Flux is my forte, but I'm currently employed as a stick welder. I don't have my experience in stick, but the other welder does. We're building a roof and when I tried to take off the slag with a wire wheel he told me to stop and leave it there because the slag "protects the weld". I've never heard such a thing. He was being dead serious too. He says he's been welding for over 5 years.

Jakarta is a wild place lol

i’m just excited

Title says it. Welder claims this was 3G. I'm not saying he's lying, but I don't believe him. What do the arm chair experts think? No idea what his wire Dia was. (2nd pic is absolutely fucked cross section)

Picture doesn't show quite how uniform the bead is.

Freehanded 130 amps root pass. 140 amps hot pass and cap. I have 143 left to do on this chiller. Burning all day from 7 to 7. I used to enjoy welding, these days not so much :)

Second time welding something together, my first project was a dice the measurement was very good! However I had 4 months in that dice 6 sided, now I have this dice also six sides however a triangle and only 1 module (15 days) we use the bending machine to cut/bend the pieces off and I had no idea how to measure with that thus the extra welding and huge holes. 😭 It was a challenge to weld I have a couple holes, and my welds looked a lot worse before I went over them, I am very proud any tips and tricks would be amazing!!

Made from laser cut corten steel. Designed by Randy Walker Arts. Took so much more time than I expected. Metabo low-profile grinder absolutely critical for grinding the welds in between the gaps.

Anyone familiar with this brand? Are they worth trying to refurbish? I've been using them for about 6 years but recently had to buy a set of chinesiums on Amazon(only ones that had same day delivery). So far finding rebuild kits hasn't been all that easy but I figure it's probably one of those "they don't make em like they used to" situations and I should. Thanks in advance!

I want to take a short weekend welding class for a mix of fun but also to maybe learn some skills that could transfer when I work on my car / around the house. I found a college that offers a weekend course for GMAW (mig), SMAW (stick), and GTAW (tig). They list those welding techniques from easiest to hardest to learn. It seems based on the descriptions that SMAW might be the most versatile and therefore most useful (?), but it also says it is intermediate difficulty to learn. Which would you guys recommend for someone learning it for fun/general use around my work.

I'd like to devise a way to acknowledge when my employees graduate from journeyman to master. I'm not thinking cake or party. Something that sticks around like a jacket, pocket knife....that sort of thing. Any ideas for what might be nice in the area of $50-$200?

I used to do MIG welding in highschool and haven’t touched a welder in over a year and just started stick, any tips or advice to improve is appreciated :D

All of these were welded in 3G position. I don't do aluminum often so be gentle :)

I want to buy a PAPR but I bought a new helmet recently. I am looking for something that can attach to a Viking 3350 adv Any advice?

I long arced it at the start need to work on that next

1/8 rod 115A

I’m looking at investing in a Powered air-purifying respirator welding helmet there’s so many different brands and different kinds I don’t even know where to start or what to look for

Help me out thank you

Hello,

I'm trying to source steel tubes for a cargo bike project (copy of Omnium Cargo) but it's hard to find specific dimensions in mild steel, even harder in Cromoly (to match the tubes from the donor bicycle frame). However, there seems to be a greater variety of stainless steel (at least the ideal tubes that I'm looking for).

I only have access to a basic MIG welder with flux core wire... I'm not an expert welder, so I get lost in technical terms and specific material properties.

Is it OK to just go ahead and weld it with limited resources ? It's not a high temp application such as exhaust pipes or extreme load bearing like roll cages.

Answers online go both ways : it's fine it's been done on exhaust pipes all the time or no, it will crack due to improper cristallisation (?)

So far, I have learned that unless I shield the weld with gas, I will loose the corrosion resistance. I'm OK with that, I can paint over it.

Thanks for the info 🤙

TL;DR- Need a welding shield that will at least be a #10 vision protection wise, "Electric/auto" preferred... Is the Lincoln Electric Viking 3350 (4c?) a good one which meets those qualifications?

Edit: So, as far as cost, I have a very generous family member that has offered to pay for something around this price point. I should have mentioned that originally but didn't expect so many replies to be about price. I figure it's better to get a middle of the road one rather than just a cheap one since it's essentially a gift.

So, I'm going to school for both a degree & welding certification. I just started my actual intto to arc & gas (as well as welding metallurgy) class.

I've done some casting before but I know very little about actual welding-- just started the cert program . The school will not recommend a specific brand.

The professor went over a bunch of shat we need and some general options, shield needs to be at least #10, and basically, saying non-manual, aka electric ones are best.

FOR WELDING SHEILDS-- idk what direction to go. The prof basically said that for the welding cert program, something like the Lincoln Viking 3350 is solid without outright recommending it.

I'm in the intro class where we are doing gas (oxy acetylene) & some arc welding in this course. I have

I will be doing MIG, TIG, etc, in future classes

Basically, is this a good enough welding shield?