Tips on Spot Welding Thin Gauge Sheet Metal flux core welder 

Just keep your speed on your wire down around 2 1/2 and 3 and you should be just fine thanks for watching

A grinder and paint makes you the welder you ain't. 👍

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With his feet 🤣

Great line

That's the only way I know how to do it. Thanks for watching

ahahahahaha, I'm fixing an 05 ford E350... Rockers,doors, quarter panels and pretty much the whole floor 🤣

Don't lisen to anyone that's useing a gas shield end on a flux core welder, lol,, he has no chance with 20 gauage metal,, a floor panels is 16.

But is it?

@@Topher_Guy don't pay no attention to that guy you always get haters on here people that have nothing better to do but to run your video down and the guy probably never even welded the nozzle is on there to help guide The wire. All flux core welders come with nozzle

@@georgespangler1517 I have no chance with the 20 gauge is that what you're saying buddy I welded 22 gauge with this welder so know what you're talking about before you talk

ben dover good

blasted this vid on my headphones. not a single fukk given

@@Kuhlyedascope69 wait til you’re 60 and your fukkin ears ring constantly. Louder than anything in the room. It’s great

I just started interior on my 70 bug and ripped out the rear luggage carpet and found a section of rust. Cut it out and will be welding sheet metal soon.

@@Its_about_that_time I just started welding on my 65 today

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lol,,,keep at it brother,,people like us keep automotive history alive

Do you have both knobs on low?

What gauge metal you welding?

Maybe adjust your wire speed

Or your wire could be too big

Same and I was welding a lawnmower deck which is fairly thick lol except that area was thinner from all the rust (I was welding the rotted part closed). Min settings I tried fast wire speed low wire speed I kept burning holes and was trying to run a bead. I’ve never seen a weld look so bad🤣 it was my first time tho gonna try again tm, gotta practice so I don’t fuck up my truck trying to fix it. It’s just a giant pile of metal balls and sticks but oh well it’s just a old lawn mower

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Or brass

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Shallow out your angle, and make sure you grind thru the galvanizing to get to clean steel. A flapper wheel on a grinder is better than the grinding wheel.

that was a floor pan I was welding to. its about 20 gauge. thanks for the comment

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Great video. I will need to give your tips a try next time I'm using my everlast on some thin metal.

Always clean. thanks for watching

You're welcome

Will I like to lessen to music while I'm working. and I do look and edit my videos and you can hear me just fine. I mean whats the deal are you just looking for stuff to complain about ? I'm tired of people that go around looking at videos and leave comments like this here just to talk crap and try to belittle someone because they have nothing better to do. I get great reviews on this video. so if you dont like the video you dont have to to watch it. you dont have to leave shitty comments. thanks for watching. you have a great day!!

😂😂Awesome reply ..love it...guess there is an ahole born every minute.😅😊

this is a floor pan I was adding metal to it is about 20 gauge. I have welded as thin as 22 gauge with this welder. thanks for the comment

u have nice hands

GasAlley Garage Rods & Restos I'm pretty sure all jeep sheet metal parts like floor pans all 18 gauge... especially from that supplier

What wire and size of wire ?

You can use the cheapo HF welder just buy better wire. INETUB .031 flux wire is leaps and bounds better then the hf wire.

I'm using 20g steal

Glad it was helpful!

Just go over your welds with a wire brush every once in awhile it does make for a better weld when they're clean

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+JOHN WALTER right set your welder between 2 & 4 when welding thin metal. and try to let it cool for a min before laying down another weld or your metal will warp

Thanks. Your video was a big help.

Cooling between short welds helps a lot. I'm thinking about getting a everlast pulse mig welder. Its the high tech way!

@@GasAlleyGarageRatsRods1969 can i used this on a brass sheet gauge16 or 18?

@@doryempleo1857 dont think so. u need a tig welder

Yes Sir

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sweet!

That was the best year.

Hahah same here but I'm working on a 1964 bug

Thank you glad to help you out

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yeah I had been working 2 days strait and I didnt even think about that but I will be doing a update video on that soon. thanks for watching

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Perhaps, just get some scrap metal and play with it

Right on!!

I would go with a Miller.

Good tip!

