First time trying a pic, hope it works. Results are just great. Maybe if I had a better setup then flux core it could be nicer. But those welds aren't going anywhere now. And compared to the weld shop we had fix them last time, this looks like the Ferrari of welds for us, lol. Flap disc down the wel...

Also, I bought a sticker welder the other day... ha. Used it a bit on some scrap, gonna take some getting used to.

To follow up. I used up the first 1lb roll of Blue Demon stainless steel flux core. It was a struggle. But my boss liked how things looked so he bought me another roll to do the rest of the baskets. I finally figured out the roll or wire, something related to the wire, is what my issue was. Somethin...

Silly question I'm sure, gone thru a lot of spools and always wonder so here it is... I have watched videos of people making sure not to waste their wire by spinning back the spool after running a new wire thru the gun, and getting the tension adjusted. But when the spool runs out, there is about 6 ...

Typical Welding Parameters Diameter Process Volt Amps Stick Out in (mm) .035 (.9) GMAW 22-25 130-150 ¾”-1” DCEP can your welder be swapped to DCEP ? its a tad unusual for a flux core to be DCEP but thats what the manufacture calls for. also the hobart 100 is 20% duty cycle @ 80 amps. i see a commen...

Oscar wrote:Yea it seems you're more interested in seeking vindication that you need to get a better machine. We're all for it!

You aren't wrong, haha.

The more I read and look at the specs, I wonder if my welder is just the wrong tool for this job. We aren't paying anyone to fix all of these worn our baskets, we'd be better to buy new ones. So I may just give the liner a cleaning and get through them, I've fought through like 10 or so and they loo...

The slot is knurled. Not smooth. I have been running various speeds. The project is about a 2 foot rectangle stainless steel round frame, with a woven cross hatch pattern wire welded to the frame all the way around. So I have to lay on the frame, then puddle over to the cross wires quickly. Much hea...

And it will function great for a while. Then just decides to stop feeding for a while. I wire brush tip, make sure its clean, check spool to see if its loose enough, shake gun and it runs for 2 seconds, then stops, then ok for 5 seconds, then stops, then good for like 5 minutes. Hard to get into a g...

Also, I realize a lot of what I said may seem pretty silly to some of you.. ha. But oh well. Just messing around on stuff that doesn't really matter, tinkering and killing time, seeing if I can get it working as well as .030 general steel wire does for me. I have done some darn nice welding on 1/8 i...

Hey everyone! This place is awesome, hopefully I can learn a lot here and pass on any of my questionable knowledge... I am welding a stainless steel project on the side, some stuff that broke at work needed help. Work bought me some Blue Demon Stainless Steel Flux Core .035 Wire for my little Hobart...