Hey weldors! Don’t hold back; tell ol’ hack Billy how weak flux core is🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ronakd.705

5 ай бұрын

😂🤪🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@thewelfairshop4164

4 ай бұрын

Don't you know that interaction is good weather it's positive feedback or not. That's where the term let you haters pay you comes from I believe. Love your videos you seem like ya know what your doing to me. I fucking hate body work.

@OldBondoBilly

4 ай бұрын

@@thewelfairshop4164uh luv muh trolls 😂😂

@ufarkingicehole

4 ай бұрын

What setting are you using? Wire?

@OldBondoBilly

4 ай бұрын

90 amps, .030 wire

I like how Billy puts gloves on halfway through the job , like his bare hands aren’t already leather.

@NarutoUzumaki-Nam

Жыл бұрын

Haven't welded ever right?

@Kevscancave

Жыл бұрын

Right on Larry👊

@MissionRestomod

Жыл бұрын

Getting the fit flush by feel, tacking, then putting gloves on. Seems pretty standard to me.

@simorebuths7301

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@rubberdee007

Жыл бұрын

Yeah the X-rays in the damages already done

I bought my first car, a 1972 VW Beetle in 1986. Needless to say it needed some welding. Bought a flux core Miller and taught myself to use it. Been using it ever since.

@hueyh9773

8 ай бұрын

You can learn how to weld in 2 minutes I'll stand behind you or hold your stick you watch and I'll move your hand according to how I start you start to the left and you tag and you make a letter c and you go and you dragged to the write letter c drive to the write letter c just keep thinking letter c and then you're holding on I'm holding your hand I can teach you in 5 minutes and I'll make you well. Like a pro

@newjargon1697

5 ай бұрын

​​@@hueyh9773 Damn, this shit qlbqst has gone too far. How the hell you bring yourself to hold a Man's stick? 😅 And behind at that. You set yourself up for that one. Have a great Day Sir. Good welds , safe work. Let's always make it back home everyday. (NOT horizontal)

@rossbrumby1957

4 ай бұрын

Now get some gas and 0.6mm wire and see how much better a result you get on car panels. Easier too. Gotta have clean steel with gas though, but theres almost no cleanup after because theres no flux used.

@OldBondoBilly

4 ай бұрын

Quack quack quack. You don’t know sh💩t about flux core, but you can’t stop brain farting. My technique is super easy, and unlike MiG, where a pretty bead can be pitiful penetration, my much flatter flux weld is never lacking in penetration. Cleanup? I got a lot of dust and a little grinding. You got a little warping, and a lot of grinding. Get yer azz over to my channel and learn how to weld sheet metal right🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

This guy is the epitome of "I ain't no welder but I damn sure know how to use a grinder"

@OldBondoBilly

9 ай бұрын

I’m a certified sheet metal welder, like yer a numbskull 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Mr.Fabrication007

6 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly Who certifies sheet metal welders, for what industry? Certifications are only valid for a few years in my state, When did you get yours, is it still valid?

@OldBondoBilly

6 ай бұрын

Only the dumbest troll would concern themselves with whether a Cracker Jack certification was still valid. I was very pissed-off in 2000 to have to pay ICar $431 to do destructive testing on my sheet metal welding to tell me I know what I’m doing. Do you think I forgot how?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@TheRealTurboJesus

6 ай бұрын

The fact that you think an I-Car cert makes you a welder is FUCKING HILARIOUS. Lol keep that booger shit at a MAACO and away from fuckin hot rods🤡

@rodleypumpkins4174

6 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Fabrication007 lol this guy just owned you.

You show em Billy! These young bucks don't know SHEET.

@jamesps7515

2 ай бұрын

We do know how to properly weld something not just turn the machine on and grind for hours afterwards

@OldBondoBilly

2 ай бұрын

@jamesps7515 if you can’t weld sheet metal stronger, faster, flatter, and straighter with flux core than with mig, yer justa welding boi🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@myballspaul4889

Ай бұрын

being old doesn't make you as smart as you think. I got my welding certificate and associates in science at 23 and guys 20-30 years older than me could work for me if I became a foreman as a technician.

I actually like hearing that you use a flux core! ….. motivates me to learn mine better 👍😎👍…thanks BB!

@rossbrumby1957

Жыл бұрын

Flux core is great for thicker steel and where you dont mind cleaning up more after. For car panels, gas and 0.6mm (0.025")solid wire is the go. Flux core welds hotter and blows holes in panels too easy. Don't bother with throwaway bottles though because its terrible economy. I've welded large sections in cars replacing crash damage with flux core and others with gas- now I have gas I'll never flux core car panels again. The amount of work difference is huge. Preperayion is everything so cut your replacement piece to fit perfectly, then you make minimal warpage by not having to weld gaps. I, like Billy taught myself how to weld. I however know better than to not listen to tips from actual expert welding videos.

