Learning to weld

[Vimes]

Thanks, I'll take a look at those videos.

The 0.035 flux wire was a little better. I turned down the speed and the voltage, and was able to successfully weld stuff together strong enough that I couldn't break it apart with a sledge hammer. My test metal is scrap, so I don't mind doing destructive testing. Adding light helped with being able to see what I was doing, but the dinky flashlight wasn't enough. I'll need to get better lights. From the looks of the welds, I definitely need to wait till I get shielding gas to try again. If a welder presented me with the work I did I'd have fired him for being a crap welder. Still, it was encouraging that I can successfully get stuff welded together. I've never tried before starting this thread and have about 20 minutes of actual welding time under my belt. Not counting figuring out how to make the welder work to begin with, or fixing wire snags.



Going to order a bottle tonight, as well as some .24 solid core wire.