In this video I give a brief explanation of how I manipulate my weld puddles with the titanium flux 125 thanks for watching please like comment and subscribe #titaniumflux125 #practice #welding##practice #fluxcore
i found with this machine if you pull your bead and push back in a bit, ( not a crescent ) you leave less flux in the path and a cleaner bead. these do tend to do better with a bit more heat and it keeps the machine running smooth. too little heat and it tends to splatter a lot more... they also like really clean surfaces... like stupid clean works really good... keep it up. youre helping a lot of the new guys learn fast !
Hey thank you so much for the positive words of encouragement it's nice to know that I'm helping people out Thank you again God-bless and have a very safe and happy New Year
Great video! This is exactly what I've been waiting on you to do. I finished my first welding project a few weeks ago, thanks to your videos for giving me the confidence on the Flux 125!
This was such a great video. Thanks for showing the technique with the marker beforehand. It was really helpful to understand before you laid down the welds. Terrific!
Just a comment from one of your subscribers, been welding at my new job full time and this is one of videos along with many others that I think of when I'm doing work along as getting better at what I'm trying to to thanks again and keep me coming...!
Hey thanks for the positive comment and the support it is much appreciated. I will try to get more stuff out as time permits and my work schedule permits. If there are any types of reviews that you would like to see or products you would like to see reviews that are within reason. Let me know thanks.
26Fe Ironworks I am a beginner when it comes to welding. The 3 techniques you explained and demonstrated are beyond amazing. I have not come across a video that explains it like you have. Thank you for the tips on the 3 technique, you are ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! Rick
Currently learning Welding in College and when I took flux core I hated not being able to get good looking welds. But your welds have to be the best flux core welds I’ve seen thank you now I use my Harbor Freight flux core welder😂😂
Good video. I bought the same welding machine from HF. I'll practice using scrap metal and eventually come close to what you showed in the video. Thanks. I liked and subscribed
Hey, thanks for the comment and the view much appreciated. I use this welder regularly off and on since I produced that video. And I have 0 complaints for something that you can purchase off-the-shelf. I highly recommend it.
Bro im new to welding and you just helped me out alot. thanks for sharing your knowledge and amazing skills, i will show this to anyone i know who is green like me.
Thanks man that means a lot to me much appreciated hopefully. I will try to get some more stuff out that is relevant as soon as possible If you could help me out with subs too. That would be awesome be blessed and thanks again.
So I drove 360 miles round trip and just picked up a titanium flux 125, Vulcan Arc safe helmet, extra .30 & .35 tips, leather gloves,400 amp ground clamp, get home going to set it up,.... And no wire came with the machine. Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video
Hey if you wind up ordering wire there is a company called Washington alloy I have been using their products I haven't had a chance to make a video yet but it is great stuff
@@26feironworks79 thank you for that heads up information, I'll look into the company. I think I'll go to runnings or tractor supply company and just pick up a small 2lb roll of .30 flux core wire to get started. I'll definitely keep Washington alloy in mind for later use when I get good at welding
Hey thanks for the compliment much appreciated it I hope the video was able to help you perfect your welds so you can build some really cool stuff with great looking welds. Thanks again
If you have an extra welding lens put it in front of the camera lens so we can actually see the welding process and how the bead is flowing would be a big help.....Just a thought
Hey thanks for that I appreciate That is something I have been meaning to do but I just haven't had the time to get around to it to do it the way I would like to do it kind of an OCD thing thanks again
Great video and explanation, just subbed. I picked up a titanium 125 today, first time welding/practicing will be this weekend. Your videos have been really helpful and you do a great job of visually and verbally explaining the concepts. Thanks for posting
@@26feironworks79 No worries, I can definitely relate and I have plenty of your older videos to catch up on too. I think you really have a gift for explaining things, keep up the great work and I'll have notifications on for whenever you put out the next one
On thin material, lay down a series of "C"'s - build your bead out of dozens of tiny C welds - it's much the same as laying one spot onto the last spot, except you're laying down C shaped spots - each capital C lays down onto the last - your heat is mostly going into the last C & not the base metal, so you won't blow holes, but it gives a silly strong weld on even the thinnest metal. Plus it looks like you ran a continuous bead where nobody could possibly run a continuous bead because the base metal was so thin. :-)
That's awesome I'm glad to hear it I think it will work out really well for you I hope you're able to build some great projects thanks again Also on a side note go to home depot and get the Lincoln NR211 wire 030 works the best for me
Your 3/8" plate 1-G test was really Cool, it's hard to believe that a 120vac FLUXCORE. welder could do a plate bend test and PASS !! ESPECIALLY with 030. E71t-GS wire, which is light gauge single pass Only wire. Great Video. Thanks Now I might try 3-G, virticle up, beveled 1/4" or so plate test with the Titanium 125 amp I just bought !! 😂THANKS
It's apparent you get good penetration on your welds. I have watched a number of MIG welding videos that give me the opposite opinion (I know you are using flux core); it seems that some of those welds are mostly surface welds. I haven't asked the weldors, but I'm curious. Have you seen that happen, & which process does it the most? How prevent it?
Great info!! Question... do you have your gun wired to Positive or gun to Neg? Thanks! Have a great day!! I've heard others speak about Wiring gun to Negative if ONLY using none gas Flux Core.
