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noob welding pics...beware preety bad..

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Well in my defence this was my fist time ever welding and my hood kept messing up so i tried using the old closing the eyes trick but that made things worst...anyway they are preety bad but as they say practice makes perfect right :rolleyes:...
the welder of use today...
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ready for weld..
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and a horrible weld...oh well just gotta practice more..but it stuck first time...so i guess thats good...
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With a stick, you should pull the bead and weave your welding rod in a side to side motion.
 
yeah i was not able to really get a good weld down because of my hood...the auto dim doent work even with new batteries in it...it work then it doesnt...i dont know what wrong with it...but as soon as i get a new hood or fix mine i will update this thread w/ pics...
 
There is a weld in that picture?:haha: :haha:

J/K

Make sure your helmet is turned on first most of them have a timeout feature on them to save your battery and keep burning rod.

Dik
 
Wheres the weld?? :p: Keep practicing and make sure you have the right rod and the settings right. Make sure your arc length is right as well..
 
Whats the numbers on the rod?

I doubt its the machine, just need to practice. I have a lincoln AC 225 buzz box at home that is almost 35 yrs old and works just like its new.

Practice practice and more practice
 
At all cost, stay away from the closed eyes/no hood deal, burn your eyes one time and you'll have a night of living hell
 
you can get inexpensive hoods and its well worth the cost then to not be able to sleep the whole night after flashing yourself just like lar300mag said
 
twoslo4five0 said:
i dont think the rod had numbers on it but the bag said 6011...it was 5/16 not 3/8..(i think toose are the rod sizes)
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6010 and 6011 will look like crap no matter what you do. If you're going to practice at least go buy some rod. Buy what you plan on using...Then keep the rod in a dry and preferrably warm place. We keep all our rod in an oven at 250 degrees at work. It keeps all the moisture out of it.

The only time I weave a rod is while doing an uphand cover pass. Other than that I use a straight pull.

5/16" and 3/8" are not rod sizes. More like 3/32", 1/8" and maybe 5/32".

Rene
 
We keep our rods in an old converted fridge to keep the moisture out...never thought of just using an oven...sounds expensive for the electricity bill :)

Keep practicing bro! My welds looked like bird sh!t for quite a while (trust me the guys at work let me know) ;)

Oh and FYI you can burn your eyes THROUGH your eye-lids so just closing them isn't enough...I know we see guys on t.v. and sometimes in real life do it all the time but it just isn't worth it...get the helmet working right before you continue...

One of my boss' at work burned his eyes a couple weeks ago just from being in the vicinity of our portable line welder...it was running for a couple hours while he was making the bushings in the lathe in the back of the truck and yet he still burned his eyes over the coarse of the day...like they said above you won't have a fun night when it feels like the inside of your eyelids are covered in sand paper :)
 
Arc welding can be a little tricky at first but in my opinion the easiest Alot of PRACTICE and someone to tell you what your doing wrong and your welds will improve as for the mask some are solar powered and you have to turn them on to make them work.
 
You should give the 6013 rod a shot. Super easy to use- it almost runs itself, works on an ac only machine too. And it looks good. Great rod to learn with. About the only real downfall is that it doesnt do so well in out of position situations. Don't try verticle with it. 6010/6011 are good all around rods you can use to weld pretty much anything in any position, paint, rust, grease, they don't seem to care. Try to save the 6010/6011 and 7018 rods for when you've learned a bit more. The 60 series will make an ugly weld and make ya feel like you aren't learning anything, and the 7018 rods are almost impossible to make work on an ac machine. And also alittle quirky on a DC machine if you've never run them.

As for your weld...It really looks like you can't see what your doing. Fix that problem first. :D
 
I personally wouldn't buy rods from anywhere but a welding supply store. I've never bought the hardware store or Napa store rods, so I can't speak for them. About the only reason I can think of to buy them at those places is that you can buy a smaller amount at a time. I think 10lbs is about the minimum at the Airgas store here in town. Good luck. :pimp1:
 
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