Welding help needed

[My first weld No.1630882]

Hi /diy/,
pic related are the outcomes of my first shots at welding. Is my setup (next few posts) okay?
Any tips on how to improve?

[My first weld No.1630883]

>>1630882
Welder and setting I used throughout most of the time.

[My first weld No.1630886]

>>1630883
Welding rods I used

[Anonymous No.1630889]

>>1630883
>LGBT welder
I'm glad OP found the perfect welder for Zim.

[My first weld No.1630890]

>>1630886
More pics of the outcomes. I'm aware they are far from good, but im willing to improve and adapt. Any ideas and hints are welcome!

[Bepis McKool No.1630894]

Welding helmets are a meme. You will be able to see your work better without it.

[Anonymous No.1630896]

FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU FUCKING STICK WELDING? HOW THE FUCK DID YOU GET THAT MUCH POROSITY????? DO YOU HAVE THE FUCKING GROUND IN THE POSITIVE TERMINAL? YOU HAVE TO STICK WELD DC ELECTRODE NEGATIVE!!!! SECOND OF ALL, YOU NEED TO CLEAN AS MUCH CORROSION AND OXIDE AS POSSIBLE OFF OF YOUR WELDMENT!! YES I'M FUCKING YELLING AT YOU!

CLEAN THE OXIDE OFF YOUR WELDMENT, TURN YOUR SHIT UP, MAKE SURE YOUR ELECTRODE IS DC NEGATIVE, MAKE SURE YOUR GROUND IS CLOSE TO THE WELDMENT AND FREE FROM CORROSION SO IT MAKES A GOOD CIRCUIT, LAY YOUR ELECTRODE AT AN ANGLE BEFORE YOU STRIKE AN ARC THEN PULL IT BACK AND PUSH THAT SHIT OPPOSITE OF THE DIRECTION YOU'RE TRAVELING, THEN GET ON YOUR KNEES AND THANK ME FOR TEACHING YOU THE WAY SHIT IS DONE.

[Anonymous No.1630898]

FURTHERMORE, NEVER EVER FUCKING WELD ON GALVANIZED!!! WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU FUCKING RETARDED KIDS COME FROM??????

[Anonymous No.1630900]

>>1630886
>Gas-welding rods
You are completely fucking up, 100%. The rods you're using aren't even welding rods, where the fuck did you get them?
Go to a small welding supplies or just general home supplies store that sells welding shit, tell them what welder you have (DC stick welder) and tell them to give you the right electrodes.

[Anonymous No.1630901]

those rods are not for a stick welder, quit using them immediately and go get correct ones.

[Anonymous No.1630902]

>>1630900
>The rods you're using aren't even welding rods, where the fuck did you get them?

THOSE ARE THE CORRECT RODS FOR OXY ACETYLENE WELDING. THE MYSTERY IS WTF IS HE DOING TRYING TO STICK WELD THAT SHIT OMG WTF SDFA&*$^$*&^$!!!!!1111!!!!!

[MrCrummy No.1630905]

The thread is fucking hilarious

[Anonymous No.1630909]

>>1630896
>>1630898
>>1630902

stop posting like a sperglord

[Anonymous No.1630910]

HEY KID. YEAH YOU! HOMOSEXUAL OP! GO GET YOURSELF SOME 6013 SMAW 1/8 INCH ROD THEN ATTACH THE GROUND TO THE POSITIVE TERMINAL THEN REPORT BACK WITH YOUR PROGRESS. I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU CONTINUE THIS WAY! NO WAY MAN! WELDING IS SRS BSNS AND EVEN THO YOU CLEARLY LACK A MENTOR I WILL HELP YOU BECAUSE THE TERRIBLE WELDS YOU HAVE MADE SO FAR WILL NOT STAND, MAN! WILL NOT STAND!!!!!!

[Anonymous No.1630911]

>>1630882
>>1630890
Lookin good OP. Remember to wear your gloves and hood and just practice alot. By the way you can also use the torch to "unweld" joints, this lets you use the same medal over again if you want. Then your can compare the results directly.

[Anonymous No.1630912]

>>1630909
I'LL POST HOWEVER THE FUCK I WANT!!!

[Bepis McKool No.1630914]

WHY ISN’T THIS DRILL WORKING?! IT MUST BE BROKEN!

[Anonymous No.1630917]

WHERE THE FUCK DID ALL THESE NAMEFRIENDS COME FROM??? DON'T THEY KNOW THAT THEY BELONG ON PLEBBIT???? DON'T THEY KNOW THAT 4CHINS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HATING THEIR ATTENTIONWHORE KIND???

