Welding 18ga on a big heat sink of a table is easy. Weld it in the air off the table in real world conditions. Also allot of the replacement panels are 19 and 20ga steel. I often will hold a soaked rag on the back of a weld area if I can as it keeps the heat down and makes blowing holes slightly less likely. However welding body panels you won't be welding continuous beads. You basically do lots of tack/spot welds and eventually overlap them and then grind them down. It's all about reducing heat in the panel so no regular weld beads. One problem I have run into welding auto body is that some inverter welders don't play nice as their initial arc start doesn't work well with how you weld body work. Transformer machines fire right up while inverters sometimes have odd starts which causes issues when your whole weld may only be slightly longer than the arc start time. Basically the inverters think too much and don't go to full throttle fast enough.

Floor bords in the new hooptieee😂

The only problem I have with this video is that it is short. I learn so much from this channel and I even save these videos to a playlist. I would seriously love to see more content and also longer videos. Not everyone does videos like this channel.

@DuncanAitken

3 жыл бұрын

As per the video, just reduce your travel speed. Set the video to 0.25x speed and you should be golden. 😆

THIN?! Why in my day we had to weld gold foil together using nothing but some calcium carbide and a flint and steel!

@Joe.Doucette

4 жыл бұрын

you had gold foil? luxury. ;)

@todaywefly4370

3 жыл бұрын

W Bailey HA!! I’ve joined aluminium foil with nothin’ but the heat from a popcorn fart!

@TheRabidfan

Жыл бұрын

Shoot I had to weld aluminum foil using nothing but a multivitamin and harsh language!

Thank you sir, been watching your videos and have my first welding class in the fall

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience with us all. All help is appreciated !!!

As always I enjoyed the humor and quality content. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

Thanks for doing this video!

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Share it with your friends 😂

It would be cool to see a cheap welder with a pro using it and an expensive welder with a novice using it just to show that skill matters more than the welder. I think sometimes people get hung up on it has to be expensive to be good and I can't learn because I can't afford an expensive machine. Just a thought for a video

Impressive. On many levels. Tip of the hat to you sir.

he nailed again....he got skills even with flux....

Outstanding weld

I know its probably not recommended but flux core is all I had for a while in my garage and it fixed a couple mufflers and other thin wall stuff on vehicles. My cheap little flux core welder only has high and low, high isnt bad if you move quick but low lets you take your time a little more without as much blowthrough. Wouldnt say they're amazing welds but they got the job done.

Wow. Awesome job. You make it look easy!!!!

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Took a couple tries, but it's a super smooth wire.

Very cool demo.

Very very helpful, thank you 🙏

Thank you for the information. Great Video, Much appreciated

02:45, chicharrón. Fine instruction. Fine acting and cinematography.

Thanks so much! I was looking for machine parameters and results of those settings. Looks great! Needed to weld up a 16g trailer

I agree , I’m an autobody guy so I look to improve on 20 gauge give or take , looking forward to this video

Thank you for the excellent instructive video. Your demonstration of solid technique provides a great model to strive for as we practice. Your small blow-through was so minor. Including it in the video is helpful and encouraging to us who are still practicing/working through that stage with thin materials! Some advice from Michael Jordan helps me to continue to practice. Michael said he always aimed at "failing his way to success".

@jakelapoint

2 жыл бұрын

I 2nd that. Literally last night was my first time welding. Period. Great video for welding thin stuff... my first welding pass was on 16 Guage 'sheet metal'.. I 9nly had a magnet to hold the pieces in place and forgot to 'tac' it first. So needless to say I warped a little and I did get burn-through upon starting my arc. Too many volts. If u know of any excellent videos for an absolute noob.. let me know. Thank you. Got my welder to fix my 4runner frame but I need to get decent before I even touch it.

@michaeldunagan8268

Жыл бұрын

I third that. It is nice to know that even an expert may be a rookie when it comes to something he's not used to doing.

Awesome video brother.... all the settings & specs that so many other videos leave out. Seems like a no brainer doesn't it, but that's why your vids are so good. Nice work. 😊

Thank you for this, I feel like I have some hope now.

thanks marine i will do some test pieces and try it your way i always get pin holes when using flux core wire without gas

Thanks guys, I really needed this video. If I can ever get a welder like I want, !8ga maybe 16 ga would be the thickest I would use. Once in a blue moon I might need to weld some 1/16th angle steel but that would be about once every 2-4 years if at all.

