In today's lesson we are doing some 3g uphill flux core with a backing strip. Root, hot, fill and cap on some half inch plate. Hope this helps you out! Don't forget to share and subscribe if you haven't done so!
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I went to welding school and you dont know how much regrated. Is way cheaper to buy a decent machine and generator and practice alot eventually you get it. Plus watching this helpfull videos.
Depends on different factors. There is more than one type of welder. Each has In my area pipe makes more than structural. Tig>Mig. Some areas are saturated with structural welders.
I usually don't make comments on these kind of videos but, Thanks for the encouraging the new welders out there. As a guy with over a decade, I needed something like this back when I first hit the road. I had Jodi from weldingtipsandtricks but he wasn't like you. You can tell that you teach and probably deal with frustration from your students. Keep going bro you really are helping 💯 💪!
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I have been welding for 15 years and i have never seen a guy his age have so much knowledge.... I have seen him mig, tig and stick and beautiful welds everytime this guy is very talented i always tell my apprentices to watch his videos to learn all the different procedures.
As a guy coming in to the trade from a totally different one. These videos have helped a lot. Just got a job doing some welding on trains among a lot of other maintenance issues on them but definitely love the work. Never thought I would actually be welding but again thanks for the videos. Loving every minute of it
I'm greatful for this channel if I didn't have this I wouldn't be able to pass my test for the simple tips and tricks he taught us! Thank you very much for everything I'm working for a union and making 38 an hour doing flux !! Couldn't be more happy and blessed
My first weld test this Thursday and I’ve done everything but fluxcore...I think I’m confident I’ll pass. Thank you for uploading this video it has all the details & exactly what I needed to see. Wish me luck 🙏🏼
It's important to remember to let the plates air-cool in between passes. You don't want to keep putting heat in continuously and you absolutely don't water-cool it. A good temp gun is great for an AWS test
Wish I had you for an instructor.. Went to Tulsa welding school and that place is straight cookie cutter. Had a quick demo and the instructors would go wonder while you had no idea what you were doing. I've watched a ton of your videos and think "why was I told I HAD to do it that way" when I see you do something that would be more comfortable for me, and still be right. It's been a few years since I got out of the school but it put a bad taste in my mouth about the industry and didn't have the drive to become a welder after. Anyways, watching you teach is making me want to go practice again and get into again for some side projects.
Great video. Showed this to my son who is going to a tech school for welding. Gave me some tips as well. I am bye no means a certified welder but have been stick and mig welding since highschool and you have enlightened me to a few new tricks that i can use to improve on my skills. Thank you
Your clearly a smart and great welder! I enjoyed this video but I was so excited for the end so I could read all the comments of people acting like RU-vid welding inspectors. I’ve been an ironworker for years now and I mostly stick but would like to be good at flux core as well. I enjoyed this video thank!
Very good video really good informational! I'm about to go do the 3g 4g flux test for work and I learn a lot from your advice, I'm going to run it exactly how you demonstrated it, so much appreciated! 💯
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Excellent presentation Good subject matter for flux core Always keeping in mind what the WPS calls out No WPS no clear understanding of your weld qualifications testing Keep up the good work that you do In your presentations
Wow thanks man I'm going for a job test on Monday for the job i found newly, and this was exactly the test i was told I'm going to meet there , and now i have learnt a lot on this VIDEO i pray 👏 that i pass the test and get the JOB BIG THANKS MAN 👍👍
as great as this video is, what he's not showing you: - thoroughly clean w/ a wire wheel or grinder between each pass -allow the plate to cool some between passes so it doesn't warp too much
@@joejitsucomics2456 backing strip is so the groove isn't open root. You are thinking of "Strong back" plates. The only thing I've waited for cooling is before you do the cap. That way your beads do exactly what you want with the desired penetration, fusion, and visual look of it.
Just took this test for certification last week, it was quarter inch though. Keep posting videos. Really helpful seeing different perspectives different styles.
@@stockholmcindy6793 : Also kinda funny that he kept saying to be careful with wind when using flux core. Didn’t quite understand the philosophy behind that?
I'm a TIG welder for SS and exotics but now everybody wants to mig weld. I am looking for a new job and have an interview and weld test tomorrow. I wanted to brush up on numbers and movements and I'm sure I'll do well now! Thanks bro!
I been mig welding small parts for years now. Got a test in an hour for flux core structural. Havent done it in 15 years. Hoping this helps me refresh. Best of luck to you
I took my welding test and I have to say, it looked like a machine did it! I was really good back in the day when I did it a lot but its been a while! When it came to the money part, they said my welds were cold! They weren't. Its just your basic tactic to pay less money! I use to do the same thing when I want a boilermaker company. I'm not going to take the job because the pay wasn't right and they don't have insurance! I was amazed at how good my welding looked and ran though! I know on my next test, if I have to mig, I'll be just fine!
