90% of the handrail that I weld in the field is hot-dipped galvanized. Also, typically it's 1/8" wall. I'd love to see you do that with 6010 and/or 7018. Great content as always!
I only use fluxcore and have often problem with seeing what I am welding. Much fumes and a gas nozzle in the way keeps me fighting. I am self teaching so all you show I try to use in one way or another. Thanks for great videos.
I struggled alot to see until I got a better helmet(Chicago Electric) vs what I had AND I put a cheater lens in it.....I guess 40 is old enough to need a cheater.
Try going up a shade. If you're using 10, switch to 11. It'll be slightly dimmer, but so will the light hitting the smoke particles. It should also get rid a lot of the arc flare. Hope this helps.
You should never have a hard time seeing what you're welding. If it's not due to a fact that you need glasses or something to see, then chances are your outer lens is scratched up. I had issues for years determining how scratched was "scratched up" ... Every 6 months or so for years I would swear it's not my lens, it's not even that scratched up yet. I think I'm going blind 😆 until I finally change my lens. Took me years to come to terms with that. But you should never struggle to see your welds. If you are, change out your outer clear lens
I do stainless guard rails for a living in Germany . Most stuff gets Tig welded without filler . And except for the handrail on top of the guard the welds don't get smoothed out. .just cleansed. Never had a weld failure
Cold galvanized is not a fair comparison to hot dipped galvanized like you will actually get you will need a hard rock disc to get it off. You can see when you finally get it off when you see sparks flying the galvanized itself won’t spark the grinder
Missing information like this is what gives such a heavy contrast between these modern videos from this channel and the older ones from Bob and RedBeard.
@@YR7A okay so I did some personal research and went out and bought some Forney 0.35 wire for my fluxcore welder. It welds superb. I had 0.30 wire before and found my welds were really skinny and I needed to slow down so the weld would be a bit thicker. So I'm guessing 0.35 is the way to go when you're dealing with this kind of metal/fabrication. Hope this information was helpful.
Okay, I am no handrail professional, but ¼ inch seems so thick. I mean, some entire buildings are made with I-Beams that are not really any thicker than that. (Sure, dofferent shape, and application, BUT IT'S A WHOLE BUILDING). But hey, if that standard holds true here in Namibia, I can rest assured that the handrails will catch me, even when I fall onto one from a 10-story building. 😂 Thanks for the video!
You’re right! This is heavy duty for handrails. I can say I had trouble finding some parts for this, as far as something people could re create. Guardrails are treated differently than handrails, you’ll see thicker pipe on these.
Yeah, that zinc fume poison can be pretty gnarly. I’ve had it a couple of times. Milk does help relieve the symptoms, but it don’t get it out of your system. That takes time. Shakes shivers. Headaches and aches to the bones. A number of things. Like I said thank you poisoning is gnarly.
Around 8:40 you said, "and don't let that wire go through the back" - could you say that another way? I didn't know what you meant. And I'd like to see a video that explains more on blending for a top-quality appearance.
my experience is you have to keep the wire in the puddle,if you get too close to the very front of the puddle the wire 'pushes out the back',it has to be close to get penetration but don't overrun it.Takes practice and know your settings
DCEN isn't just so it has a "smoother weld" it's used because almost every self shielded flux core wire requires that polarity. These videos nowadays from this channel don't reflect the straightforward and professional attitude of the ones seen in the past. Bob and Redbeard did a great job. Now this channel seems to be nothing but marketing for welding equipment with small nuggets of information sprinkled in.
I’ll lay it all out for you bubba. As you seem to always watch and have a hard time relating to what we do. 4 people work full time curating the content you see on the channel. The channel is monetized, we don’t keep this a secret. We need these partnerships to feed our family’s and keep a roof over our heads. I do my best to educate new and old welders on what I know. The way it was taught to me. I’ve dedicated my life to welding and got nothing but best wishes from Bob and Jason when they left. This is TH-cam, I get the opportunity to be myself, I can turn on a more professional persona but that’s not me. I make two videos a week often shooting alone, I’m bound to miss some minor details. I’ll never say I’m the best and I’m far from perfect. Thanks for always watching
Fluxcore 101 - the machine has to have impedance control & the wire diameter must be 0.9 or 1mm - 0.9 is a compromise, 1mm is ideal. No arc force control, rubbish flux-core machine. Wire brand matters - a lot of flux core wire sold is junk - pick your brand carefully. Flux-core is a flawed process - I use it all day every day, but I have no illusions. You have to do far more work than you do with gas shielded, if you can accept that trade off in order to not buy gas, then it is for you. The flux is highly corrosive - you have to immediately clean your welds or else everything around what you welded will corrode like crazy - a drill with a wire brush, chemical cleaners - all them things. Flux core done well can look like you tigged it - but there is a skillset involved & work involved. Gas shielded is far easier to master, but you gotta pay more, lug around the bottle, blah blah. Pick your poison.