I think a lot of us DYI-rookie use welders for stuff that's 3/16" or narrower on our automobiles. My current drudgery is about 14-gauge upper tie-bar am I 1999 Toyota Solara. Boy-was I surprised it wasn't like a Honda Civic where one can just disconnect bolts and outcomes the bar. But if you're building steel skyscrapers, I could see where 1/8 of an inch is thin.

That's really nice for flux core on THIN sheetmetal. I tried this before but it was bad, gona half to try 700GS ? Never heard of it before , Great Video nice tutorial Thanks William Orange county, ca.

Flux core game is strong with this one.

Thanks!

@Welddotcom

3 ай бұрын

You rock! Thanks!

This couldn't have come at a better time. Got roped into replacing the bottom floor of a smoker. The side material is pretty thin. Gonna try your wash up technique and use something fairly thick for the bottom. Thanks!

@Hurtydwarf

4 жыл бұрын

Something I've seen on a few different videos is to have a piece of copper/brass as a backing piece to where you're welding. More solid piece if you need to fill holes and would help absorb some heat to prevent blow through.

@dennisleadbetter7721

4 жыл бұрын

You can use aluminium as a heat sink as well.

@jonathanyates5198

2 жыл бұрын

You can also spot weld it

22 gauge is what I want to do... still awesome to see you weld the 18. I’m doing tack welds, not running a bead.

@captaintoyota3171

2 жыл бұрын

Usually tacks or stich welding is what u want for stuff than thin n e way. Usually its on a body panel so no warping by stiching it up.

Nice.

Body work on old rust bucket jeep. I got a Lincoln flux core. 125 pro. I like it ok but it will definitely blow thru butt welding though .

Helped a bud weld a crack in his shovel today. 24 gauge? No recommend settings on the welder…dialed voltage to lowest setting feed to 2 / 80amps. Tacked the ends of the cracks, no problems. Tried to lay a short bead and burnt through. Filled it in and just welded a series of short tacks starting from opposite ends. Success!

Thank you

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thanks for watching

Thanks for making the video and the recommendation on the wire. While the welds look good, but all that is not applicable for practical sheet metal work on automotive body. The heat-affected zone is excessive and with running a "bead" as shown in the video, you're guaranteed to warp the panel being welded beyond repair. Besides, most automotive body welding either use butt or plug welding. The type of welding shown in the video is more suitable for a pipeline or construction.. Autobody welding is a whole different art...

@RaysLaughsAndLyrics

4 жыл бұрын

True.. if you do alot of automotive, best to purchase the appropriate welding machine. Thanks for your input. Best to you and yours.

@jonathanyates5198

2 жыл бұрын

Actually most shops use a combination of lap and butt welds. See Lakeside Autobody as to why. It creates a stronger repair without compromising the already thin metal. Any body man worth anything will lap it and tap down the seam for 1/16" filler application which is suitable thickness of filler. As with any welding of thin sheet metal you have to go slow Changing where you place your tack welds to not get one area too hot. Welding automotive metal is not complications if you use some sense

Nice video. Future idea. Mig gas types. Esp for stainless steel. Cheers

Most of my welding is done on 18 to 20 gauge auto body panels not laying on a welding table. I get by but it is aggravating as crap. Thanks for the videos you share with us

@jonathanyates5198

2 жыл бұрын

Watch lakeside Autobody. Jerry has great videos on welding sheet metal with flux core. It's not preferred, but with some common sense it can be done

I love your videos guys. Very helpful. I’m starting with flux and mig welding. Can you make a video explaining how to set the bolts and amps, pls? Is there a formula?

Man you are the man🙏🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

Thanks guys great video on welding for us newbies !😜 I would like to know what's the difference in the sheet metal vs steel I noticed you mentioned it in the video thanks again.tk

Most of us, DIYs, are just leaning how to weld. I tried flux core on 18 gauge, but did not do well at all; I had to buy a MIG welder, and using .023 wire did a a lot better (please notice I did not say good or great). Thank you for the lesson.

@jonathanyates5198

2 жыл бұрын

Have to cut your voltage down and play with the wire speed. I can tack automotive sheet metal with flux core. Have to go low on heat and not continuously weld in the same area or you will burn thru

I'm restoring a 73 gran torino and I'm using flex core to weld replacement panel's in it's a little messy but welds fine using 030 .

@jaytodd5809

9 ай бұрын

Torino Sport?..