[Tantalots No.1630922]

Redditor master race reporting in!

[Bepis McKool No.1630928]

>>1630922
I went on Reddit once and I got half a dozen accounts b& within an hour.

[MrCrummy No.1630930]

>>1630917
I'm better than you

[Bepis McKool No.1630939]

>>1630930
Better at taking things up the butt. Not everybody can get 3/4 of the Great American Challenge up there.

[MrCrummy No.1630949]

>>1630939
Bro that's nothing...
Get on my fucking level

[Anonymous No.1631520]

>>1630882
Grind off the zink layer and weld on clean steel
practice with rutile electrodes
advance to basic electrodes

[Anonymous No.1631521]

>>1630896
FUCK YOU
now try again and explain the kid how to improve in an calm and understandable manner

[Anonymous No.1631523]

>>1631520
and oh. since you are gas welding a massive rod to a thin plate, heat the massive rod 80% and the thin plate 20. Do not use uncoated for electrical welding (if you happen to do so)

[Anonymous No.1631560]

>>1630883
You are using rods that are ment for gas-welding. In europa welding rods for steel are coded like E-42-0-RC-11,

E = elektrode for SMAW
42= yield in N/mm2
(just look for the lowest, strength is not important for practise)
0 = impact test temperture (not important for you)
RC/RR/B = rutile cellulose, Rutile double mantel, basic (get RC or B these are usually easy to weld all position in)
1 = AC and DC
2nd 1 = all position

look for lincoln or böhler (german company) and get the cheapest.

[Anonymous No.1631630]

>>1630894
Bepis NO
Stop thaT

[Anonymous No.1631717]

>>1630917
>DON'T THEY KNOW THAT 4CHINS HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HATING THEIR ATTENTIONWHORE KIND???

Yeah, almost as much as we hate ALL CAPS SHOUTING FAGGOTS!!!

[Anonymous No.1631718]

>>1630882
>Welding help needed
https://www.youtube.com/user/Welddotcom

[Anonymous No.1631737]

>>1631560
>>1630900
This. Buy electrodes meant for stick welding

[Anonymous No.1631744]

>>1630917
Plot twist: this idiot is actually a trip from /p/ that went by Old Yeller. It wasn't funny there, it's not here either.

[Anonymous No.1631880]

>>1630886
Those are oxy-acetylene filler rods mean't for a whole different process.
it's a miracle you didnt get shocked and you could strike an arc with them

[Anonymous No.1631906]

>>1631880
It's a mistake that probably happens 1000 times a year with this product, they must formulate it at least not to shock you with a zillion volts

[Anonymous No.1631949]

>>1630909
He's got a point about not welding galvanized (at least not without an air supply). Huffing zinc smoke is a good way to earn a trip to the hospital.

[Anonymous No.1631971]

>>1630882
Fuck welding. All these postings for welding jobs in my area and pigs bitching about how we need more "skilled" workers yet they want experience or trade school to melt some pieces of metal together. 1 year course that is over $8000 and you aren't guaranteed a job and you will be lucky to make $20 an hour, all to eventually end up with permanently damaged eyes to live in poverty.

[Anonymous No.1632020]

>>1630890
I've seen chimps lay down better beads than that.

[Anonymous No.1632021]

>>1630896
Dude, try pussy.

[Anonymous No.1632023]

>>1631949
I doubt your going to get brass shakes from tack welding four pieces outdoors.

Stop being dramatic.

[Anonymous No.1632024]

>>1631971
>every hobby I have I must make a career

[Anonymous No.1632026]

>>1630896
All the "dirt" is from the weld you little faggot, save the "I know a lot" for when you are showing your friends how to suck cock.

[piled cornography !stuUhkKwfw No.1632042]

i'm laughing pretty damn hard over you using a gas filler rod in a stick welder, thats a new one

get some 1/16 or more likely 3/32 7018 and try again

[Anonymous No.1632138]

>>1631880
>miracle you didnt get shocked
>>1631906
>they must formulate it at least not to shock you
The output voltage of the welder isn't dependent on the rod used, it's in the welder settings.
His welder has low voltage, high current output.

[Anonymous No.1632306]

>>1630939
Whoa, so cute

[Anonymous No.1632340]

>>1632306
amen. too bad some roasties holding it

[Anonymous No.1632369]

>>1630896
Thank you, for not making me type that..