@Kevscancave

Жыл бұрын

@@rossbrumby1957 That’s great information Ross! I’m curious what you and Billy’s favorite Flux core wire is?

@Kevscancave

Жыл бұрын

@@Not.The.Avg.Smitty Great information! Seriously appreciate the info . I appreciate the fact that BB wasn’t slamming Flux Core… most people seem to..So,to hear an old head talk it up I’ll listen👍…it’s just an opinion. He is entitled to that👍😎👍

@Kevscancave

Жыл бұрын

@@Not.The.Avg.SmittyAs a beginner welder ..I appreciate you and your father’s talent ..Incredible … I also appreciate BB’s because he has his own technique and he’s willing to share it. Having said that, I’m dying to know what brings you his channel? I mean seriously, if it’s that bad?

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

@@Not.The.Avg.Smitty if you want to educate the masses, why did you delete your back and forth with me, troll face?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

"I've been welding sheet metal for 42yrs, I don't need no critique", I agree with ya. Been an MX tech for 20yrs and my stepfather, who has NO mechanical abilities will ask me to come fix his snowblower, lawnmower etc. and then tell me "the guy on youtube said to do it this way" which is usually completely wrong. Love the guy but wanna choke him just for a little bit when he tells me how to wrench.

@jasonjaeger4042

Жыл бұрын

@Nasty Habitz don't ya love when people bring ya a box or several boxes of parts, have no idea what year it is, and expect ya to rebuild it for $100? But ur right, there are some useful vids on youtube, only problem is when people with no mechanical abilities try to do something cause they watched video and end up causing more problems. But I wouldn't have a job if everyone could fix their own machines

@feral664

Жыл бұрын

My dad would sit on a paint bucket and say "I wouldn't do it that way" well... I don't see you doing it any way so let's pipe down there while I do it MY way

@jasonjaeger4042

Жыл бұрын

@Feral lmao, might have to try that, got a message today that he wants me to look at his riding mower 🙄

@charleshubert6751

Жыл бұрын

Everyone knows how to do it when they're watching you actually do it. Yup, everyone's an expert (X-spurt), 'X' for the unknown and 'spurt' for the drip under pressure...

@jasonjaeger4042

Жыл бұрын

@Nasty Habitz he'd probably say that when it's hydrostatic drive lol

I use flux core for most of my welding Billy and much like you, never had an issue. Steel thick or thin. Gaps. No gaps. You have to appreciate and love The keyboard warriors who have never welded a piece of steel in their life helping folks like us through these tough and challenging jobs. The internet is great!😅😊

I have been welding using flux core mig wire for over 30 yrs here in the qeer old corrupt UK 🇬🇧 and never used any type of gas shield . I removed the shroud as u don't need it with flux core wire long before any one suggested it on any media site..yours sincerely from the old qeer corrupt UK 🇬🇧.

"Badges, we don't need no stinking badges!" Classic line!

@joshelam7171

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but somebodies gotta go back and get a shitload of dimes…

@wtfgreg1246

Жыл бұрын

Classic line that is misheard. No offense I just love it . Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges I don't have to show you any stinking badges I actually like the misremembered version better

@seniorxj2931

Жыл бұрын

@@wtfgreg1246 in The Treasure of The Sierra Madre, yes, but in Blazing Saddles, that's how they said it. We are showing our age here for sure lol!

@AndresRodriguez-sm1fr

9 ай бұрын

You mean badgers we don't need no stinking badgers

as a friend once said: "being doing it all your life doesnt mean you where doing it the right way" for me, the fitting is the most impportant part. with a perfect fit you will have no problem welding it.

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I said. I’m a master and had no problems welding it🤣🤣

@kelvinsparks4651

9 ай бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillyold school, been there and done it 😊 and still doing it like a boss .

@ironmike742

9 ай бұрын

​@OldBondoBilly the funniest thing is that everyone has a critique on something. The funniest part is most of the criticism is coming from armchair quarterbacks and couch potatoes that don't do shit but watch KZread videos and critique people all day. I happen to like all your videos. You are actually doing shit. Another channel I like is "Real Good At Doing Stuff". I don't know if you watch other channels but anyway good work sir. Keep doing shit

@marvinwerth9421

9 ай бұрын

Spent 2 years traveling in a 36' class A motorhome. Had a Harbor Freight 110v Flux core machine in the storage bin...saved me big time several times!

@Yakkinrivers

9 ай бұрын

Speaking of doing things the right way.... How long have you been using the English language?

