I've been using Lincoln, but I see that Arccaptain has an affordable flux wire out there with no reviews on the wire but very good reviews on their machines. It looks good, but no reviews makes it a bit less attractive.
I have been using forney flux core, it’s arcs super clean, not a lot of spatter and it’s sold in 10lbs spools. Also stocked at local ace hardware stores!
I've been having a lot of trouble getting my welds to stick with harbor freight wire. So because of this comment I went down to ace and got a roll of forney. Man what an improvement!!!!!!! In my opinion far superior wire.
My friend gave me most of a 2 lb spool of Chicago Welding wire (Harbor Freight, looks pre-Vulcan branding). He had managed to birdnest it and told me if I wanted to fool with it I could have it. It was pouring down rain tonight, so while I sat watching tv, I unraveled it til I got to some orderly stuff then I slowly respooled it. There’s probably a pound and a half of the wire still on it.
The first weld has slag inclusion. The last weld has heavy spatter probably due to its age (some hygroscopic moisture). Cost also comes down to time & consumables used to clean up the welds (wire wheels etc). Thanks for the Demo. Worked for Lincoln 32 years.
That Chicago electric wire is like that brand new. I used to use it before switching to Hobart wire. Came looking for videos about the Vulcan wire and ended up here.
Great video. Just learned that there’s single and multi pass flux core wire. What’s the difference amd when to use it, in my Titanium 125 Inverter Welder. Thanks.
I dont know about the blue demon but the Lincoln innershield is multi pass wire, on single pass applications (indicated by GS) the harbor freight is good but use lincoln where multi pass is needed, indicated by the mp.
I used to have a Craftsman 110V MIG welder. I bought it new in 1993 or so. In 1995 I bought a 10 lb spool of .035 E71T-GS, a no name generic brand, I don't even remember where, hoping to get better with it. I could never master MIG, or flux, and made more bubble gum welds than anything. I don't think I ever got two pieces of steel to stick together with it. I gave the welder away to my nephew a couple of years ago (2021?). In any case, I just got an S7 MIG-200 multi function, put that old spool of wire in it, and was welding better than I ever have, with any process, stick, TIG, MIG, or gas. A twenty eight year old roll of wire, and I was welding with it. I'll be picking up a roll of Lincoln or Hobart in the next few weeks and gettin' busy!! BTW, so far, the little S7 seems pretty nice.
I forgot to mention the obvious, the fact I was watching them, but I thank you for your videos. I think they helped me finally make some progress in the flux core process.
I use to use 2lbs of Lincoln up until today i got sick of it not giving good welds so i switched to blue demon and i have to say buy the blue demon its sooo much better
Glad I found your channel, I have to say you sound so much like Project Farm😊. I'm a first time welder I do however work on small engines and cars. Sometimes I need to do welding so I bought the Chicago Electric Flux 125 and thankfully found your channel. My question is it say it can use .030 to .035 wire, is the .035 better. Also what should I set the welder to when welding? Thank you for any help. And your channels awesome!!!!
I'll take that as a compliment! You'll use 0.030 for thinner material and 0.035 for thicker. I typically go with 0.030 because I usually do thinner material. As far as settings start with the suggested settings. There should be a sticker under the hood. It will relate to the material thickness you are welding.
@@-DIYPRO- awesome!!! There is a sticker, thank you so much for responding. I'm now binge watching your videos. It's my day off and too cold outside to do anything
That will depend on how long and what size weld you are actually putting down. Also are you looking at a shear or tensile strength? Sorry I'm an engineer so I like the calculation details!
Forney or Yes Welder Flux core are all I use now. They cost less then the Vulcan and welds and cleans up way better for me. I threw away my over 3/4 roll full of Vulcan wire after using them and I am dirt cheap so you not it was no comparison.
The HF wire is okay, but it is not rated for multi-pass like the Lincoln. I couldn't read numbers on the other wire rolls ( I must have played the hot digity section 10 times to catch the photo of the rolls) and you didn't say, so there are different types. I couldn't find the blue demon website to look up all their wire specs. Lincoln has a blistering amount of technical information on their website, unlike some. I always bought the Lincoln in 10lb rolls, but still about $15 -20 in the local stores more than blue demon and I've only seen blue demon online. Remember you can get worms from burning old wire (worm hole porosity) so check for worm tracks...
Man I have a century Fc-90 and I run lincoln nr-212 but there is a store around my area called L&M it's like a farm and outdoor store I guess, they carry almost anything you could want but it's like 11.80 or so per spool.
@Max-ye9xg lol I almost always spend like 2-3 times intended in that store because they are friendly and sometimes they ask why I need the assortment of parts I'm grabbing and then I tell them about some wild project I'm working on lol
That welder draws 20 amps at the highest settings. Strictly going off ohms laws you'd need 20A x 120V =2,400 watts. But there are definitely inefficiencies so I would oversize it for sure, unless you just want to run off the lower settings.
