Anything welding

flux core game getting better !

 

What wire/welder/method?

 

28.5 volts. 285 WFS. I'm a structural welder working at a power plant right now so our machines are a bit different than the at home guy. It runs off a red-d-arc extreme 360 to a red d arc suitcase lol

Wire is .045. Couldn't really tell ya much more cause I haven't ever really looked much at the box. Its all we got so I just throw it on.

Method is pretty similar to a 7018 rod. ~1" stick out usually. Just pull the trigger and drag in a zig zag pattern to fuse the metals.
Pretty much like this /\/\/\/ barely pausing on the sides and rushing across the middle.

 

Flux core is actually pretty awesome to weld if you get a machine that can efficiently handle the high output.

 

Haha ok, a lot different than household. I'm trying to get into a welding class before I get out. I haven't really found a good technique for flux cored household besides the straight pull or c method.

 

About the best I can get with .035 Innershied NR-211-MP on a lincoln 140

 

Straight pull. A little phrase to go by is "if its got slag then let it drag". You aren't supposed to do C's with flux cause you can trap slag in the weld.

 

Ok, thanks!

 

Push or pull flux with a sweeping (zig zag) motion. A lot of people want to run flux like mig and its a hard habit to break but its 2 different monsters.

 

Looks good

Yup, very difficult for me to jump between the 2 on plates (mig root, flux core fillers and caps) when I'm just practicing, and keep the teqnique right for both without thinking about it.

 

I don`t know I am at home welder person .

Miller Trail Blazer 302D 4 Miller XMT-304`s Miller 12VS Xtreme 3 Miller S22A feeders but I did sell quite a bit during the Divorce !!

 

Work asked me today to help a kid pass his weld test... I feel bad for him cause I'm really really bad at explaining stuff

 

All you can do is tell them to relax be comfortable fix any mistakes .

Then if the machine they are using has any strange habits you should inform them.

Then zero out the machine and say good luck.

 

I told the welder to fix his welds at work and they're just gonna leave em and paint over em like that....

 

4'' plate to 4'' plate. wonder how far the weld actually penetrates. sorry it's blurry. took the picture at 5 this morning.

 

Here I thought you were having a bad day.

Just what is being built ??

Any Chance those welds could cause a serious failure down the road.??

 

What form of transfer is this?

Nah these are my welds from the same silo that we were working on

They couldn't cause a major failure but it is definitely gonna be a maintenance problem. The plates are fully welded on all sides so a couple shitty welds is highly unlikely to just cause the plate to fall off. However once cracks develop and coal starts falling through the cracks, its gonna need to be addressed.

What we are doing is plating the outside of a coal silo because the walls are getting thin from the constant flow.

 

Finally buttoned up the blue star today, gotta do an oil change and figure out why it's always at high idle now.
Runs good other than the high idle, fuel flow is good with the relocated tank and deleted fuel pump, I should probably relocate the exhaust though.

 

no idea. it's the weighted front bumper to our heavy-haul subcontractor

two 4'' plates welded around the perimeter, with 3 holes on the centerline, with "dowels" welded in.

 

I'm sure they had some sort of bevel in there. At least you'd hope so cause you'd get practically zero penetration with butt welding material that thick