Hey, great question. I have not messed with the polarity of my machine at all. It is bone stock One thing that I have noticed and has made a huge difference for me is different qualities of wire. I've had very good luck with the Lincoln NR211.030 wire from Home Depot, and also, I have had very good luck with The Wire from KT Industries. I think it is it available at Ace Hardware? Thanks again
Worked for several companies here in Phoenix, Echols is where almost everyone goes for blades. Those less inclined to persevere would get theirs at harbor freight.
I have this welder- great little machine. I prefer the drag a line, then circle, drag a line, then circle, etc. that way, you're getting good root penetration AND adjacent penetration when you make that circle, assuming you do it slow enough. The other method (modified stitch, I guess), is just stacking a weld on top of the joint. Looks great, but penetration is suspect.
Hey, thanks for the comment and the view in most cases when I use this. Technique for welding. I use it in low to medium pressure applications and a lot of times I wind up grinding it off. And I haven't seen any slag inclusions yet. If I'm really sloppy and in a hurry. Yes, I will definitely have slag. Include conclusions and problems, but so far I've had. Decent luck for lack of a better word. Thanks again.
I'll try. I don't know if I can promise anything. I've been busy and I haven't been able to make as much content as I'd like to but I will definitely keep it in the back of my mind. Thanks again.
That is a great question so far. I've been very happy with the performance of the machine the Way it came from the factoryI think the biggest problem is the quality of wire For me I really like the performance of the lincoln Wire from home depot, it's the NR211 or the KT industry's wire from Ace. Hardware seem to work very well for me. Thanks again.
On the third method "stacking dimes". Do you just hold steady, or do you make any circular motion as the welds forming before you release and move on? Thank you. Great Chanel !
Nothing against what you are doing. It's always good to share knowledge but I think fluxcore looks better with straight beads, or continuous loops. I don't think the stacked dimes look with fluxcore looks better. Stacked dimes needs to be shiny or have a consistent color to look nice imo. Plus those aren't dimes anymore they are stacked nickels or quarters. Anyway thanks for sharing I'm sure some people want to do this take care.
I think you should be totally fine. I don't know if there is an Ace Hardware by you. But they carry a product from KT industries. It is point 030 wire. I have had very good luck with it. I have not had a chance to do a review with it yet.
Hey great question if you know where Your service panel is and you could find the circuit breaker for your? Garage. See what size it is and if you can maybe upgrade it to one. That's just a little bit bigger. I would go ahead and try it on the lowest setting possible and slowly work your way up thanks again.
the second method is way better than the first you still need to let the toes wet in more the other two will trap slag and therefore weakin the weld cut and etch your stuff to see the real results not just the surface.
Hey to be brutally honest with you I'm not sure I think my personal preference would be to go with a solid core wire of point 024 I have not had a chance to mess around with either the Vulcan or the titanium machines at I would recommend trying either the Vulcan or the titanium smaller mig welders Thanks for the comment and the view
As someone who does it almost everyday at work and has used the 125 to do it yes you can. Did it take 2-3 hours of messing around one day to find the right settings? Yes it did. If your going good clean metal to good clean metal it's not a big issue once u find settings that work. If your going good clean metal to something that's a little less then ideal youll still have some issues but tbh you'd have those issues with a mig set up too, been there done that. Would u be better off with a welder that gives you more control over your power settings then the 125 has? Yes you would be. I was looking at the 125 and after a former coworker got one and I had a chance to use it for a couple months I realized I wanted more control and more options like the option to use gas if I wanted. Got a hynade 175sg gave me more control over power settings and the option to use gas as well as do stick/tig and use a spool gun. The base welder comes with the mig/flux torch and the stick torch and is $70 more then the 125 is. Add a gas regulator and tig torch and its $140 more then the 125 is and well worth it imo. All that said your still better off using mig for body/patch panels. Personally after buying a tank and gas so I could do aluminum I'm just to cheap to buy a second tank and gas to run mig when using flux core has been working just fine for me.
Sounds great if it continues to be difficult I would go ahead and take it back and go a different way away just keep your material clean go clean check your settings and watch your stick out on your wire probably probably 3 eights of an inch to half an inch Max
@@26feironworks79 looking around for some 1/4 I have it dialed for 1/8 but on low it still will blow through sometimes.I might even go back to a transformer style welder.
You need to just run a stringer or use a weaving pattering. Holding at one spot to build the pool up then moving drastically it just going to cause cold lapping.
I totally get it just mess around with watching the outside edges of your puddle and the back edge of your puddle and don't be afraid to mess with your heat settings thanks again for the feedback and the view
You have to watch the filmed video yourself, so as not to embarrass yourself, you draw with a felt-tip pen behind the scenes, you can’t see ything, you can’t see movements when welding either 👎😖
I remember back in the late 90's when I was just starting out we had a guy that did something really similar and I began practicing to be able to have the same look. I got it down really good then when I got into oil and gas companies they came unglued because they were afraid I was going to do it on something that had to be 100% exray - bend. I wasn't allowed to do that anymore. I don't think I ever did anything like that on a test either. That being said it was fun!
Thanks for that comment it means a lot to me I'm gonna give it my best and I have a lot more awesome innovative things to come thank you again have a very merry Christmas
@@26feironworks79 Thanks for the instruction. Even though I'm an old fart I am absolutely green to the whole welding world and I just purchased this exact welder and can use all the help I can get. My motto is "The day I stop learning is the day I start dying".