Duh I use it for a guide for your information. Thanks for watching

its flux core so it does have a protective gas

It's flux core so it doesn't have a protective gas but rather has flux built into the wire so as you weld it melts and protects the weld as it's a gasless MIG

XloMotion go hard wire MIG you’ll be much more satisfied and cleaner welds

But if he's on a budget, flux core will do just fine

$300 for a cheap welder, plus $250 for gas first time getting it compared to $140 is a big difference, and it still works

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I use flux core welders on sheet metal. body panels floor pans and so on all the time. I even weld thick steal with one and never have any problems with breaking or anything. people who talk bad about flux core welder just dont know how to use them and prob dont know as much about welding as they claim!!

Scott Sawyer - Flux core work perfectly well in sheet metal. Blowing trough will happen with most any system not being used in the best way. Honestly the only drawback I find in flux core is the less appealing look of the weld before or after cleaning. In that sense TIG is usually the best. In my case looks are not a major concern. An economical and self contained system like flux core is unbeatable for DIY. ;-)

@@crpth1 grind it smooth and a little filler will make any crappy weld "disappear" anyway

I've finally decided to buy myself an everlast mig welder. I've never used flux core before so this video helped a great deal.

Aidan Wilson. It takes some practice..it will pay off. Cheers 🍺🍺

Thanks for sharing. I thought that wire welding shouldn’t be used for thin metal? Looks like it worked great for you!

michael Ferrucci. I use the harbor freight 170 amp 240v welder and I've done floor pans with it. Try using the thinnest wire you can get for thinner metal

18 gauge wire for car panels

Go with 0.30. You machine will thank you for it. 211-mp 0.35 is harder / stressful on your machine. This video explains it best. One of the most useful video's for beginners. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE--6IHUl5DOEw.html

0.23-0.25 wire way better for auto body I promise

Guy at the welding store said 0.030 is about the thinnest flux core wire, so I'm going to give it a shot. He said to reverse the polarity of the welder so the wire is the negative and ground is positive, if possible.

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I bought a new welder from harbor freight for welding my rocker patch panels .I paid 99 bucks 127.00 total with the warranty

Absolutely just use .30 wire

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Let's everyone be politically correct now

@@GasAlleyGarageRatsRods1969 What the hell does this have to do with being politically correct.???...lol. If youj're gpnna say anything, this is about being grammatically correct. You didn't come out looking any smarter with that comment...lol. Where the hell did you come up with that as a line of defense for using a technical term incorrectly?? Listening to too much political bullshit?? lol

Right on

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You should do fine 18 gauge will weld up good. just keep your volts low and your wire feed turned down low. Thanks for watching more videos coming soon!

Glade it helped. I'm going to post a better video soon on this subject in this video here I had been up for 2 days working on a car and I was holding a camera I and I was very tired lol. go check out some of my other videos on projects I'm doing. lots of new videos coming out this summer. Thanks for watching i

+cb U should be able to just keep your welder on low speed. and do it in spots about a inch apart and let cool for few seconds before each weld Im going to make another video on flux welders and how to get a nice strong weld. hope this helps you out . what are you welding on?

It protects the contact tip from spatters and it's useful to maintain constant distance and control over the weld.

I know this is after 2 years and probably you already know it, but he put the wire speed 0n 3, and heat on MIN.

Thank you. I will be doing pt 2 soon

Aaron W you still wanna use body filler but you're right but with a welder you use alot less filler, dunno if you've ever done drywall work but it's like spackle, you want it as thin as necessary

Aaron W Bondo works fine. It’s when its replacing a void area that it falls down. You have to remember that when you’re welding under you’re not helping things by burning off all the paint on the backside of that weld area. Make sure to clean up as best you can , prime paint and undercoat that back area IF you can get at it.

@@drizler or if you can't perhaps some oil or cavity wax can

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Because the metal he is welding is too thin to run a bead. You would not only warp the hell out of it, but you would also burn straight through it

But, as far a floor pans is there that that much of a noticable issue? Because, I was going to try myself on a f100 floor pans.. I'd really perfer not to drop $400- 500 to weld them in.. I already have the flux welder.. I wouldn't attempt on the body itself.. Is it a bad Idea for the pans? Seriously asking..

Go low and slow and it won't warp anymore than with gas

try a thinner wire like .030

GasAlley Garage Rods & Restos great video. I have a flux core welder. I been trying to learn sheet metal welding it it. on your video did you notice any wrapping?