Thats what is in it, .035 Flux cored wire, Havent gotten a chance to really get a nice bead goin, he didnt have any scrap so I striked on his work vice...

Was 275 that great of a price...?

Dood said he had only used it once or twice in the few years he has owned it, I saw his other welder and knew why...lol..

 

$275 was a good deal IMO..
Go look up the new prices and see what im saying...

 

http://www.mylincolnelectric.com/Cat...t.aspx?p=42420

Thats the list price for the one i got.

I didn't pay that much but see what im saying..
You got yours for $200 somthing, i say its a good deal

 

You payed $800..?



holy crap...

 

No i paid less than that...

But see why im saying that you got a good deal??

 

In the future when you want to upgrade (and you will be wanting to) try and find a welder with a faster duty cycle. Preferably something in the 50%-60% range. Especially helpful in the fab dept.

 

Get to practicing already!!!!! You've just been commisioned to fab up sliders for my BEAST. Good buy, scooobs.

 

hah, Freak, Buy the stuff and I could do my best...

Ok, So for the welding gurus...

I was doin good, Had a couple welds like this (forgot to get a brush)



Then I was looking at the polarity and it was backwards for self fluxed wire.


So i reversed it, And got welds like this...




Should I turn the polarity back the way it was or what..?

 

looks flat, going too fast maybe?
seems like flux likes to leave a butt-ton of spatter. i've seen that b4.
i leave the same polarity when i use flux, but i never learned to reverse it, i'll have to consult my father.......

 

Its just like 2 little contact on the inside of the box near the spool, Ill put it back and see what happens...

 

what were the settings on the welder?
and what was the thickness of material?

 

i have a real gear 135 (rebadged lincoln) paid $300, now they have the 140, which is spool gun ready.

it can handle anything to do with our obsession

 

So I put the polarity back to how it was and started getting used to the wire speed and the wind died down..
Threw down some nice phat beads...

 

straight polarity (gun +) used with gas shielded wire welds hotter than reversed polarity (gun -). usually when u ran fluxcore with straight polarity itll weld alright but throw more spatter and burn up lots of contact tips. running reversed polarity with gas shielded solidwire usually just makes a mess because of the lack of penetration

 

Ok so I was thinking...

Right now its got .035 flux cored in it..

If I got gas and regular wire, Would it be safe to assume that the welder would me melt it better..?

Should I stick with the flux cored and my angle grinder or get a bottle of gas and call it a day...
??


I couldnt get picks of the beads I ran tonight but they looked pretty decent, the dime roll wasnt exactly there but if you looked harder you could tell it was a pretty good weld

 

You wont get a dime roll with a flux cored welder. Maybe a faint outline of one. If i were you i would stick with the flux cored cause if you mig weld in the wind it will blow your sheilding gas away m'kay. My flux core welds are never pretty but they hold up just fine i've done spring hangers and winch plates no prob and mines smaller than yours

 

Sounds good to me...


Ill try and get some good pics of a few of my beads today in the sun...

 

 

Hah nice! Now you need an excuse to weld on the truck lets see what can you do on there..?

 

My excuse is the fact that I need a bigger bumper...