I'm a JIW also but not for much longer, gotta patch up my 150 cab corner, there fairly thick considering, going to use 35 flux core, came with the machine, that looks good enough to me for autobody. Always used 30 with my Miller cricket on body panels, 24 blew holes, it got stolen, no more Miller's in the price range I paid for it yrs back. Trying a new Lincoln 140 found online even came with a spool gun for alewminnium!

I have to weld 16 gauge chromoly for my first welding project i plan on getting gas and using mig but was interested if i could do it with flux core this is intresting def gonna check that wire out

So how is.it for.puddle welding? Were using 6010 or 6022 out in the field but in the shop wire might be handy

Hey man, are the numbers on the back of a welder(say a Lincoln) pretty accurate for the size you can weld with it the one I'm looking at says 3/16, I'm hoping I might get 1/4 out of it

I tell you one thing man you are a hell of a welder Welding a straight bead on 18 gauge is very difficult although it will most likely warp the panel

I snapped today. As a hobby welder, I had a harbor freight 125. Couldn't get the settings right. That welder went flying. 8 months and nothing but problems. Time to dip into savings for fence repair and a new welder

Sounds like its on the verge of sputtering, is this how you are supposed to run it? Because I would end up turning down the wire feed from this setting to get the arc nicer but then you end up with not enough slag coverage.

Excellent demo guys 👍 Only thing you did wrong was machine selection 😂

@benmiller5015

4 жыл бұрын

I'd be more than happy to try it for myself if you guys wanna give me a machine lol more than happy to take a 252 sti if you have an extra one just sitting around lol

@Graham_Wideman

4 жыл бұрын

@@benmiller5015 Don't you have a relative in the welder machine business?

@melgross

4 жыл бұрын

I’ve got an ESAB. Much better than an Everlast. Remember, you started it.

@frankbibby6847

4 жыл бұрын

@@melgross Do you also have an Everlast? Because I've used both and I'll take my Lightning 275 over a Rebel any day of the week. 250 amps AND ACDC.

@benmiller5015

4 жыл бұрын

@@Graham_Wideman ha I wish! If only it worked like that id have family in beer n welding. I'd be a drunk welder lol

Some welders have said to connect the welder onto the neg. (-) polarity and the ground on the (+) because (-) electrons flow neg to pos and reduces spatter. Is this true? Also, what distance to keep tip at when tack welding the thin sheets? can you rest the tip on the joint and tack it? Thanks!!!

Can you make a video about setting proper parameters such as voltage, wire speed, travel distance, and contact tip distance for flux core wire where you walk through your thought process to adjust the settings based on the appearance of a previous weld? What is the reason for a stick out of 3/4 inch? I've typically seen 3/8 inch contact tip distance mentioned. I am new so trying to learn.

@evanbozich4531

3 жыл бұрын

The flux needs to pre heat

Do you have a link to purchase a sample spool of this fluxcore? I would like to try this out at work.

Will that wire work good in a 220 Lincoln flux core/mig?

Hey guys, can you try 1 through to 2.5ish mm gal sheet? I'm not sure the imperial conversion my bad:/ cheers!

Where can i get some of this wire? It's not listed in the description.

Would like to see this with some of the really cheap "EZ" style fluxcore welders. My cheapo has like 4 settings. Also like to know if you can run multiple passes with that wire to get thicker stuff together with a decent beveled edge.

@joshuahuman1

4 жыл бұрын

I doubt most of the time those are ac instead of dc so they can make them cheaper

@yurimodin7333

3 жыл бұрын

that would probobly be even easier since AC will penetrate less than DC

@minigpracing3068

3 жыл бұрын

@@yurimodin7333 I know mine is DC because it has polarity changes you can make inside. It is the old Hobart EZ 110 volt model.

@BudMasta

3 жыл бұрын

@@minigpracing3068 you will have to stitch weld if the minimum voltage setting blows through your material even with a fast travel speed.

22-24 ga is what we talkin about THIN sheet metal when people be sayin “Thin” lolols. Thats automotive panel repair size and unfortunately you cant do those nice full solid continuous pass on that or you guaranteed 1000% burn thru. You have to spot weld stack :(. Especially using flux core you gotta go even slower as in let shit cool down and bot get too hot so to fight warpage (gas has better control wit heat but you can do it wit flux core if one doesnt wanna spent on the gas which is pricy too!). But you also gotta be fast on doin the weld itself cause you cant stay long or that ofc melts immediately.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

This stuff is rated up to 22 gauge. We just didn't have any in the shop.

