I do a fair bit of welding for work and on cars for my self im not the best welder in the world but I know my way around a mig and a arc and I can tell a good weld from a bad one.
That is shocking hence everyones reactions.
I'm actually supprised your defending that "welding"
As you say welding is the fusion of two metals into one
What you have done there is stuck two bits together with a thin layer of brittle metal over the top, might aawell of used aryldite would be about the same strength, IE you haven't fused the bits of metal together at all
What you need to do is grind that all back, turn the amps up till it blows through and then back off a tiny bit and adjust the wire speed to suit. As the amps are too low I think the wire speed looks low aswell I'd also do it in spots doing one at the top left then bottom right then bottom left then top left and so on till all the spots join up that will be properly strong and you won't risk warping the metal, you won't of done that don't worry you never got it hot enough in the first place.
Just trying to help don't take it the wrong way everyone has to start somewhere
That is shocking hence everyones reactions.
I'm actually supprised your defending that "welding"
As you say welding is the fusion of two metals into one
What you have done there is stuck two bits together with a thin layer of brittle metal over the top, might aawell of used aryldite would be about the same strength, IE you haven't fused the bits of metal together at all
What you need to do is grind that all back, turn the amps up till it blows through and then back off a tiny bit and adjust the wire speed to suit. As the amps are too low I think the wire speed looks low aswell I'd also do it in spots doing one at the top left then bottom right then bottom left then top left and so on till all the spots join up that will be properly strong and you won't risk warping the metal, you won't of done that don't worry you never got it hot enough in the first place.
Just trying to help don't take it the wrong way everyone has to start somewhere
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