"doesn't look like it's giving me much troubles does it" *goes over the weld 12times to complete the weld.*

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

And was done welding before smart dumbasses would be done measuring🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@nahtan14

7 ай бұрын

Just because you work fast doesn’t mean it’s done right 🍻 looks like flux core and you keep tacking on tacks which will introduce porosity and after years of heating and cooling it will rust in that and push through your bondo and paint

@TronVila

7 ай бұрын

Gotta save all that time on welding so you can pull out your heat induced sink hole or mix a quart of bondo and still hang it up by 330 so you can spend the night telling KZread commenters they are dumb

@OldBondoBilly

7 ай бұрын

@nahtan14 Just because you can’t properly define tack weld or porosity, probably means you’re an ekspurt in dumbassery 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@OldBondoBilly

7 ай бұрын

@TronVila My 100% instantaneous fusion technique has much less heat transfer than mig. And my brain has much more knowledge and experience than that pea you’re packin’🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Thanks for helping me to get motivated to not be so fastidious and afraid to just do it!

@OldBondoBilly

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching

If you are a certified welder and you want to warn the masses about my welds, please leave a comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@autosmo4248

Жыл бұрын

This hurts as a certified welder like kills me to see……. but if it holds it hold

@tuffyyakim1983

Жыл бұрын

I’m a certified welder and I think it’s perfect for the job your doing!

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

@@autosmo4248dang it, you didn’t make it fun, lol. I’ve got some destructive testing coming up that will both amaze you, and make you spit yer beer😂😉

@itsjuslife

Жыл бұрын

Yo lowkey run a solid bead jus be quick with it mate

@conormorley6086

Жыл бұрын

@@itsjuslifei was thinking about that but if its thin sheet metal it could warp with the heat

Ive only been welding for 6 years. But I had to help the 3rd shift guy who has been welding for 20 years finish his section on a job because he was fucking it up so much. Doing something wrong for a long time doesnt make it right, there's always room to improve. Becoming complacent can be dangerous.

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

If you’re implying that your sixxer trumps my 40, yer plumb ate up with the idiot bug🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jasonsimons4411

Жыл бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillyif we're talking appearance, I personally would never be ok with welds that look like yours.. I'm ocd as fuck about that and it has to look perfect even though I'm just gonna grind em off... And I can do it faster than most people I've worked with.. I'm not even talking shit about your welds.. if they work, they work.. I just have to be perfect because that's what they beat into my head when I was learning 25 years ago..

@PhysifistEngineering

Жыл бұрын

​@@jasonsimons4411then you've never done sheetmetal patching then.

@jasonsimons4411

Жыл бұрын

@@PhysifistEngineering that's actually 99% of what I've done....

@PhysifistEngineering

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonsimons4411 sure, would love to see your video filling an 8th inch gap between two body panels. I'll wait.

I find these videos to be very satisfying which is good because I'm looking to become a pipe welder.

@OldBondoBilly

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for watchin

Every short of yours I learn a little bit more about welding. So thanks for making me learn while doomscrolling!

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

Nothin to it the way we do it

Legend has it he's so good he can weld a gas tank with gas still in it.

@catsaregovernmentspies

Жыл бұрын

Is that a challenge?

@chrisrageNJ

Жыл бұрын

Anyone can. Just make sure it's full and there's no air left in the top of the tank. Liquid gasoline isn't explosive, only the vapors. Or, alternatively, you can take a spare line from a shielding gas regulator and displace the oxygen on top of the gasoline with it. But most guys just empty the fuel and give it a quick rinse with some dawn. There won't be enough fumes to matter at that point

@genemiller-pr3hc

Жыл бұрын

I know guys that do it I watch my old boss do just hook up car exhaust to it and fill it up with the car running with carbon moxcide?

@wendellhullett7711

Жыл бұрын

Legend has it the fumes are flammable, and your comment is invalid lol

@chrisrageNJ

Жыл бұрын

@@wendellhullett7711 speaking of invalids...

Billy. You bad summa gun. Thank you so much for this free schooling. Everything you sho is on point

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

Thank you... Tell them to SHARE MY SHIZZLE!!!

DUDE I have never seen that much wire out the tip WOW seems to work

@OldBondoBilly

6 ай бұрын

I don’t try to explain it to the guys who think that all the answers are in the Welding book written 50 years ago. I regulate the intensity of the arc with the stick out. If you watch my video where I’m welding 26 gauge steel, which is the thinnest sheet metal that I know of, my stick out is around 2 inches. If you watch the video closely, you often see the arc start and the stick out turn red. That redness is the wire reducing the violent arc and allowing me to weld that super thin metal. “Real” weldors can quack all they want about this or that, but I include destructive testing to PROVE my point😉😉

@njmxjunkie3128

6 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBillyso you leave more wire out to prevent from melting through the sheet metal? Pretty cool

@OldBondoBilly

6 ай бұрын

And easier😉😉

@Richard-Freeman

6 ай бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillyThank you! I'm trying to work on my muffler pipe and blasting straight through my 24ga practice scrap. I'm so used to very short stick out with mig at work.

@steveb6103

6 ай бұрын

I d9 the same thing on body panels. They don't teach it in schools. I've been a heavy portable welder for 48 years.

i like how you continually clown the haters that think the old way doesn't work. Keep doing what you doing buddy, love your humor and content.

