What do you think of my welds /o/? It's coming from a hazard

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Not bad

>>16651338
Good enough. I take it you're not building a bridge here.

>>16651338
what are you gonna be welding?

>>16651345
I'm building a table so I can have somewhere other than the ground to weld. It's also for a place to mount my vice.

It looks like it'll hold. Did you do any prep besides sanding or is that just a butt joint?

>>16651354
You could make a wooden table and attach a sheet of stainless to the top. But I don't know your life I guess.

>>16651359
Well I heated it with a torch for a while, not hot enough to get it white but it was dull red.

>>16651371
That's good enough, torch prep is basically a requirement with smaller MIGs because they can't put out enough amps on household AC.

>>16651341
You got some cat on your welds.

Looks like shit but it'll hold so I guess it's fine. Surface prep and proper fit-up are critical, clean it up first next time.

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>>16651353
I plan to build a bridge tomorrow. Also thinking about welding the diff on my truck for more skids.

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git gud son

>>16651859
Diamonds

>>16651859
Was done on a harbor freight shit heap?

>>16651338

dat splatter

>>16651859
TIG impulse?

>>16651859

I've never managed to get that rainbow finish on mine, I hear you need to use more gas to get it.

>>16651341
Stop posting this same fucking picture over and over holy shit dude I've seen it 20 times now, nobody cares about your shitty mig test plate

>>16651338
yo bro,
i give welding lesson for a living, i guess i can give you 2 or 3 tips.
Try to put your electrode in a oven or in a tube and dry it with a hair dryier. You would get rid of these little balls easily.
As well don't hesitate to warm your electrode by burning a few inches on a plate before making your long "good" weld.
The picture is good for a occasionnal welder congrats.You can may be put a bit lesser amp and go slower for more smoothness, but the mechanical stifness seems to be there.

>>16652134
No, but it was used on a 120 machine. Lincoln square wave.

>>16652209
No, straight arc, not pulsed.

>>16652374
There's way more to achieving a rainbow or gold finish than just more gas. I was running a #7 cup with a gas lens @ 20cfh. But the real trick was placing that tab face down on the table top (which is aluminum) so it would suck all the heat out of it since the material is so thin. Welding is all about cheating

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Rate my welds /o/

I think I did pretty good

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>>16653348
It's for my racecar, should pick up some more hp with a freer flowing exhaust

>>16651402
>Florida
where in florida are you

>>16653353
Nice troll bro

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>>16653348
>>16653353

>>16653361
Central florida, Orlando mostly. Specifically Avalon.

>>16653484
Dude join the discord, we're looking for more people in central/north florida

>>16653486
>>16653484
forgot link
https://discord.gg/MRkZv