Wire welding is for beginners period. What would be the difference between an Advanced and a beginner Wire welder? One can draw tighter circles than the other? Or better cursive E's?
i have the hynade mtg155d (fs) it can run 030 and 035 flux core wire, can i run thicker wire like 045 by just changing out the wire feed roller to a 045 roller ,
No you cannot put 045 it is not designed to hold 045 you would have to change out the liner check with the manufacturer instruction manual or call the manufacturer even the roller is not going to say 045 in less the machine on the manual says that it is an 045 machine
The wire diameter or thickness. You'll want to us .030 for thinner material and .035 for thicker. There is overlap and since most of my projects are 3/16" or thinner I tend to only use 0.030.
Damn. PF is super committed to his craft. He straight up ruins his wife’s brand new mower crushing rebar just to test these blades for his viewers. We’ll done yet again. I also hope your wife doesn’t watch this . And he’ll yeah riding mower blades next
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What wire do you like using?
I've been using Lincoln, but I see that Arccaptain has an affordable flux wire out there with no reviews on the wire but very good reviews on their machines. It looks good, but no reviews makes it a bit less attractive.
I use Lincoln since it is rated for multipass
@@codymorgan3639 E71T-11 is Multipass E71T-GS is Single pass
I have been using forney flux core, it’s arcs super clean, not a lot of spatter and it’s sold in 10lbs spools. Also stocked at local ace hardware stores!
Yea I use the forney 2lb on the titanium 125
Forney's pretty good. I'll have to add it for the next round.
Right on!
I've been having a lot of trouble getting my welds to stick with harbor freight wire. So because of this comment I went down to ace and got a roll of forney. Man what an improvement!!!!!!! In my opinion far superior wire.
Everyone says it's great but I get cra* results with it compared to Lincoln.
That's a video I can support! Answered exactly what I was asking for in 5 minutes! Definitely earned my support, view, and thumbs up :-)
Right on, thanks!
My friend gave me most of a 2 lb spool of Chicago Welding wire (Harbor Freight, looks pre-Vulcan branding). He had managed to birdnest it and told me if I wanted to fool with it I could have it. It was pouring down rain tonight, so while I sat watching tv, I unraveled it til I got to some orderly stuff then I slowly respooled it. There’s probably a pound and a half of the wire still on it.
The first weld has slag inclusion. The last weld has heavy spatter probably due to its age (some hygroscopic moisture). Cost also comes down to time & consumables used to clean up the welds (wire wheels etc). Thanks for the Demo. Worked for Lincoln 32 years.
That Chicago electric wire is like that brand new. I used to use it before switching to Hobart wire. Came looking for videos about the Vulcan wire and ended up here.
Great video. Just learned that there’s single and multi pass flux core wire. What’s the difference amd when to use it, in my Titanium 125 Inverter Welder. Thanks.
I have used a few of those but, I'll always come back to Lincoln. That one works best for me.
Definitely puts down a night weld.
I dont know about the blue demon but the Lincoln innershield is multi pass wire, on single pass applications (indicated by GS) the harbor freight is good but use lincoln where multi pass is needed, indicated by the mp.
@Don.E.63 blue demon is multi pass as long as it's not the gs model
you do a great job! Cant believe you only have 30k subs. You're going places!! your channel is great!!!
Appreciate that, thanks!
I used to have a Craftsman 110V MIG welder. I bought it new in 1993 or so. In 1995 I bought a 10 lb spool of .035 E71T-GS, a no name generic brand, I don't even remember where, hoping to get better with it. I could never master MIG, or flux, and made more bubble gum welds than anything. I don't think I ever got two pieces of steel to stick together with it. I gave the welder away to my nephew a couple of years ago (2021?). In any case, I just got an S7 MIG-200 multi function, put that old spool of wire in it, and was welding better than I ever have, with any process, stick, TIG, MIG, or gas. A twenty eight year old roll of wire, and I was welding with it. I'll be picking up a roll of Lincoln or Hobart in the next few weeks and gettin' busy!! BTW, so far, the little S7 seems pretty nice.
Thanks for sharing!
I forgot to mention the obvious, the fact I was watching them, but I thank you for your videos. I think they helped me finally make some progress in the flux core process.
Sounds like maybe with your old machine you didnt have polarity right...
I use to use 2lbs of Lincoln up until today i got sick of it not giving good welds so i switched to blue demon and i have to say buy the blue demon its sooo much better
Right on, thanks!
How do your welds look after using blue demon flux wire? Any spatter? Are the welds strong?
Thank you trying several out. Now I don’t have too! 😊
Right on!
I use it for odd projects around the house so I'm good with the cheap stuff.
Right on, thanks!