@OldBondoBilly

22 күн бұрын

For me mig is “the old way”. I switched from oxy-acetylene to mig in the mid 80s. I never touched a flux core welder until May 2022. I’ve barely touched a mig welder since😉😉

@sgtzack612

3 күн бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly the problem with people is that they don’t understand each type of welder has their uses, what works best for them doesn’t mean that it’ll work best for everyone. If it’s a good weld that’ll hold under the stress it’s designed to hold then who cares how you accomplish it.

With Flux-core airflow is essential, I've choked myself out a number of times.

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

I m gonna get a welding respirator 😉😉

I welded, it helded. Any flux core weld that holds is a good flux core weld. I’ve had blokes critique my welding and harp on, until I inform them that I used a flux core in my driveway, in which they do a full 180 and start praising that weld. Because if you get flux core looking decent, you are better than a lot of welders

@Kevscancave

26 күн бұрын

@ I Welded - it Helded! Love it! … and yes, BB makes them look good!

@bobs12andahalf2

10 күн бұрын

Switched to flux core for general use in repairs and light fabrication a few years ago when I moved into the sticks and didn't have time to get set up with gas before doing an urgent job. Been using it ever since and don't see much difference in the results versus MIG/MAG except splatter and of course the welds aren't shiny. And you can realistically take it up a pole and weld in a hurricane.

I need to weld up floor pans in my old Jeep Cherokee. If I can make this method work, it should help me out a lot. I know I can't run a bead on automotive sheet metal with flux core, but it's all I have and my budget doesn't have room for MIG. On the upside, it doesn't have to be pretty, and I'll be sealing it well afterwards.

For all the welders out there, this is not structural and when welding body panels you have to do little arcs all the way around as not to pull the metal in weird directions due to shrinkage from thermal stress. This is exactly how to do it when doing body work.

It's obvious when someone has no idea what they're doing. This is not one of those guys so trying to tell him how to do his job just makes you look like a dip shit. Maybe just learn something or just write it off that people do things differently than you.

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

I had the vid sped up for a short, but I still welded it up fast. You just can’t get through to people who know it all in a stupid way😂😂

@teufelhund3801

8 ай бұрын

This guy absolutely has no idea how to weld, especially fluxcore that has slag. LMAO. You obviously don't know shit about welding either or else you wouldn't be defending this stupidity.

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

@@teufelhund3801The only slag is crusting your peabrain, junior. Normally I would say ignorance; but in your case, stupidity is a better fit, Mr Thinkyadoo (but don’t know 💩) The thick flux that coats a stick welding electrode is not the same as the tiny amount at the center of flux core wire. When welding thin sheet metal; there is NOT enough flux byproduct to produce SLAG, Know-nothing trollface 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. EDIT: someone deleted their comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@timothylollathin9371

8 ай бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillythat crayon eater must've got the toxic kind in they mres lol.

@kota7789

8 ай бұрын

This is azz

Flux core is my favorite too

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

👍

The “If it works it works, damnit” guys. I love working with them. You always know the carpenters who are like that because they have more caulk on their clothes than saw dust.

That makes two of us! I welded sheet with an old craftsman buzz box. Yes, a flux core mig is better for sheet.

Love to see this. 10 years in auto shops, 10 years as the go to welder 😂 in MOST cases this video is a 10/10 especially in bodywork

My grandpas favorite line ever was "Badges? We dont need no stinking badges!

@girthbrooks39

9 ай бұрын

Oh yeah? He must have been the originator of that one huh?

It ain't the wind keeping you cool brother. You're keeping the wind cool

Unless it's for a serious important job like welding pipes with high pressure, structural welding, just weld it up, they'll never know the difference. If it works, and it's not going to break, it's a job well done.

@rossbrumby1957

4 ай бұрын

Porous welds full of slag arent whats called "strong and wont break"

I like to use stainless wire when I weld on panels, keeps the welds from rusting in the future .been doing it 30+ years never had any issues

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

Flux core is superior for welding stainless also

@jeffp862

Жыл бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly never used flux core but may try it out. KISS rule .👍

@Iwishitwas-hl9wj

Жыл бұрын

You have some real skills there, welding panels like that with flux core takes a shit ton of experience and skill. Nice work.

@psilocube3968

Жыл бұрын

​@yojoe.Right? I'm aging welding stainless only for months down the line and all of your seams show up because your welds have rusted. Stainless wire is a great way to go.

@jeremytodd4906

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 very good

Thats why i love Tig you have complete control over the temp, dont need to remove slag and it always looks prettier 😅 if there is a breeze you just turn up the gas pressure although your using more gas and thats money but looks good to me! Love your content!