That's definitely not dragging. They always say "if there's slag, you drag" but I've discovered that holding it at a strait on 90° perpendicular angle works best for me on Dual Shield Flux, regardless of what position I'm in...
@@kylechristie5792Exactly. I've even passed all my dual shield tests pushing flux core like MiG. I got it down packed. Sometimes on my horizontals I would actually burn clean through the existing slag. When my Primeweld arrives I'm going to post a video demonstrating it.
Nice man. I am currently out of school right now. Personal stuff I had to deal with. But this motivates me to get back into it which I will. Love the videos!
Thanks im looking for work right now and most of the work is mig and flux core i live in katy so i hope they call been applying but it helps a lot just watching over and over again thank you
Thank you for your videos I just landed a job $28 an hour it's been two years since I had to weld flux core and you really help me brush up on it keep up the good work
Does this apply to non-flux core as well? Currently in college and struggling with doing this. I'm either to high on my beads, getting valleys, or too far over on my cap. My root pass and hot passes look really well, which is a shame that if I have one minor mistake on my cap my professor doesn't pass me which is understandable. But all the hard work, prep, and having to adjust to my environment compared to work just to not pass because 1/32" of my cap has a valley. In my booth at school I have no room to move, no where to put my arm, and the only way to get the work piece stable is a makeshift vise attached to a tube. Only if you could come visit my college and see what I'm dealing with. I'm adjusting every which way and trying to over come many mental obstacles but my brain just won't let me. Welding is my passion, love, career, hobby, and everything in between. My life revolves around welding. But I am just struggling.
you are supposed to learn like that, if you learn in a perfect booth, when you get to the field you will be in over your head when you have to weld from a fixed position, I learned in similar conditions, the only thing you can do is keep burning that's it.
Im just going through some of the replies and laughing because your title explains its flux "core" and shielded with gas "dual". At the plant i work at here in 'Victoria TEXAS". We use esab dual shielded 1/16 wire. This video is very helpful. Since alot of our welds are tested "Full-Penatration". On base plates and other material. It's a structual plant. The test is on 1 inch plate 3g. there is not a landing and the plates are butted up sometimes both plates are beveled to 45 sometimes only one is beveled and one squared. I quess just depends on how supervisor feels that day. If you pass the visual the QC lets you back guauge the weld then run up vertical beads to fill and cap. That is a bend test but our welds are UT'd other then on the test. Most people I've met do not know how to back guage to get the trash out. Ive seen alot of videos but not one teaching how to back guage to get certain structual jobs. If you know what im talking about make a video to teach others. If not send me a halla and I'll help you out. I'm right down the road brother.
AlexTracy Reyes hi. Went to Victoria college myself, and landed my first job at Safeway railway services. Was curious to see what plant in Victoria you are working at? Thanks
I may be wrong but i thought flux core welding creates slag on top of the weld... if that's true, wouldn't it be better to chip away that slag before stacking a nother weld on top of it
Southern Pride / Dixieland there are flux core wires made foruse with gas (dual shield only) and types that can be used without any gas. dual-shield-only type wire leaves a lot less slag than gasless. in fact even solid core ER70S6 wire leaves some slag in the form of silica buildup (the S in the designation is silica content) but you can usually just weld over it without trouble.
I wish you guys would do a cut and etch at the end of your videos! It would be nice to see the welds individual beads internally, and satisfying. Keep up the videos though!
I'm curious as to when backing strips became a thing, Certified in structural in 92 and we didn't use backing strips. Not knocking it just not something I saw or used for any bend test.
@@robertbradley6946 at the shop i am at now i did one without a backing strip, this video helped me alittle bit but the only diffrence is i aint have no backing strip
The code book for D1.1 is for mechanical and structural weldments. The parameters for open root butt joint D1.1 certification is --- --- 1/8" root opening, 1/8" land (the face where the point of the bevel is removed) and 22.5 degrees bevel on each plate, except the horizontal position. In which case, the lower plate is 90 degrees, and the upper plate is 45 degrees. Pipe Welding and Rail Road have their separate code books with different parameters.
@@AM-rz8uo yes. Dual Shield/ carbon dioxide shielding gas, was certified for all position, all configuration usage (not pipe welding) by Newport News shipyard in the early 80's I was a journeyman welder at Marinette Marine at the time, and was part of the team that developed the procedure to certify the Marinette shipyard for all position Dual Shield welding.
The one thing I found a little confusing in this video is the terminology used. You often said to "drag", but that isn't a drag travel angle. That's a push angle. You do clearly show early on that you aren't going to drag, but push. The point you were trying to make was stringers versus a weave, but at least for me (i'm nearly through getting my welding degree) I think the phrasing used can confuse some.
I'm not saying I am confused. I'm saying that new welders familiar with proper terminology could be confused when he says "drag". A drag travel angle means your wire is pointed back toward the puddle as you weld. A push means your wire is pointed in the direction your are traveling toward the front edge of the puddle. He's doing a push. As for him dragging on the bevel with the nozzle, no. That would make his stickout way too short. His nozzle isn't in contact with anything. It's a great video. The guy has great skills. Just saying the way he used the word should be reconsidered for future videos.