1/8” is about the thinnest material an iron worker handles on a regular basis so give him a break people. Obviously there are a lot of tin workers out there that have a different idea of what counts as thick vs thin, I say we call those people; small rod tin bangers.

@vicinvesta8349

4 жыл бұрын

yes, b/c auto body work is number 1 welding application DIYers are dealing with. 22GA please.

@janeblogs324

4 жыл бұрын

Well call them steel workers, they don't weld iron

@dave98765

4 жыл бұрын

I've spoken to, and worked with, guys that consider anything below 6mm (1/4") thin, and guys that consider it heavy. It's all relative to your own experience. I've worked both. Both have their pros and cons.

@bala3253

3 жыл бұрын

@@vicinvesta8349 you are 100% right some people live an bubble they think they way only one way

@leonardpearlman4017

3 жыл бұрын

?? Well. I have to say, that when I pull out the 1/16" stick electrodes I feel a little funny, they look like sparklers! I always say that if it was 1/16" MIG WIRE you'd be impressed!

You should test mancub to see if he can tell the difference between different tig machines

Hey, thanks for the video. One question though - how about body material (0.6mm - ~ 0.023625")? Is that possible at all - or is the temperature too high?

@jonathanyates5198

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely is possible. Check out lakeside Autobody

I blast holes nonstop trying to weld thin stuff lol

Redeemed... You now have a place in Valhalla😆

Would 035 be just as good as 030 t211? Asking for a friend..

This is beginning to sound like an aluminum pop can Tig challenge! Might as well just get a couple of tin cans and go for it! 😂

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

We've done it with TIG. FCAW is another story.

I work in a Fab shop and just worked with nickle flux core for the first time in 3/4" plate and it was tested and only passed 2 of 15 welds. Any tips for thicker material?

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Check out our 1/16" flux core, .072 flux core and flux core myths videos

Great video. Can you do a stair stringer layout

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Added to the list

@Danny-qp5gl

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom thank you guys. That would be really great to see

I wanna see you guys run a suitcase welder

@WTFisAuserFRCKINname

4 жыл бұрын

I second this

@THatChevyguy91

4 жыл бұрын

@@WTFisAuserFRCKINname the one I got has served its purpose really well love it welds fantastic as long as it dont get wet lol

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

We almost got the Miller suitcase out this weekend... We'll break it out soon.

Man, there is no right or wrong regarding self belief. Every job have different meaning on thick or thin, next time someone will tell you "DUDE aluminum foil is thin, you should weld it to achieve perfect seal when grilling fish". Love your videos, keep them up, I'm stashing to get my first welder.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

I think that ones next on the list 😂

@dave98765

4 жыл бұрын

I know you joke. But had a job where I had to corner to corner weld 0.5mm (0.02" or about the same as 26 gauge steel) in stainless. Wasn't fun.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

@@dave98765 Probably not flux core though. We've done TIG welding aluminum foil in the past.

@dave98765

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom that it wasn't. I think I remember the foil video. Was interesting.

Just when I think your welding can't get any worse you totally redeem yourself. Good video I learned a lot about fc welding.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks......I think? 🤷‍♂️

@davidmoore4322

4 жыл бұрын

Lol, giving ya a hard time for burning through you first weld. Thank you for your service, both to our country and to us wannabe welders. 🇺🇸

Thank you! I asked about welding thin gauge material using flux core and specifically welding thin gauge to 1/8th" in a comment a few weeks ago. I gave it less than an eleventeen percent chance of getting a reply and saw this just came out 5 hours ago. I used to be a liker, now im a subscriber.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

99% of our videos come from audience requests 👍

@weld.com. can you do a video flux core welding expanded metal to 1/8 thick plate? I am having a difficult time with this using .030 wire. Everybody says set up machine for the thicker metal then let the puddle just barely spill over to the expanded metal. I am not getting consistent results with this method. Should it just be spot tacked?

@captaintoyota3171

2 жыл бұрын

Ah dont listen 2 ppls numbers test till its good for you. Everyones speed varies. U should be able to use that wire ez on that stuff. Stich welding is acceptible in sheet metal. So tack/clean/tack on other side/clean etc etc. Keeps warping down and heat down

Hi, I have bought a house with a standard metal garage door that they had cut a hole in one of the panels for a medium size dog door. Can a patch be welded into this hole using a small harbor freight titanium 125 easy flux welding machine? And yes, I have no idea what I am doing. Being serious how can I repair without buying a 2000.00 door

I’m new to welding and I am trying to weld a 3/16 plate but I can’t find what wire speed and voltage to use can someone help me please?( flux core)

I got .035 fluxcore wire can i weld 18g sheet metal?

