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I noticed that I would get some weird sputtering when I let my gun tip get too close to the work piece.

 

@wilcam47 Since you're using fluxcore, sickout needs to be 3/4 - 1 inch.

 

I make a comfortable living especially with the overtime but yeah the cost of living here sucks. I’m union so the most important part of my job is the benefits. I pay $50 per month for me, my wife, and my two kids to have good health insurance. Very grateful for that.

 

Where in Central Pa and just what do you need welded??

 

Do you have splatter between the nozzle and contact tip that will do it.

 

Why is tig better in this situation? Not being argumentative, just curious.

 

Yes, definitely have spatter in there. I forget to check that all the time and just keep welding. Lol

 

Oh, you mean like enough spatter to bridge the gap between them?

 

Better heat control meaning smaller heat effected zone

I find the puddle is so much cleaner and easy to see if your prep work was done correct .

Some Purists will even cut the heated rod end off exposed to the atmosphere to prevent even the smallest chance of a contaminated weld

 

yes it really does not take much

 

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Plus you’re much more likely to get a cold start welding something like this with a mig welder. It’s also a lot easier to KNOW you got good penetration by running multiple passes on a price like this. I personally would only attempt this with a tig welder.

Also I always cut the oxidized tip off the wire before starting a new weld. I do it on mig and tig, one of the main reasons I do it on tig is because I tend to pull the rod out of my gas coverage zone before it has fully cooled, which can cause oxidation on the rod. If you want to continuously improve I find its best to remove as many variables as possible. That’s why you clean all your rods before using them and cut the tips off. That’s two less things that can cause trouble with your welds. So she’s hit isn’t going right it’s a little easier to figure out the problem. It’ll also give you more consistent results.

I’m also not a production welder. If I was I’d probably have a different view on everything.

 

Parker shows a population of ~55k, Vegas is ~650k. What am I missing?

 

Parker is a Suburb of Denver.
I ended up driving 2 hrs away to get a miller 625-xterm for $900

There was also 2 different Hypertherm 30 with built in air

 

I bought one of these and used it to build both my bumpers. I have no other experience with plasma cutters, but its doing well for me.

 

In May I bought the Primeweld Cut60 off Amazon. So far, it's performed great. I had trouble finding electrodes at first, but George's Plasma has them. There are a bunch of places on Amazon advertising IPT-60 torch parts, but the thread is slightly different on the Primeweld torch.

Customer service is great (7days a week), made in China but sold by US company, 3yr warranty and they pay shipping both ways if you do have a problem, euro style connections,.... I emailed to let them know I was having trouble finding electrodes and they immediately sent me 10 tips/electrodes , a ceramic, and a standoff for free. Also, they told me George's had the parts. Really can't beat that.

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I just ordered their 225amp TIG/Stick machine. Due to arrive Friday. I am excited about that. They are getting excellent reviews and you can't beat the price for a hobbyist.

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I remember some of my classmates would snip rod ends off while testing for the AWS tests. I never bothered, passed the class just fine. Only time I would was if I stopped mid root pass, which for the plate test was very rare.

I do production mig welding of sorts for my job right now. I never worry about any of that stuff as theres no need to. Bossman wants stuff done quick so...

 

@JetDH
That's a pretty good weld for using black ink!

 

Thanks man. Already ordered the everlast but if it doesn’t work out I’ll give it a try. Ordered this morning and already have a shipping notice saying it’ll be delivered this week so I’m hoping for the best lol

 

For sure it’s definitely not necessary to achieve quality welds, and lots of production work is based off quality welds, not perfect welds. When I weld at work, which is rarely, I’m paid for the quality of my welds, not the speed of them. The extra 5 seconds to cut the end off my aluminum rod isn’t something my boss cares about. Would he care if I didn’t cut it off, definitely not. But for me, I weld for fun. I’d love to get as good as some the guys who’s work I follow, and to do that I try my best to give myself the best conditions, try to set myself up for success. Anyone can lay down a few good beads, but being able to do it every time is what I hope to be able to do one day.

 

Snipping ends is all relevant to what your doing. I snip my ends usually if I’m making any ss welds on pressure pipe. Snip the Ends tacking it up and on stops and starts. Just keeps it cleaner. It’s all xrayed so I don’t take any chances(usually). I also feather my tacks. Some of the welds I make are mirror welds on one side where I can’t even get a grinder in to feather my tacks. With that being said you deff don’t have to feather tacks but it’s a bit of insurance. Carbon pipe I don’t snip my ends. Just running non pressure stainless pipe making position welds Not usually either, also don’t feather my tacks. I do brush all the heat marks off though on my cap, I have been seeing a lot of guys not do that lately, looks pretty Sloppy imo. In welding school they teach you all the good habits and techniques to have, they are just touching the surface as to what your about to experience in the pipe world.