ViolentLotus That was 100% push, but how he was taught might have something to do with it too. I’d also add that the voltage/wire speed changes as the plate becomes hotter or allow to cool a bit between passes. Depends on the test parameters...
tdo7d11 Wrong. That was 100% push travel angle. www.millerwelds.com/resources/article-library/mig-welding-the-basics-for-mild-steel I'm in pre-qual for this stuff right now.
I got my boilermakers' journeyman certificate in 1978, and I have welded Dual Shield for most of the time since then. (Recently retired) Yes, you should clean your weld between every pass, no matter what method you may be using. And yes, you will need to give the test plate some time to cool down before continuing on to weld the next pass. That being said, there are instances where not cleaning between passes is totally acceptable. One example would be intermediate and cover passes on a horizontal butt joint.
You should clean it after every weld either by using a wire brush or a grinder with a wire wheel. And i personally don't wait for the plate to cool down after every weld i do. I just weld, clean and weld till i finish and i have never failed a welding test.
No stringer means no weaving or electrode manipulation. Dragging is when you put your electrode away from the direction you are traveling verses pulling where you have it pointed in the way of travel. Usually if there's slag you drag so you arent in your slag deposit trying to weld out
Folks, make note of the lack of arc movement. No weaving, oscillating, whipping or otherwise manipulating of the wrist. That looks like a very good weld, and probably is a very good weld. He has pretty good settings and lets the wire do the work. Good stuff. 350 imp and 28V would be a pretty good "maximum" for parameter settings. He was at 310, or something like that. Very good stuff!!
Do people realize your using dual sheild wire or do they think you’re using gasless flux core? The title seems like you are using flux core wire. Great video tho
With the terminology! I was taught never weave on pressurized by a trade school instructor who welded a passable beveled 8" root with 6010 blindfolded. He explained it, made perfect sense with the book, I just forgot. Weld test tomorrow! Hope I still got it hah
Just passed a vertical welding test on 1 inch fluxcore with .35 of a inch wire. Its not much different, more passes and more time to let the plates cool down and not exceed 400 degrees. If you ever take one im sure youll pass if you take your time and watch the puddle
✌️💯 Brotha,I needed this extra edge of knowledge becuz I’m a beginner and I struggled with the vertical corner,etc just last week. I see now that my wire speed and Amperage was wrong!! Preciate chu!! 🤜🏼🤛🏿 I’ll do better futurely!! 🙏🏿☝️✌️
Which flux core wire are you using? NR-211, NR-233, NR-232 ? There are many different flux core wires and they all run different? NR-232 & 233 you point down hill and stack the weld instead of pushing it up hill like you did here. By looking at it I'd say this is 211 or some equivalent. You do know what you are doing, you are a good welder, but it would be helpful if you were a little more thorough in your explanation and consistent between what you say and what you do. example, tacking opposite corners then center, then you tacked 2 corners on the same side letting the backing strip pull up a little, also you say dragging it uphill while you were pushing, and never go side to side then you can go side to side a little as I'm doing here. I'm not trying to bash you, just give some helpful suggestions so your viewers may be able to learn a little more from you. If you are ever in Fresno, stop by AAW and say hi.
Where do you see anything about 71m? In the first 30 seconds he calls it flux core 3 times. His communication skills are lacking. He even calls it flux core in the description. I'm not doubting your call on the 71m, but he never calls out what he is welding with.
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Ok you can weld but, maybe you should learn about flux core, the wind playes no part in porosity, with mig yes, because it needs the gas to push atmospheric away. Flux core is used by Iron workers because they can be in the wind and it still runs prefect. Nice video, other than the wind thing.
mark broad Hes using an esab wire similar to 71M. It uses gas and flux. I will admit it's confusing with the description and some of the terminology he uses though.
It’s called duel shield flux core. The reason he is talking about the wind is cause with duel shield it’s use gas and flux core wire. a lil wind will screw up the weld.
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Man I can never set the machine right when testing.. ones I have the machine set or/ have someone set it for me I will it and pass.. such a head ach.. good job bro u always kill it
Fabian Moya when i worked out in the field i would write it down my wire speeds and temp so i knew what ball park i was in more less when i fluxcore welded in Louisiana i like to burn hot
I used to use dual flux core and gas at one shop I worked. One day I had to weld a plate to a tube frame, I set up a guide bar, put down my shield and about 10 minutes and 7 or 8 feet later I put it back up. Looked like a machine did it. Make a weld kind of like a 7024 rod only it just keeps going.
I wanted to say ty bud!!!!!!!!!this video refreshed my memory enough to glory Jesus pass a visual and bending fluxcore structural test non backing plate though, I hope that if you don't know Christ as your Lord and Savior that you would trust in Christ and him crucified and turn from your sin, what sin,the ten commandments