What brand is that long sleeve shirt? Its summer time and I'm trying to keep cool down here in Houston TX

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

MCR Safety. We call it the fishing shirt. FR, but it's got vents in the back and arm pits. Best shirt we've found

@Graham_Wideman

4 жыл бұрын

www.summitworkapparel.com/

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

www.mcrsafety.com/safety-equipment/fr-clothing/sbs2001

I just did some welding and fabricated a Stainless Steel up pipe for a buddy's waste gate. The material was 2mm thick I swear! I was blowing holes on every setting and I run Flux Core also, hoping this video will shed some light for me! Love this channel 🤲🏼🗜️📐 I found that if I turn my wire feed speed up high and keep my voltage low I can lay thick, fast beads. You live and you learn (Not a fan of welding thin metals) 🤣

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

This 700GS is good up to 22 gauge.

@ASAPJermz

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom That makes it's uses very specific and probably wouldn't work for my applications. I'm looking into getting Miller Stick machine!

I really want to know how much I need to weld in a .021" sheet metal

@eksine

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck. The only way you can get that to work is you're going to tack weld and maybe wait for it to cool and then tack weld again. You also must have a clamp holding a bar of metal on the back side to soak up the heat otherwise you have no chance in hell

@benc8386

4 жыл бұрын

Best to use the TIG for that.

@eduardosampoia5480

4 жыл бұрын

Try a 5/16" 7018... reverse polarity of course.

@brinkman4925

3 жыл бұрын

Tack weld. Then braze. Maybe. Or just braze

Where are you able to purchase this wire. Can you give the name of a distributor that has it. Can’t find it on a web search

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

If you go to your local distributor you can ask for it. Theyll order it for you

Self shield fluxcore gross? use solid wire on thin gauge

How about you guys try using a harbor freight vulcan migmax 140

Hello. I have a flux core welder but while welding, about 2-3 times per second the current stops and restarts. It is very inconsistent on every setting, could you please give me some advice?

@patrick1532

4 жыл бұрын

That sounds like a faulty power supply.

@ASAPJermz

4 жыл бұрын

@@patrick1532 Or bad ground.

@fewtoes

4 жыл бұрын

Check your ground, check your cables, make sure your weld/ground is clean.

@schellycraft4290

4 жыл бұрын

@Patrick @Jeremy's HVAC Journey @ fewtoes thank you guys

Great work. But from Australia, what the hell is 18 guage or 050 in modern thickness? MM?

@jeeper2371

4 жыл бұрын

1mm is .0394 of a inch if that helps

@janeblogs324

4 жыл бұрын

One day they will realise they never even had an emperor

@matthewisaac6895

4 жыл бұрын

1mm. Most car panel steel i have found is about 0.9mm or 19 gauge, floors are a bit thicker

@dennisleadbetter7721

4 жыл бұрын

0.030" wire is 0.8mm so 0.050" is about 1.2mm

@elliottg5987

3 жыл бұрын

With 'thousandths' I get by with a rough comparison to firearms terminology, which I know from one of my other hobbies. .308" is about the same as 7.5mm, .50" is 12.7mm, .22" is 5.5mm. So a quarter inch must be about 6.5mm, and .050 must be 1.2mm (just move the deci point), and .8mm wire must be about .03 of an inch. Just knowing a few things can get you a long way by arithmetic, and I never have to harm my soft mind with dividing by 25.5 which I find much too difficult. As for Gauge? Well I can tell you a 12 gauge shotgun shell is nothing like a 12 gauge copper wire and so the whole 'gauge' thing can go to hell as far as I'm concerned.

Thanks for this. If you ever revisit this subject a butt weld with the 700GS would be nice . I've tried using Lincoln .030 NR211 MP on 18 ga. sheet metal and body panels using the stitch weld technique with mixed success. If the welds are hot enough for good penetration I blow holes. When the feed speed is turned down to stop the holes penetration suffers. It would have been nice to see you do a butt weld on 18 ga. metal. Maybe the 700 GS from Select Arc has solved these problems.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

We can do that. Apparently we're still too thick, so we're going to have to break down and got buy a sheet of 22 gauge.