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

YesWelder sent me their flagship CT2050 AC/DC pulse tig. It should be fun learning how to use it.😉😉

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6KEl9CnmM3SirA.html

I bought a harbor freight Flux core welder years ago for $88.00 folks wouldn't believe the jobs I've done with it. Hundreds from tack welds to full jobs. My brother said when I bought it throw "that thing away" because I have a nice miller 182 mig. But nope this cheapo HF is 110v. and light and ready to go. I added a spool mount off the back for 10 lbs wire reel. So much easier than getting out the miller on a cart

@alowitiousmckay5563

3 ай бұрын

My son just bought the $149 little green welder from HF and that thing blew my mind. It's a fantastic little welder and he's having a blast with it.

I have been using flux core since i had to do a set of qtrs on a Blazer outside. Wotked so well I almost always use flux core when welding panels outdoors.

I've been wrench turning for 40 years, anymore when the experts come in and question why does it take x amount of hours to do a job,I just hand them some tools and ask them to show me how to cut time of the job.

@chuckmiskel6553

Жыл бұрын

Me too brother. I'm a diesel tech. Nothing worse than a truck driver that don't know shit telling me how to do my job. Or they diag it themselves and say just install it I already checked it. That never ends well

@davehendricks7023

8 ай бұрын

Until that one asshole does it and cuts hours off the job cause they found a new way years ago that you didn't know about cause well you're not willing to keep learning most of the time.

@metalsurgeon560

8 ай бұрын

​@@davehendricks7023go back to paying for your labor to be done.

@G_Zero127

8 ай бұрын

A wrench? Use a drill or an impact. Save your wrists and makes the job faster😂

Flux core works, but i prefer MIG. The only reason i say this is because flux core creates a lot of spatter on your piece which then means more grinding and sanding, and searching for each little spatter later. MIG at the appropriate heat setting leaves very little if any spatter at all. Looks good though, great work!

@OldBondoBilly

12 күн бұрын

I’ll take grinding spatter over the extra-tall mig bead any day 😉😉

I'm with you. I haven't been welding that long but had great luck with Flux core, and as long as the finished results look good and are strong who cares how it was done. Especially sheet metal.

BB, here I sit drinking coffee, getting ready for a simple cabinet build and install. Instead of rushing to work, I want to drink another cup and watch more. My only advice, stay true to you! Exactly what you do and are doing is what makes you down to earth and appealing to view. Like warm cookies, coffee or a therapy dog, your videos are soothing!

Experience is the most valuable thing a man can posses. Respect goes to you sir!

“I know what wrong wit it, ain’t got no gas in it!”

Im a hobbyist who welds a few times a year. I have the Chicago electric 220v flux core welder. I swapped out the wire with a name brand and I have been extremely happy. It’s welded everything I’ve thrown at it over the past 5 years

@TK-ec5bv

9 ай бұрын

Chicago Electric = China Electric

I have never seen such a lack of craftsman be promoted as quality work, until now. Thank you for sharing.

@OldBondoBilly

6 ай бұрын

Well, since you don’t even know what you’re looking at, i’ll take your offhand appreciation🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MericaOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

@OldBondoBilly I can only assume your channel is parody. This can't be taken seriously.

@OldBondoBilly

6 ай бұрын

The only parody is me clowning you🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@MericaOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly Thank you for the confirmation of the parody YT channel. I wish you well in your future garbage work endeavors.

@MericaOutdoors

6 ай бұрын

I just watched this for the second time. The first time, I did so without any audio. This time I listened. Hahahahaha!!! Hahahahaha!!! Hold on... Hahahahaha!!! Hahahahaha!!! Wait. Wait. Wait. Hahahahaha!!! Hahahahaha!!! It really is a parody channel. You are hilarious, my man! I love you!

I love this i feel a ton better about my repairs now and I use flux core wire as well

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

More detail; kzread.info/dash/bejne/c3ig1NugfbjOn5s.html

The more I watch ur videos on how you do your body work the more I enjoy it. I'm a welder and just the fact that u use fluxcore is cool done that on a chevelle roof worked good.

i learnt on arc, my job at a truck yard used gas and for the last several years i have been using flux core and i think its great. clearly there are huge advantages to using gas but i find NOT having to fork out for a bottle of it works well for my pocket and having a breezy shed and working outside alot is just easier accomplished with flux core.

I started using flux core for bodywork because sometimes I was working outside, and also I was tired of buying those little disposable gas bottles. It's good to see a pro using the same technique.

@erichopkins5522

Жыл бұрын

the cheap flux core welders I have had always seem to want to burn thru even on the lowest setting is there a certain welder you recommend or is it I just don't know how to use flux core chances are that's it but on the slim chance it's not my ignorance

@JHruby

Жыл бұрын

​@@erichopkins5522 look at Billy's welding technique. He does spot by spot while pausing between each to let the steel cool.

@erichopkins5522

Жыл бұрын

@J. Hruby ok I'll check it out I appreciate it

@j-1lokes294

Жыл бұрын

You using gas less rod. What diameter

@rossbrumby1957

Жыл бұрын

Flux core needs more power to work, burning holes in thin modern panels. Also dirtier and needs loads of cleaning after. I have a lincoln 180C which uses flux core on everything BUT car panel thickness sheetmetal. Bondo Billy never learned how to use a mig properly- notice he has at least an inch of wire sticking out past the tip. He'd save so much time using gas with the clean up afterwards alone. You fill gaps with weld- you warp the panel more, leaving more panel eork to correct. He's been welding sheetmetal badly for 42 years.

