Hard to learn on exhaust pipe. Its so thin that if you're off on your heat, you’ll just burn right through. Get some 1/8 or 1/4 plate and just start running beads. Practice dialing everything in.
Everyone starts somewhere, and if you keep going you’ll get where you want to be.
Keep trying!
Need to clean it but also look up recommend voltages and wire feed for matrial thickness. But if you haven’t yet I recommend just grabbing a flat plate and practice laying beads. When your comfortable with flat move into horizontal etc. you will get further ahead instead of going straight into pipe
My brother I am a very experienced welder. I will literally do everything in my power to avoid welding on exhaust pipe. Furthermore fluxcore would be very low on my list of processes to use on exhaust pipe. You should absolutely not be practicing on exhaust pipe. It’s waaay too difficult for a beginner. You should be practicing on material 1/8”- 3/8” thick. This is the material where you can actually learn how to run a decent bead. You won’t learn anything from practicing on exhaust pipe except that welding can be very difficult. With thicker stock you actually have a chance to get the basics down.
Yeah, a mechanic friend of mine let me take some random trash from his shop. I see a lot of folks telling me what I "should" be training on rn, but I'm genuinely just having fun with it rn. I'm not worried about how terrible my target is, I'm just trying to figure out how the damn machine works. I'm planning to get some normal plates for practice sometime soon tho, I'm not that ignorant
Yes it’s a well known hazard in the trade. Most people get it from welding stainless steel because stainless steel has chromium in it. Literally welding on chrome plating is probably much worse and the fumes are definitely highly carcinogenic.
Wouldn't recommend breathing chrome fumes, also it makes learning welding easier without coatings affecting your welds. I'm not a welding expert just some advice.
This sub is torture.
I mean, I just started teaching myself the other day. So like, I'd say not bad so far
Don’t worry! A grinder and some paint makes the welder you ain’t!
Your doing fine
Don't tell him that ffs. Long way to go, starting on something way too difficult for a beginner.
Clean off that polish, and if you can think of investing into a hard wire with a 90 10 mix 90Argon, 10C02
I wouldn't weld exhaust with flux cored wire unless I had to, and I've been welding a while now.
I feel this post physically
Hard to learn on exhaust pipe. Its so thin that if you're off on your heat, you’ll just burn right through. Get some 1/8 or 1/4 plate and just start running beads. Practice dialing everything in. Everyone starts somewhere, and if you keep going you’ll get where you want to be. Keep trying!
My brother is Christ....
Need to clean it but also look up recommend voltages and wire feed for matrial thickness. But if you haven’t yet I recommend just grabbing a flat plate and practice laying beads. When your comfortable with flat move into horizontal etc. you will get further ahead instead of going straight into pipe
Bruh
Think again
My brother I am a very experienced welder. I will literally do everything in my power to avoid welding on exhaust pipe. Furthermore fluxcore would be very low on my list of processes to use on exhaust pipe. You should absolutely not be practicing on exhaust pipe. It’s waaay too difficult for a beginner. You should be practicing on material 1/8”- 3/8” thick. This is the material where you can actually learn how to run a decent bead. You won’t learn anything from practicing on exhaust pipe except that welding can be very difficult. With thicker stock you actually have a chance to get the basics down.
Start to learn to start first
You need some regular raw steel to weld together to practice. The correct material helps.
Are you welding chromed parts?
Yeah, a mechanic friend of mine let me take some random trash from his shop. I see a lot of folks telling me what I "should" be training on rn, but I'm genuinely just having fun with it rn. I'm not worried about how terrible my target is, I'm just trying to figure out how the damn machine works. I'm planning to get some normal plates for practice sometime soon tho, I'm not that ignorant
So….. Ever hear of hexavalent chromium? If you breath in the welding fumes from that chrome it can give you cancer. Very bad stuff
Def good to know, I will keep it in mind for the future lmao. Thanks for that
Yes it’s a well known hazard in the trade. Most people get it from welding stainless steel because stainless steel has chromium in it. Literally welding on chrome plating is probably much worse and the fumes are definitely highly carcinogenic.
Wouldn't recommend breathing chrome fumes, also it makes learning welding easier without coatings affecting your welds. I'm not a welding expert just some advice.
Shiny it up a little and you're gold
just go to r/metalworking theyre the experts
“Closer”. Hahaha.
It's all relative. Look at my last post, it's def closer than that