@Graham_Wideman

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom Hahahaha

@davemaccarter64

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom Thanks for the reply. I want to mention that my suggestion was mainly for the benefit of poor boy DIY shade tree guys like me who want to use FCAW on body work. It is a challenge that maybe this electrode has solved. FCAW electrodes I've tried seem to run too hot. Keep up the good work. Love your channel

Well I'm here because they had me welding 18ga to 3/16 angle at work. I made a nice fat hole at the end of the day and trying to fill it, made it worse 🥲 ..any tips y'all? It's the first thing I get to work on tomorrow. Hopefully no one notices lol

Don't show them your boots, they'll get butthurt on how you tie your laces. Thanx for showing this, always like having another option.

still easy to weld 1.2mm , 0.8 is tricky with flux

Link for the wire?????

I want to know how long it takes a magnify glass to burn through 18 gauge steel using the power of the sun...? 😊

I thought welding on galvanized steel was a big no no? Aren't you supposed to remove the gal and weld on the exposed steel?

@dave98765

4 жыл бұрын

It makes things easier, but you can weld it without doing that. Gasless wire tends to be easier as the set up burns through the gal coating quicker. With solid wire it spatters heaps more and you will get worm holes and porosity, but depending on the job it's quicker to fix these than to grind off the gal.

I see people "spot welding" with rod or flux core. Why isn't flux intrusion an issue?

@captaintoyota3171

2 жыл бұрын

Clean clean clean thats why. Mig flux doesnt leave slag like stick so good brushing between tacks should be ok. Im bout 2 do it tomorrow hope it works for car body panels all i got is flux mig on a holiday..m

18 gauge to 22 gauge. Fluxcore, 24 volts 340 wire speed push it fast rather than dragging it. Virtual down not up. Been running fluxcore for 22 years. Very forgiving wire.

@sewingwithfire700

4 жыл бұрын

Good info I’m home hobby welding and wanting more flux details. Is this setting for .030 wire?

Hello Where do i get this wire?

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

You can get it at your local welding distributor. Just go in and ask for it.

8th is classified as sheet metal, they need to look it up

@kenswitzer4133

2 жыл бұрын

Since other thicknesses ar in sheets are they considered sheet metal.If you are a welder you know this but I have spent many years around welders in industrial atmospheres and never hear one of them refer to 1/8” as sheet metal. Where is the dividing line?

Ha! 18 gauge isn’t thin. 24 gauge is thin, sort of.

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Might as well just bust out some foil and try to Flux core it

@melgross

4 жыл бұрын

Do you know that most things you buy are made from 22 to 26 gauge for the cases. A lot of it is welded.

@meangenevstheworld.7773

4 жыл бұрын

@@melgross the thinner material is welded with hard wire not flux core. Most people would use hard wire with 18 gauge.

@eksine

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom can you make a video of putting popcorn on top of some metal and then weld on the bottom of it to make popcorn? Call the video stuff that welders do

@blackhatch46

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I mean, aircraft skin is .020 usually. But it doesnt get welded often.

Anyone know if I could use that wire in my Hobart 190?

@artvandalay5298

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah you can

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

Sure. Just make sure you have the right drive rolls for the wire

Let's see some .0000000001"..... That what I call thin... Isn't 22GA what they make icebreaker hulls out of???? :)

I'm sorry, I am new. It this a "brand" of wire (Lincoln, Harbor Freight, ......) or is this a specification of wire? I did not see a link in the description. (Yep, I am a HF 90 amp Flux Core guy, so all you haters go ahead and hate.......).

@Welddotcom

4 жыл бұрын

The brand is "Select Arc". The wire is called "Select 700GS" and the diameter is .040".

@benkanobe7500

4 жыл бұрын

@@Welddotcom Thank you so very much. My cheapy welder only takes .030 and .035 wire. I have purchased a HF "Omni Pro 220" as an upgrade, but it only takes .030 and .035 as well. I think I am out of my league here and need to find a dumbed-down channel to learn about flux core for more beginner "welders" like me.

@WTFisAuserFRCKINname

4 жыл бұрын

At 0:40 it says it’s .030 wire

@Graham_Wideman

4 жыл бұрын

@@benkanobe7500 Like most welding wire, you can get it in different thicknesses, to suit different jobs. Check this product brochure: www.select-arc.com/siteadmin/uploads/prod/prod-sheets/select-700gs.pdf

@benkanobe7500

4 жыл бұрын

@@Graham_Wideman Hey, Thank You!!

Thin is 24 or 22 gauge