Glad I found your channel, I have to say you sound so much like Project Farm😊. I'm a first time welder I do however work on small engines and cars. Sometimes I need to do welding so I bought the Chicago Electric Flux 125 and thankfully found your channel. My question is it say it can use .030 to .035 wire, is the .035 better. Also what should I set the welder to when welding? Thank you for any help. And your channels awesome!!!!
I'll take that as a compliment! You'll use 0.030 for thinner material and 0.035 for thicker. I typically go with 0.030 because I usually do thinner material. As far as settings start with the suggested settings. There should be a sticker under the hood. It will relate to the material thickness you are welding.
@@-DIYPRO- awesome!!! There is a sticker, thank you so much for responding. I'm now binge watching your videos. It's my day off and too cold outside to do anything
@@garyalensr right on!
Blue Demon for the win!
I like it!
If welded correctly what’s the max weight it can handle before it breaks? (Flux core welding)
That will depend on how long and what size weld you are actually putting down. Also are you looking at a shear or tensile strength? Sorry I'm an engineer so I like the calculation details!
The "70" in the wire number indicates 70k psi tensile strength, hope this helps.
Which manufacturers of flux core wire recommend multi pass? Enjoyed your video.
E71T-11 is Multi Pass E71T-GS is Single pass
Why didn't you break the pieces, test the work?
Forney or Yes Welder Flux core are all I use now. They cost less then the Vulcan and welds and cleans up way better for me. I threw away my over 3/4 roll full of Vulcan wire after using them and I am dirt cheap so you not it was no comparison.
The HF wire is okay, but it is not rated for multi-pass like the Lincoln. I couldn't read numbers on the other wire rolls ( I must have played the hot digity section 10 times to catch the photo of the rolls) and you didn't say, so there are different types. I couldn't find the blue demon website to look up all their wire specs. Lincoln has a blistering amount of technical information on their website, unlike some. I always bought the Lincoln in 10lb rolls, but still about $15 -20 in the local stores more than blue demon and I've only seen blue demon online.
Remember you can get worms from burning old wire (worm hole porosity) so check for worm tracks...
Awesome stuff. Thank you for that
You bet, thanks!
You didn't try Forney or Yes Welding wire. Thanks
Man I have a century Fc-90 and I run lincoln nr-212 but there is a store around my area called L&M it's like a farm and outdoor store I guess, they carry almost anything you could want but it's like 11.80 or so per spool.
Right on.
If you're friendly with the tractor place think of them as buddies and you're keeping them working
@Max-ye9xg lol I almost always spend like 2-3 times intended in that store because they are friendly and sometimes they ask why I need the assortment of parts I'm grabbing and then I tell them about some wild project I'm working on lol
Have you ever used the Forney flux core wire
Hay I have been using the forney it welds pretty good not to much splatter I was using the Vulcan wire put too much splatter
Yea Forney ain't too bad.
Also pick up some spatter spray: amzn.to/3WzXH8w
Thank you for your effort!
I subscribed to your channel!
Thanks for the sub!
Hay What kind of generator can I use with titanium 125 I have the predator 1800 I don't what to plug it in it might fry it
That welder draws 20 amps at the highest settings. Strictly going off ohms laws you'd need 20A x 120V =2,400 watts. But there are definitely inefficiencies so I would oversize it for sure, unless you just want to run off the lower settings.
Wire welding is for beginners period. What would be the difference between an Advanced and a beginner Wire welder? One can draw tighter circles than the other? Or better cursive E's?
Northern Tool - Klutch brand wire?🤔
I'll add that to the next line up!
i have the hynade mtg155d (fs) it can run 030 and 035 flux core wire, can i run thicker wire like 045 by just changing out the wire feed roller to a 045 roller ,
Can't see why not.
No you cannot put 045 it is not designed to hold 045 you would have to change out the liner check with the manufacturer instruction manual or call the manufacturer even the roller is not going to say 045 in less the machine on the manual says that it is an 045 machine
If you were needing 045 are you using 220 volts consistently and doing metal over 3/8 thick you should probably switch to a stick welder
I’ve had good results with Kiswell wire…
Right on!
My weld doesn't look like that! My second welding project BTW 😂
what's the difference between the .030 and .035
The wire diameter or thickness. You'll want to us .030 for thinner material and .035 for thicker. There is overlap and since most of my projects are 3/16" or thinner I tend to only use 0.030.
A half a millimeter.
A half a millimeter.
Spool sounds loose on the second one
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Thanks!
Voice similar to The Project Farm.😂
Other have said that as well. I can't hear it but hearing my own voice sounds weird so who knows.
Ya I thought about it the just seen this comment lol it's coool tho haha
Damn. PF is super committed to his craft. He straight up ruins his wife’s brand new mower crushing rebar just to test these blades for his viewers. We’ll done yet again. I also hope your wife doesn’t watch this . And he’ll yeah riding mower blades next
I'm not PF but I'll take the compliment!