I love flux core

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

👍

I'm might have to file a lawsuit over my eyes being messed up now... 😆 🤣

@OldBondoBilly

18 күн бұрын

#metoo; I used to could see a lot better before that dam Bongo Billy started his shenanigans on the KZread 🤣🤣

I learned it to weld with Oxy acetylene back in the early 80s . The only other welding I've done was trailside welding when out 4 by 4ing . My Jeep had a 260 amp alternator and dual batteries . All I needed to weld was a set of jumper cables and a piece of welding rod . Welding driveshafts back together using patches cut out of pickup boxes . Sleeving broken tie rod arms . Reattaching shackle mounts and such . Most vehicles don't come with even a 150 amp alternator . But if you have an older vehicle that did have one of those 260 amp alternators . Most anything I could weld with just the amps from the alternator and a single battery . And if I wanted to I could turn my dual battery system into a 24 volt battery . And 260 amps times 24 volts is 6,240 watts of metal melting electricity .

@OldBondoBilly

5 ай бұрын

That’s what and when I learned too

@Exquisitewrk told me not to delete his comment, so guess what…🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@robertblackshear8963

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I suck at welding but I enjoy it. I can tell what you are doing takes some feel and lots of experience.

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

I created This welding process from necessity when I had to weld in a hinge pillar section, and the guy’s MiG he said he had turned out to be flux. I was a certified master mig weldor for 36 years and switched to flux after one use. I’ve been flux core welding for one year 😉😉

@dakota5041

Жыл бұрын

​@@OldBondoBilly I wouldn't have guessed you were Flux for that short of time, beads ain't pretty but I've seen pretty welds fail and I've had some of my ugly ones hold real good! Might grab me a Flux core since body work is next on my list to learn

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

@@dakota5041 the next welding video will cover MiG and Flux, from 24 gauge to 3/8 plate, and aluminum. A real tutorial

@Bigdog789stone

Жыл бұрын

I love filling up stuff like that. Just cool her down and pile it in.

@randyherringshaw6325

Жыл бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillyI'll hit the like button, but I'm not touching your thingy! 😂

Good job Billy. Thank you for all your help Napa, California 65

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

You're welcome

As a former migger, you can definitely put a fan in there if you know how to do it without messing up your welds. Just put the fan behind you, and have your body blocking the wind. Done it tons of times with no problem.

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

Your point is moot. Like I told you in the title, flux core is best for autobody

@jtoker9758

11 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly Hold up there old top, i think your reading comprehension needs some working on. Now where in my comment did I mention anything about welding on an autobody? Where did I mention anything about fluxcore? See your read comprehension needs vast improvement if you want to be able to understand what it is that you have just read. I know you old tops can't see so good and hear so well but thats no excuse for lack of reading comprehension.

@03056932

9 ай бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillymoo

@notashton.

9 ай бұрын

N*

@Mr.Fabrication007

7 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly WHAT MAKES U THINK FLUXCORE IS "SUPERIOR" FOR AUTOBODY?....I dont think the rest of the autobody industry would agree with you. Interesting on hearing your basis for the "SUPERIORITY" idea.

when I tack a panel, I make small tacks spaced out to keep the heat from one spot, then I come back and overlap those tacks on the same order. I find this way to be better at preventing keyholes and blowing through

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

I am stitching, not tacking. kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6KEl9CnmM3SirA.html

@teufelhund3801

8 ай бұрын

​@OldBondoBilly No, you are tacking, not stitching. Stitching is small line welding in series to prevent overheating, and you have to remove the slag and clean it each time you join stitches. You literally made dots, that is tack welding, or overlapping tack welds.

@mikeznel6048

7 ай бұрын

@@teufelhund3801Wrong. He’s stitch welding. Doesn’t matter if it’s a serious of small tacks to make the bead or a constant bead. It’s stitch welding. This isn’t a video game lobby where you can spew your crap and have the young kids believe you. You’re in the big boys world here.

@teufelhund3801

7 ай бұрын

@@mikeznel6048 I literally gave the definition of stitch welding and explained the difference. Fucktard.

@OldBondoBilly

7 ай бұрын

@teufelhund3801. You don’t know the definition of dumbass, or you’d shut up. A “tack” weld is a non-penetrating, surface weld used while mocking up panels for proper fitment. It is meant to be easy to break if panel re-alignment is required. A “stitch” weld is a full penetration burst meant to achieve fusion between the panels without excessive heat transfer. Lots of stupid people misinterpret the two, and the difference. Did I mention that you are a lots of?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I fuckin love you Billy🤣 I use the same techniques. Can’t knock it till ya try it. Gonna have to grind it either way.

