there you go it was a pretty much pass so there is undercut there is lots of spatter but some of them actually turned out pretty good so we're gonna go over this one more time so there you go pretty ugly there is undercut but this was mostly just for fun so yeah so what can we take from this well we can take that flex cord isn't really the best physically appearing and the most optimal building process but for those beginners out there that are just trying to learn how to we'll just trying to learn how to get by it could be a good process for you if you want to take on this flux core challenge then send me your pictures on Instagram or email them to me I'll be happy to see what kind of beads you can make honestly they weren't the best beads but it sure will do I learned a good bit from this video and it was pretty fun to make so if you enjoyed it leave a like down below and be sure you stay tuned for the part to this video which will be stick welding and we could actually make way way better looking well to stick welder so be sure you stay tuned for that and I'll have to see y'all stay tuned for more peace

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Length: 9min 47sec (587 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 24 2018