To fill it in properly, avoid any blowout there it's hot especially mig can leave a hole and induce a crack later on just good practice. Although short circuit mig is nothing but a caulk gun and weak to me. I won't use it unless I'm required to spray arc or gobular is much better, need prep to get a strong root with short circuit and multi pass but everything has its place. Short circuit on thick plate is begging for failure.
@@privateassman8839i’ve recently been taught it’s to stop the dip that you usually get at the end of the weld when pulling off always push of before you lift noticed the difference instantly
Cleaned steel, spray mag, pulse to keep the heat controlled, coming a bit back is good but there's better technique for that. (read till end) This video IS really good to teach young generation.👏 Later when more experienced just leave the back and forth motion behind. (It's OK to have a little back and forth, as long as it's not excessive, especialy if you don't have a machine that has pulse, it helps new guys to avoid undercut and it helps to keep constant travel speed.) But do it with smooth continuous speed 😎 robot style. What I like to suggest for terminating the weld is: Just before it completely cools (still red hot but not white glow) put a tack into that end to ensure the shrinkage crater is fully closed. And it looks absolutely beautiful. Thats how I teach it to new guys in the shop. Quality over quantity workshops do it like this. Well done. 🎉
Mig is the easiest compared to stick and tig. When i started welding , I learned with stick . And my instructor told me once i start doing mig, its like im a natural. And he was right.
@@Crash.7434I’ve heard mig is easier than flux. I won’t disagree with you because I’ve done flux as practice once. Not on jobs. So I couldn’t say. I know flux is hotter.
@@chrisp9046 the only reason I say that is cause you need a certain technique(s) to make a weld good in mig where flux is like stick, just drag/push the puddle.
I’d been a cake decorator for about 20 years when I started welding. My teacher was shocked with my first welds and said I was a natural. I told him it was just like cake decorating but fewer calories😇
I was about to say maybe turn your heat up a little then I realized this sounds like pulse. My old boss used to run Accupulse on his Access 300 and the welds it put down were insanely precise and clean. Cool to see someone that runs that process!
I thought your Supposed to kinda weave the two pcs together ! kinda like Tig your mig is set right, nice weld.I wasn’t getting no real penetration! Welding straight like that. Maybe I wasn’t hot enough. I’m no pro. I learned from an Old pipe welder . He just walks up and hits my weld with a hammer and just like that it was back in two pieces He just said -- No penetration and walked off. At that point .. I Got It , just haven’t tried again ! I just ordered a little mig hopefully I can start fixing all the parts I break drag racing mini bikes! I’ll post in a week ! ✌️ Nice job !
If u set the machine for the right thicknes , it wont be hard for u to weld it , some time u dont need that extra penetration if u weld something thick 😁
No need to lick the pool back and forth, your pulling impurities into your weld plus you'll be fluctuating your power output. Keep it smooth and straight with a constant forward speed. Put a bigger tack at the end of your pass a run into it and round the corner, this will illuminate the crater without need to spot or pull back. 😊
it all depends on the wire thickness and heat. i weld at great dane and make walmart trailers we have to do a little whip motion or else you blow right through because we use 0.45 hardwire at like 600 wire speed, when you start that arc it literally punches the work piece. but you're correct for most applications
That's how I was taught in school. Back and forth just like spoolgun aluminum. The forward facing gun keeps impurities to an absolute minimum given a decent gas pressure of 25 psi or above.
For stick you don’t go back in unless it’s 6010 but for MiG it depends on the motion and technique which there is different ones but for the purpose of the video since it’s a beginner technique yes you do go back into your puddle that’s how your “ dimes” are made in this technique
I absolutely don't know nothing about welding but I'm buying a setup and I just want to learn will definitely try this way!!! I'm also building a Tesla Coil and electrical devices right now 😂 my brain functions differently
I never understand why some MIG welders are always going back and forth?! This is not the correct technique for welding because of the risk of side wall lack of fusion. Additionally you should check also the macro. A uniform nice straight move is the best welding technique for a smoot weld and penetration. Moreover, you easily can identify weaknesses on the top of the weld. The back forth welding technique is hiding the mistakes and a lower quality.
Thanks for the quick and no fluff video! So rare on RU-vid but the shorts help. Now if we could just make the comment section have less “Nancy know it alls”. Welding videos are the worst for that.
Only critique I can think of is snipping the old wire before you start a new weld it makes the startup easier and reduces risk of indications on startup, oh and cleaning the metal there was some soot left from the tacks.
I am used with this weaving technique,my boss here in canada doesn't want me to use it anymore.he wants me to just drag the nozzle instead of weaving.It's hard because i like this so much and been doing it for how many years when i was in other country..
I recently picked up MIG welding again after 30 years. I'm trying to weld up this really thin Rusty square tubing and it's giving me a real hard time. I don't know if it's me or the welder or the metal. I either can't get it to penetrate or I end up blowing holes in it. 🤷
As a metal fabricator for 26 years, all my work was with brackets so I never had the pleasure to weld. Now in my early 40's, I'm dying to get into it for small projects.. Would a Vulcan MIGmax 215 be a good option for me? Thanks!
I have met a lot of aluminum & steel mig welders. Sorry, but nobody weld like I do, beautiful, clean, smooth etc different styles, I can weld 45" long weld and make them look like they were weld by a robot, I'm pretty confident with my work 🙂
If u like the welding , mig is not hard , most of that is when u have good welder ,clean material and good gas mix , i can make 10Meter long weld without stop , it will be at least 90% same 😎
@migstickwelder1992 10 meters!!?? Sorry but I don't believe it, unless you're standing in one position and the material moves 😅😅 I'm tig and mig welder, I haven't know someone who can weld the mig the way I do, my tig is pretty good as well but I have seen videos of people welding better than me 😉
Need to learn Robotics Kuka, Fanic, Yaskawa welding soon will be obsolete unless you stay up with technology. Learn the processes I would say, and get into robotics and stay in school. Being a welder as well in my career ironworking shipyards shop welding and now robotics. Wish I could’ve gone to school and learned robotics as welders unless you have someone or someone are in the union. I’m not Welding for 1820 bucks an hour that is stupid. Makes what I’ve gone through in my career of Welding Obsolete just knowing the fact that anyone can try to do this. You can, but…. When everyone else is running away from the fire, (you guys know who you are.) we are the ones running towards it to put it out. Love you, Tony Gonzalez RIP…. you will always be in my heart and in my memories. It was an honor working side-by-side with you..
Heavy fab we were never allowed to teminate at the end of a weld and never allowed to weld to thr end of a joint.. always had some spec hold back.. if u didnt know 1"8 to quater keeps u out of trouble
U think this kid can weld? Ur comment makes no sense ..this kid looks like he can't weld to me ..but I don't weld scrap together so maybe he's to qualified for me
In some cases its better to run back and forth. Running back and forth builds up a weld while making it less likely to blow through the metal because the heat is moving side to side instead of in one spot for too long
You push mig fella if anyone knows what there doing then they wouldnt need to weave the torch around . A few on here saying depends on the application. Biggest load of shit I’ve ever heard. Set the machine up right and you wouldn’t need to do that 👍
I'm starting to not believe anything of what I see I have a Millermatic 211 for years weld decent I have good skill and mine still looks from bad to ok