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

And my technique takes a lot less grinding than mig😉😉

Holy shit. I’m glad I know the importance of proper technique and how to use tools.

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

Pipe down, fudgebutt. You’ve never even touched a flux core welder, much less welded sheet metal🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@bullhammer59

7 ай бұрын

​@@OldBondoBilly yep no gamer knows how to work wit the hot steel

Harbor freight 90amp flux core works well for what I have welded. 🤗

Subbed just based on this video! Just got myself a fluxcore welder yesterday and cant wait to start learning! Any tips?

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

Watch all my flux core vids. As a matter of fact, you should watch all my vids twice, and then you’ll know three times more than an exspurt😂😂

@lucusfindley5534

8 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly i think our wiae and venerable old hack is trying to say is that he is not an EXPERT but you can watch his videos anyway and learn the wrong way to do things. The way he does shit wiil work in certain situations. But bet your ass a.pro would do that differently and have a stronger, better weld as a result.

@JRsVsO

8 ай бұрын

Yes, make sure your polarity is set for flux core.

Doesn't make a whole lot of difference with sheet, bc mig or flux, you still have to mostly fill in with repeated spot welds and grind it afterwards. Thicker than sheet tho, the mig will look better. And if I'm a but less worried about looks, I like stick for the thicker stuff

Ive been practicing on sheet metal for 3 months and not by any means do i think im ready but im glad i found your video and gained a bit of yours wisdom

you're a really good tack welder.

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

You’re a know-nothing about welding numbskull🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@kylemilford8758

Жыл бұрын

That's what sheet metal welding is

@carwashadamcooper1538

Жыл бұрын

You gotta "tack" sheet metal because if you try running a bead it warps the material. don't be a dummy.

@mewmewdesigns895

8 ай бұрын

I came here looking for this comment. I knew someone wouldn't know you have to weld the sheet metal on a car like this to keep it from warping.

@simonkuhl6793

8 ай бұрын

You gotta do that on old rusty 1/8 so it don't burn through. same thing here crept the metals even thunner. Even if you're running short circuit transfer you'll warp it and/or keyhole it if you run a bead😂

Flux core is all I’ve used for 20+ years in my cheapo welder and I can do most any job. Good job btw Billy

The only jobs that make me appreciate welding heavier stuff,welded stuff into a mini car and a pain in the arse respect to you

Great Video 👍 just subbed.

Getting quality welds with Flux Core is an art. A dark, mysterious, evil art...but still an art.

@anthonysilva1473

9 ай бұрын

good grounds are key

@mikeznel6048

7 ай бұрын

@@anthonysilva1473And proper polarity.

I work as a mechanic for a landscape company. In my free time, I’ve been able to learn how to patch simple, rust holes, and maybe a rocker panel here and there . I’ve watched a lot of your videos. They have definitely helped a lot. I will say the first few times It looked like shit but now I’m finally to the point. where you can’t tell it was there. I mean these are landscape trucks though 😂😂😂

42 years ya say? Me 43 yep born in 1981 so I feel ya brother. Welders filling gaps since 1887!

Amen to that brother,I can't believe how similar we are!!

I love it!! Those Flux cored wires became so good, i am working so much with it.

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

YesWelder wire is awesome👌👌

I love flux core. Not a professional, but I have to weld a lot and I have shocked professional welders with what can be done with it, from structural and sheet, anywhere, quickly, and no fuss. Let haters hate.

Thanks for this video . Made me put a short hose on a cheap £30.0 SIP welder. Five foot hose helps the0.8 mm flux core wire feed really easy. Fired it up and it works a treat . Will be doing a sill on my tranni connect next week.😊

I used a $100 Amazon welder in this video, but I have upgraded to the much more precise YesWelder Flux 135 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6KEl9CnmM3SirA.html

@oddball119

Жыл бұрын

I just got a yeswelder flux 135 two days ago and it has worked great. I made a smoker out of a barrel with it and I had no problems.

@ashleypatterson4053

Жыл бұрын

I have never weld befor i need help..what do I need to know...does it matter what kind of. Welder for cars ...online or get one from a brick store. I need help 😫 😩

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

@@ashleypatterson4053 kzread.info/dash/bejne/h6KEl9CnmM3SirA.html

@jessediaz9259

11 ай бұрын

I’ll buy your old one?

@OldBondoBilly

11 ай бұрын

@@jessediaz9259Sorry J, I gave it away as a prize in a contest😗😗

I started off using a flux core welder . It worked and got the job done . Keep up the great work Billy !!!

Hammer welding for the win again

nice work, always can tell someone with experience - they'll work around to keep the heat from warping or blowing holes in the metal.

Old school artisans are amazing thanks for sharing your talent!

