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Old 03-28-2016, 01:37 PM   #607
futures14drift
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Originally Posted by hanzbrady View Post
I agree about the welds, what you made ins't a crucial part so don't worry about it, but your welds seem to be on the colder side and a porous, If you're using flux-core there's not much you can do about porosity, but if it's a gas mig try adding more gas flow and higher heat with slightly lower wire speed so that you can get flatter more consistent beads, also when mig welding for a nice even finish make little cursive L's with the torch while you're running your bead. Chucke2009 would be an excellent YouTube channel to watch to learn how to get better with your machine.
Some of it is a bit ugly, but it is very secure. any more heat id be burning through the 22 gauge metal. The metal is stainless so i think a big factor is that i dont have stainless welding wire.. But it worked out fine and im happy with it.
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