[Anonymous No.1632386]

>>1630886
holy fuck
holy
fuck

[Anonymous No.1632391]

>>1631971
That's why the trades are dying, anon. Education for white collar jobs is becoming cheaper and faster than trade education, plus it pays better and way comfy. I almost fell for the trap, but got out before I was too invested.

[Anonymous No.1632392]

>>1632391
>way comfy.
Nice way to say "boring as fuck".
t. former white collar

[Anonymous No.1632393]

>>1632392
It can be if you pick the wrong company, but there's always opportunity to take on additional responsibilities which can earn you decent raises in the future.

[Anonymous No.1632395]

>>1632392
Thank you. Almost became a programmer. Went to an in internship and noped out of the field in one week.

[Anonymous No.1632401]

>>1632395
>>1632392
sheer adhd. you could get a white collar job programming automated welding systems. the reality is that its too hard for you, not "boring". you can do, and do do, literally anything you want with it, the only limitation is how inept you are at imagining computer aided welding

[Anonymous No.1632470]

>>1632401
Just like how machinists are glorified parts changers nowadays with all of the real work being done by the programmer.

[Anonymous No.1632471]

>>1632470
what the fuck does that have to do with what was being discussed

[Anonymous No.1632576]

>>1632391
>Education for white collar jobs
>implying
I taught myself to program, it just pisses me off to see these faggots bitch about not being able to find people to work for them yet they won't look in the mirror and see how ridiculous their requirements are, blue collar requirements are honestly worse than white collar. The labor shortage and skills gap narrative that is being pushed is a myth anyways, it is just being spread to get the government to keep the immigrant and visa worker flood gates open to keep wages depressed.
>>1632392
I only care about my income in relation to work required to make that income. I do a lot less work now for almost 4x as much as I made when I was doing manual labor, I can deal with it being boring, I did force myself to sit down for at least 4 hours a day for a few months to learn to program well enough so I could get a job so I can deal with it. If I could make $100 an hour doing manual labor then I would, but I'll stick to the office because I can't.

[Anonymous No.1632586]

>>1632391
>trades are dying
[laughs in Canadian]

[Anonymous No.1633119]

>>1631717
>almost as much as we hate ALL CAPS SHOUTING FAGGOTS!!

'tiss known as cruise control for cool, newfriend.

t. green man

[Anonymous No.1634354]

>>1630882
Howdy, I’m rather new to welding myself, but might as well give you some tips I’ve picked up.
-always know the amperage for your electrodes. Often times there are calculators online to tell you this. Edge toward the higher end of the range.

-use the right electrode size for the material size. A small electrode won’t do too good on thicker material.

-don’t weld galvanized shit. It can kill you, but overall it’s just bad for you.

-start out with low hydrogen rods. Here in americastan they’re called 7018. They can be a bit prissy and you REALLY need to keep them dry, but they work great for starting out. I started and am still working with 6013 and 6011, and it can be a pain in the ass.

-when presenting your welds or just in general, knock the slag off with a chipping hammer and brush them down with a wire brush. It will allow us to get a better look at the structure of the bead as opposed to a slag shell.

-reuse steel for practice. It gets messy, but it’s better than constantly buying steel.

-for the love of nyarlathotep use the right electrodes. What you want are steel welding electrodes for shielded metal arc welding. You’re using gas welding rods.


All in all though, I think with actual electrodes and a bit less current those tacks will look good!

[Anonymous No.1634366]

>>1632586
You cant even TRADE your wood to the USA faggot.

[Anonymous No.1634385]

>>1631949
>Huffing zinc smoke is a good way to earn a trip to the hospital.
>>1634354
>-don’t weld galvanized shit. It can kill you, but overall it’s just bad for you.
There is no known case of anyone ever dying from zinc fumes. This contrasts with such things as water (drinking two gallons will kill you outright). It just gives most people flu-like symptoms that can last for a few days. No long-term effects. No serious effects. The smoke from the burning flux is more dangerous, and if you're getting enough of it to worry about zinc exposure symptoms should you happen to weld something galvanized, you should improve ventilation regardless. Welding safety is important, and part of that is having an accurate understanding of what risks really are. Plenty of plating materials (cadmium, say, or chrome) are actually dangerous, but zinc is not. It's a good idea to clean it off an area that is to be welded, but that's for avoiding porosity/contamination and comfort, not safety.

[Anonymous No.1635020]

>>1630886
B r u h
This fucking board..