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Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Wrecit, May 20, 2022.

  1. Wrecit

    Wrecit Active Member

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    Ok been a few weeks but I said I would post pix of a weld I did using a cheap HF core wire welder. I am not a pro welder but can get by. It's not the prettiest and I did paint over to rust protect but here is an inside virt corner 3 inch long on my trailer rehab
     

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    Thanks for remembering! That looks fairly solid considering the nature of the rattle can welder... If I ever stop procrastinating on pulling off the shelf the used Harbor Freight Flux welder i got for $70 I will aspire to make welds good enough as those. And then from there, who knows?
     
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    I had a HF flux core welder for about seven or eight years. Used it on some pretty big jobs building a new radio transmitter site in Honduras. The duty cycle forced me to pause and do something else pretty often while it cooled. I think I paid $90 for it back in 2006 or so.
     
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    I am having a slight fever issue with mine (this the lump half way down). It looks even better when you know I am left handed was laying horizontal on my left shoulder reaching through a 14 inch hole in the floor to strike the arc
     
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    If that's after chipping the slag off, not too bad. Could use a little more penetration- either higher voltage (unless it burns through)or slightly less wire speed while keeping the gun a little closer to the weld pool.

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    That's after cleaning. Unfortunately the cheap core welder has high or low setting only (unlike the miller at work lol). Got a stripped tensioner bolt on the wire feed that is messing with my wire speed. I actually keep adding washers to get good thread because I "only need it for a few minutes" so I run wire speed a little fast to make up for when it slips lol. Supposed to rain tomorrow so maybe I will finally fix it.....yea right lol
     
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