@@yurimodin7333 I have maybe 10 or 15 machines to pick from here at work - some weld real good with flux core, but once you experience what having impedance control can do, you raise your standards of what "Great" is.
After 13 or so years of gasless I could have done what you were trying to perfect with out much clean up, pretty average additude towards quality work, not really good enough for people to be learning from
You're not getting no more than 75% of the galvanized off of hand rail, especially if it's hot dipped. Enjoy all the galvy inside burning and smoking out of every gap.
90% of the handrail that I weld in the field is hot-dipped galvanized. Also, typically it's 1/8" wall. I'd love to see you do that with 6010 and/or 7018. Great content as always!
I'd love to see a video on blending welds and finish work! Thanks for the great content!
Just weld better 😂
I’m sorry I had to!
You got it we will work one up soon!
A grinder and paint will make you the welder you ain't 😆
I only use fluxcore and have often problem with seeing what I am welding. Much fumes and a gas nozzle in the way keeps me fighting. I am self teaching so all you show I try to use in one way or another. Thanks for great videos.
Best you can do to help that is get one of the dedicated self shielded nozzles that with not gas passage
I struggled alot to see until I got a better helmet(Chicago Electric) vs what I had AND I put a cheater lens in it.....I guess 40 is old enough to need a cheater.
Try going up a shade. If you're using 10, switch to 11. It'll be slightly dimmer, but so will the light hitting the smoke particles. It should also get rid a lot of the arc flare.
Hope this helps.
Low fan, fluxcore will weld in wind
You should never have a hard time seeing what you're welding. If it's not due to a fact that you need glasses or something to see, then chances are your outer lens is scratched up. I had issues for years determining how scratched was "scratched up" ... Every 6 months or so for years I would swear it's not my lens, it's not even that scratched up yet. I think I'm going blind 😆 until I finally change my lens. Took me years to come to terms with that. But you should never struggle to see your welds. If you are, change out your outer clear lens
I do stainless guard rails for a living in Germany . Most stuff gets Tig welded without filler . And except for the handrail on top of the guard the welds don't get smoothed out. .just cleansed. Never had a weld failure
Always killing it 🫡💯🫶
🫡 thank you for watching!
I would like to see you give it another shot, but next time use hot dipped galv and solid wire.
@@maggitmaster you cant use solid wire out in the field though
Nice job!
Thank you! Cheers!
@ - My mates always said that my gasless welding looked like pigeons***. To see it done well is a joy!
Cold galvanized is not a fair comparison to hot dipped galvanized like you will actually get you will need a hard rock disc to get it off. You can see when you finally get it off when you see sparks flying the galvanized itself won’t spark the grinder
What size wire did you use? 0.30 or 0.35?
Missing information like this is what gives such a heavy contrast between these modern videos from this channel and the older ones from Bob and RedBeard.
@@YR7A okay so I did some personal research and went out and bought some Forney 0.35 wire for my fluxcore welder. It welds superb. I had 0.30 wire before and found my welds were really skinny and I needed to slow down so the weld would be a bit thicker. So I'm guessing 0.35 is the way to go when you're dealing with this kind of metal/fabrication. Hope this information was helpful.
@ 2:18 whats the white wire jumper on the Rebel doing?
It’s just for the MiG gun. I don’t have the plug for them so it looks a little janky
Yes please
Blending, please. Sometimes, mine is great. Sometimes, I get a very shiny, smooth divot.
The Eminem now how to weld😂
Okay, I am no handrail professional, but ¼ inch seems so thick. I mean, some entire buildings are made with I-Beams that are not really any thicker than that. (Sure, dofferent shape, and application, BUT IT'S A WHOLE BUILDING). But hey, if that standard holds true here in Namibia, I can rest assured that the handrails will catch me, even when I fall onto one from a 10-story building. 😂
Thanks for the video!
