Anything welding

Thanks so much man, Im a noob at welding

Ill do all the welding at my garage, this is how it looks like:



Also plan on getting a flux/MIG welder so I can flux first and when I get a bit more $$ buy a bottle for cleaner welds. I don't care much right now as Ill powder coat the bumper soo...

 

Yeah i dont think so but whatever floats your boat.

 

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No way I'd run flux cored welds on a LT truck build. Just going to make it scream ghetto fab/hack, IMHO.


PS: FTFY


PPS: Happy B-day Jerry! Just noticed on the homepage.

 

Dual-shield

 

You should come to so cal, visit east county San Diego. It's all about long travel....bro. Flux core harbor freight machines rule in the danger ranger world. The welds may look like the handy work of a pigeon with spastic bowel syndrome but hey, the bigger the blob the better the job.

 

I'd rather make a strong weld with fluxcore than a bad weld with porosity caused by bad gas coverage. Not everyone has the luxury of welding inside and for many of those people, flux is a better answer.

 

I despise slider work..

Whoever welded them to this truck's frame looked like they were running 6011 on a buzz box, and might've had Tourette's.

Don't think I'm going to take anymore jobs that are adding to someone else's previous jobs after this one..

 

Yep I know what you mean. Fixing hack jobs is 3x worse and starting fresh.....

 

Yes if your outside flux is what you want but his picture shows his truck in a garage so mig it is thanks have a good night

 

Oh yeah I had a dune buggy that some hack job did work on after all said and done I billed the customer over 3000 for our work. I'll try and find some pictures but it was the worst welding I have ever seen in my life!!

 

There are some bad welders around here, mainly because they learned on the farm where sticking 2 pieces of steel back together was the only goal. I'm studying to get my cwi cert so I can legitimately tell people their welds suck.

 

I know.. Then I feel like crap because I can't lay pretty beads.. Sliders were installed without gussets - I'm welding them in. Frame plates are all uneven, and they're painted..

 

Priceless......

 

Don't start with a cheap welder you will regret it! Get a good 220v gas welder. Save a little longer.

 

Yall do realize flux-core and mig use the same ER70 wire, right? The only difference is the shielding.

When the weld is buffed with a wire wheel to remove the flux, there is no difference between the two.

 

Okay

 

Dood.. Just blow on ur MIG while you're welding.

No need for shield gas!

 

Do yall hate everything with flux, or just flux-core?

 

Not at all flux has its place for sure. Just not really in this line of work. Have ran dual shield from time to time on some jobs just not on truck parts.