Another inexpensive material you can practice and build with is rebar. You cam also cut and bend shapes out of sheet metal to spot weld. for instance you could cut out leaf and petal shapes and weld them onto a piece of rebar to make a flower spike.
looking great for a first timer. better than my first time. if ya wanna have some fun? go try stick welding aluminum. just went through that. got a stick welder because it was the cheapest way to get into more types of metal, no gas. never stick welded in my life btw. got the part welded up and built it out. i think i'm good, time will tell no doubt. you'll really like the stick part over that flux core i think. either are great options but you can get into the rod selection with stick and get better results on thicker stuff. i'd grab some 3/32 6011 and try it out. they'll run on 120v welders and put a lot more filler metal down. mine is that a titanium 225, only ran it on 110v so far. also tried tiny little 1/16 6013's that harbor freight sells. they tend to pull slag a lot. had a tough time there. i'm not a welder by any stretch btw. just a guy gluing junk together.
@@blueovalfan23 Awesome! Thanks so much for the suggestions! I definitely will try the stick welding option on this machine for sure. I've got some aluminum rims I could maybe make into something. Maybe the rim could be the center of a giant flower. Haha 🤔
@@canheaton i used hobart e4034 rods and the trick is to prep thoroughly, preheat the workpiece and move FAST. those rods burn quick. i really meant having fun in a more sarcastic manner. it's defiantly doable though. you'll wanna be on the higher end of the amp range on the box. it's takes a lot to get them get them going and maintain spark. i started out with the cheaper harbor freight welder and it wouldn't do it. on paper, it was in the amp range but it failed. i gout that bigger welder, ran it off the the 120v adapter and it worked pretty good. wasted a box to to get the hang of lol. just check out a few instruction based videos on here before going down that rabbit hole. it's not ideal, spool gun, mig or tig is the way to go really. stick is the last resort because of the difficulty.
@@Plsss320 So I'm such a newb that I'm probably they wrong person to ask. But I think the settings will be different depending on the thickness and type of metal. I was welding that 3 mm steel and I started with the amps and volts both a little over half way, but....it was kinda sputtering so I turned the volts down ( that's what Google said to do lol) to under half way and it got a lot better! Seems like experimenting is one way to figure out settings you will like for the project you're doing. I hope this helped a little at least. Haha 👍👍👍
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Another inexpensive material you can practice and build with is rebar. You cam also cut and bend shapes out of sheet metal to spot weld. for instance you could cut out leaf and petal shapes and weld them onto a piece of rebar to make a flower spike.
@@tinker-tinker Wow! Very cool idea. I'll definitely try that
Have you used it much since the video? If so how's it holding up?
Looks pretty good.. now we nneed to break stuff for a real test.
Well that practice piece certainly won't be breaking with anything that we could do to it.
awesome stuff man i hope one day i can afford and setup my own little welding station!
Thanks! Yeah, with an 80$ price tag anyone can get started welding then upgrade later on if needed.
looking great for a first timer. better than my first time. if ya wanna have some fun? go try stick welding aluminum. just went through that. got a stick welder because it was the cheapest way to get into more types of metal, no gas. never stick welded in my life btw. got the part welded up and built it out. i think i'm good, time will tell no doubt. you'll really like the stick part over that flux core i think. either are great options but you can get into the rod selection with stick and get better results on thicker stuff. i'd grab some 3/32 6011 and try it out. they'll run on 120v welders and put a lot more filler metal down. mine is that a titanium 225, only ran it on 110v so far. also tried tiny little 1/16 6013's that harbor freight sells. they tend to pull slag a lot. had a tough time there. i'm not a welder by any stretch btw. just a guy gluing junk together.
@@blueovalfan23 Awesome! Thanks so much for the suggestions! I definitely will try the stick welding option on this machine for sure. I've got some aluminum rims I could maybe make into something. Maybe the rim could be the center of a giant flower. Haha 🤔
@@canheaton i used hobart e4034 rods and the trick is to prep thoroughly, preheat the workpiece and move FAST. those rods burn quick. i really meant having fun in a more sarcastic manner. it's defiantly doable though. you'll wanna be on the higher end of the amp range on the box. it's takes a lot to get them get them going and maintain spark. i started out with the cheaper harbor freight welder and it wouldn't do it. on paper, it was in the amp range but it failed. i gout that bigger welder, ran it off the the 120v adapter and it worked pretty good. wasted a box to to get the hang of lol. just check out a few instruction based videos on here before going down that rabbit hole. it's not ideal, spool gun, mig or tig is the way to go really. stick is the last resort because of the difficulty.
Now you can make garden art....like that place by Delaney surplus!
What where your settings on it I just bought but don’t know what settings to use💁
@@Plsss320 So I'm such a newb that I'm probably they wrong person to ask. But I think the settings will be different depending on the thickness and type of metal. I was welding that 3 mm steel and I started with the amps and volts both a little over half way, but....it was kinda sputtering so I turned the volts down ( that's what Google said to do lol) to under half way and it got a lot better! Seems like experimenting is one way to figure out settings you will like for the project you're doing. I hope this helped a little at least. Haha
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@@canheaton thanks