The clear demonstration of how the voltage and feed speed affect the quality of the weld on thin material was super helpful. Great video

I've watched dozens of videos on flux core welding over the past two months and this is the first one I've found that actually describes what wire speed and voltage settings do. I'd still like more info on how to recognize what adjustments to make to get better welds but now that I know a little more about what these settings actually change I might be able to experiment on some practice pieces to get a better handle on what is going on. Thank you!

you can always tell a real expert by how simply and clearly he/she can explain things to you. Thank you!

Glad to see a video by someone that knows what he's doing AND a good instructor. Excellent presentation.

4:24 Good job mentioning the contact tip distance/wire length. I struggled with bad welds for ages before realising that you need to have the gun tip really close to the work (5-8mm often).

I have been welding for years and the best advice you can give someone using flux core is to buy a bottle of C25 and use solid wire. I don't know anyone that has changed from welding using flux core to C25 that wasn't happy with the results espacilly with thin metal.

Only 536 people have seen this video, that’s a such a shame as this is really useful to newbies like myself. The only fault I can find is the level of the music when using ear buds.

This really is really helpful for someone new to flux core!

Very informative and well-presented video!

Some good information. Now to related the voltage/wire speed to the standard spots on my Lincoln welder.

Great video!!! Still new, still trying, I love it but I need to improve!!! This will help!!

I'm learning and burning. Just welded up a four wheeler rack with a lincoln flux only machine, and have to kind of tap, tap, tap, instead of a long, continuous bead to keep from burning through. Works pretty good doing it that way.

Aside from the informative video, I noticed the hand shield on the gun. By the look of it, a lot of splatter has been prevented from hitting the users clothes, gloves etc.

@general air service and supply. Can you do a video flux core welding expanded metal to 1/8 thick plate? I am having a difficult time with this using .030 wire. Everybody says set up machine for the thicker metal then let the puddle just barely spill over to the expanded metal. I am not getting consistent results with this method. Should it just be spot tacked?

Great video, thanks for taking the time to make it. Subscribed!

This guy is amazing

Any thoughts on sort of rusty metal to new metal. Say , floor metal on a car.

I’m new to flux core. I’m welding 22ga sheet on a car panel repair. Lincoln Electric with 0.035” wire. My machine is set to “A” which is the lowest voltage setting. Should I also be set to a very low feed speed to avoid blow through? Polarity is currently set to clamp as + and wire feed to -. Appreciate any inputs for the best Weld.

Reminder, NR stands for Not Reverse polarity or straight in other words .

So what was the metal material you had under what you were welding on. What kept it from welding to it?

Can i weld 20 or even 22gauge with flux core? And will a mig flux core welder that has very low amp settings like 10amps make flux core welding very thin steel more possable or is voltage control more important?

Very nice voice you can get work in the movie industry:)

Never knew that the wirespeed setting also controls the amperege

your bending of the weld test leaves a lot to be desired - you didnt bend the weld u turkey, you bent some distance from it. u turkey apart from the numbnuts bend test, really good video!

Hi what do you recoment for the beginner for a welding helmet and a brand please

Turn down the background music ... distracting. Great video.

So, where can I get that book?

wouldn't you be better off going uphill when vertical, to keep the slag from melting into your new pool? "gravity assist" dragging, it seems to me.

Its many types of this Flux core, some Are steelcolored , some Are coted wit Cooper , Like Rimac have , im use a type its close of the esab have, and its good too use , but Flux core its a abother way too welding ..

Whats the minimum thickness u had tried?

did you flux downhill ? I thought you couldn’t do that with flux

Where can I get that book manual ?

Sorry, I wonder you will show real thin sheet metal , like 20 ga or 22ga. But 1/16 for me still got meat. Thanks anyways.

I know he's legit b/c he's got the MANUAL (I just printed that out!) and one of the terrifying Lincoln three hundred (five hundred?) Amp guns.... Also, this is addressing my specific situation!

>The first thing we need to do is buy a $3,000 Miller....

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what wire size ? 30 or 35?

this is not thin , thin is tin can , 0.3mm or 0.010 inch , try that with cheap machines which has one knob for both amp and wire speed so these setting are useless to most of us useing budget stuff

Turn the music down or ditch it entirely, it's very difficult to concentrate on what you're saying.

You didn't actually bend the weld. You only bent the metal next to the weld.

of course your weld survived the bend test, you bent an inch away from it

Thin? Ha!

run a 22 or 24 gauge, 16 gauge any idiot can do

This is not thin metal show us on real sheet metal

Oh goodie. Another music video. Turn the crap off or at least way down. Do you want to show people welding or music? Choose.