Max, you are right. Guy in video is wrong. 1 1/2" sch 40 pipe actually has a wall thickness of .145", not "just over a quarter of an inch."
But he did call it thin wall tubing.
You’re right! This is heavy duty for handrails. I can say I had trouble finding some parts for this, as far as something people could re create. Guardrails are treated differently than handrails, you’ll see thicker pipe on these.
Yeah, that zinc fume poison can be pretty gnarly. I’ve had it a couple of times. Milk does help relieve the symptoms, but it don’t get it out of your system. That takes time. Shakes shivers. Headaches and aches to the bones. A number of things. Like I said thank you poisoning is gnarly.
Around 8:40 you said, "and don't let that wire go through the back" - could you say that another way? I didn't know what you meant. And I'd like to see a video that explains more on blending for a top-quality appearance.
my experience is you have to keep the wire in the puddle,if you get too close to the very front of the puddle the wire 'pushes out the back',it has to be close to get penetration but don't overrun it.Takes practice and know your settings
It'll poke through, and you'll leave a "whisker" of welding wire on the inside of the tube.
Yes, stay in your puddle more, with the gap in front of your weld, if you move to fast the wire will go through the gap.
Please show us noobs, how to use the cheap harbor freight welders.✅ Out here, we can't afford the fancy shtuff 😭
@@diamonddetails9445 I work in an old shop with old equipment and half of the settings they use on the machines are new to me.
DCEN isn't just so it has a "smoother weld" it's used because almost every self shielded flux core wire requires that polarity.
These videos nowadays from this channel don't reflect the straightforward and professional attitude of the ones seen in the past. Bob and Redbeard did a great job. Now this channel seems to be nothing but marketing for welding equipment with small nuggets of information sprinkled in.
It is smoother, try it the wrong way.
I’ll lay it all out for you bubba. As you seem to always watch and have a hard time relating to what we do.
4 people work full time curating the content you see on the channel. The channel is monetized, we don’t keep this a secret. We need these partnerships to feed our family’s and keep a roof over our heads.
I do my best to educate new and old welders on what I know. The way it was taught to me.
I’ve dedicated my life to welding and got nothing but best wishes from Bob and Jason when they left.
This is TH-cam, I get the opportunity to be myself, I can turn on a more professional persona but that’s not me.
I make two videos a week often shooting alone, I’m bound to miss some minor details. I’ll never say I’m the best and I’m far from perfect.
Thanks for always watching
👌👍
Blending.... I have a new name for the grinder:
" hand held blending machine"
Fluxcore 101 - the machine has to have impedance control & the wire diameter must be 0.9 or 1mm - 0.9 is a compromise, 1mm is ideal. No arc force control, rubbish flux-core machine.
Wire brand matters - a lot of flux core wire sold is junk - pick your brand carefully.
Flux-core is a flawed process - I use it all day every day, but I have no illusions. You have to do far more work than you do with gas shielded, if you can accept that trade off in order to not buy gas, then it is for you. The flux is highly corrosive - you have to immediately clean your welds or else everything around what you welded will corrode like crazy - a drill with a wire brush, chemical cleaners - all them things.
Flux core done well can look like you tigged it - but there is a skillset involved & work involved. Gas shielded is far easier to master, but you gotta pay more, lug around the bottle, blah blah. Pick your poison.
my FC-90 only has 2 knobs and works great with Blue Demon wire
@@yurimodin7333 I have maybe 10 or 15 machines to pick from here at work - some weld real good with flux core, but once you experience what having impedance control can do, you raise your standards of what "Great" is.
Argh a bit of filler in those dished welds and call it a day 😅
99% of hand rails look like garbage. It kills me looking at the crap work that gets put in public. Really makes welding look unskilled and ignorant.
After 13 or so years of gasless I could have done what you were trying to perfect with out much clean up, pretty average additude towards quality work, not really good enough for people to be learning from
What about someone with zero years experience, sure they could learn something
You're not getting no more than 75% of the galvanized off of hand rail, especially if it's hot dipped. Enjoy all the galvy inside burning and smoking out of every gap.
Primitive american manufacturing on show!