"Ive been doing this for 42 years" yeah and you must of had your eyes closed for 40 of them 🤣

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

Hyuk-yuk-yuk, yer a funny rummy dummy. Come back and tell everyone what’s wrong and why, so’s that I can tell them why yer stupid, and how🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@gavin8443

8 ай бұрын

Ight bigdfitness that why this guy still gettin business and u live in ya mom basement eatin cheetos

@johnyjohnjohn

8 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBillyhow about you got zero penetration💀💀I mean it don’t matter cuss nothing you weld probably matters but aye make sure when inexperienced guys come talking to you that you let them know don’t weld like that ever

@sipapiwylin6229

8 ай бұрын

​@@johnyjohnjohndo you not realize how thin sheet metal is lol the welder isnt a cutting torch

@corytomcany6027

8 ай бұрын

​@@johnyjohnjohnyou put the g in LGBT

Ive always used flux core. Started with cheap Chinese welder. Now i gota Lincoln 110v. No problems at all. Plus i believe fluxcore supposedly penetrates deeper than mig

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

Your belief is founded in reality. You can’t get better penetration than blowing a big hole, lol. The trick is to regulate that penetration through settings and techniques 😉😉

i bought a flux core welder from HF to do a rocker panel job on my van. worked mint.

Keep up the good work billy...love the content and educational videos...I'm a certified welder and you make it look easy buddy...

Now, if you’re one of the clowns possessing the dumbassery to troll this video, be sure and give a (stupid) reason for your 💩 4 🧠s ignorance 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Hunter-ze4eu

8 ай бұрын

How about use the right voltage and stop tack welding like a 🤡

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

@@Hunter-ze4eu just the 💩 4 🧠s ignorance I was looking for🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Hunter-ze4eu

8 ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly this shit better be satire is all I'm saying🤣🤣

@OldBondoBilly

8 ай бұрын

@@Hunter-ze4euwhy’d you delete your first comment? You don’t want to stand behind your knowledge. The only satire here is me clowning idiots who think they know what they don’t🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Jimmy-Legs

6 ай бұрын

You’ve been reported for bullying to the KZread authorities.

I am about to do some flux core sheet metal work on an old Regal that I saved from the crusher today. It wont ever win a beauty contest but it'll be fun to drive.

That's right Billy!!! 😂😂😂

@OldBondoBilly

10 күн бұрын

😎

Bodge job

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

Idiot comment 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@Interdiction

Жыл бұрын

@@OldBondoBillyTry harder and get good at repairs ffs

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

@@Interdiction I’m already a master. The fact that you don’t recognize it reveals your ignorance, but please keep the comments coming to cement yer stupidity 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@krotchlickmeugh627

Жыл бұрын

​@@OldBondoBillymaster of none. Fs

@OldBondoBilly

Жыл бұрын

@@krotchlickmeugh627sorry I missed you at the time, I like to highlight stupid people expediently 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Flux core works good. An old man who had a 572 chevy engine in a 38 dodge show truck told me he welded everything on that truck with flux, even the engine/trans mounts. Preheat the thicker metals with a torch

@OldBondoBilly

29 күн бұрын

lol. Union Pacific’s flux core machine for welding railroad cars uses 5/8 inch thick wire

Has he been welding the same sheet metal for 42 years??? Sure looks like it.

@OldBondoBilly

3 ай бұрын

I MIG welded masterfully for 36 years, but for autobody, it’s what I said; FLUX CORE IS BEST🤣🤣

You’re a professional body builder…. 😊

The point is because it's perfect

@OldBondoBilly

10 күн бұрын

Yes, my repair turned out perfect in every way that mattered

A majority of those critiquing your welding have NEVER touched arc/mig/tig. Just using JB weld from the armchair while drunk. I've done cast iron welds that held like a brick crap house using my MIG(using wire made for cast iron).

@OldBondoBilly

10 күн бұрын

Break out the JB Welder honey... Gotta Fix the Thingamajig.

Welded same no clamps for 50yrs started with car batteries and stick rods and and some jumper cables ,tack tack tack ive had same 130 turbo cebora mig 40 yrs and its served me well and kept me out of the body shops doing my own vehicles

Beautiful with no gas.

I learned more from my man Billy on welding thin sheet metal on a few shorts , than most long boring videos out there 👍🏻💪🏻

Great video 👍👀👍

Would love to see the welds after some grinding!

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

Plenty of welding videos in the Welding & Fabrication Playlist

@LiquidMetalMover

Ай бұрын

@@OldBondoBilly I wanted to see how much (if any) porosity is in the welds because of the slag!

@OldBondoBilly

Ай бұрын

You can also find more than one video where I prove conclusively. There is no slag on a fluxcore weld.

Good job brother I use Flux as well !!

I have welded lots of 10 gauge irrigation pipe with flux core, no leakage issues. It does make a huge difference what brand you are using, I prefer Lincoln, it produces a lot cleaner weld with minimal spatter. Keep up the good work.

LOL… there’s no replacement for experience displacement. An artist does, and does and does… as it pleases them to do. And every time they do, it gets better.