DIY Flux Core welding Exhaust Pipe " Tricks and tips I have learned "
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
- I have learned a good bit from my past videos about Flux Core welding and fabricating an exhaust. I am not a professional, but I am a DIY car guy and helping the community is what I love to do. Hopefully, this video will get you up and rolling to fabricate your own exhaust and get that Hot Rod on the road.
Past videos on Flux Core welding.
My first shot at welding exhaust.
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#DIY #FLUXCORE #EXHAUST
Hopefully, this helps my fellow DIY peoples. I have not had any schooling on welding “At All” this is just wat I have learned through trial and error.
Best way to learn Tyler!!! Where did u buy your welder? Tyler as far as making tools,I been trained in Auto Mechanics and been doing it for a long time, making tools is a part of the game dont be ashamed of that,as long as it works and those welds look phenomenal, I been trained in welding too,u are doing great man screw the haters!
@@adambrooks2297 Thanks brother. I got that welder from Home Depot it was a price error because it came up as $75. I even said that can't be right they said it was so I didn't argue. 😆
@@TPVPRO lol I wouldn't either it's a nice looking machine!
@@TPVPRO $75 would be a great price for a stick welder let alone a wire feed one
If you wanna improve your welds and have less porosity don't down weld with a flux core wire go up less possibility of slag inclusion and better flux gas coverage
Welder 27 years experience. Ignore any negative comments. You are doing a great job. Thin exhaust is very difficult to arc weld period. Awesome video my fellow welder. Good luck.
When using flux core wire, always start each weld with a clean wire. If you stop, snap the wire. The wire end closes off (see the tiny bead at the end?) making the next strike difficult to start unless you have a clean wire end. Great video for fellow DIYers!
Thanks for the tip
Any tips for contact distance. I start at half inch but always end up 5oo close after I start running a bead
@@xbeastmodex3 I tend to find that 1/4" to 3/8" of a gap works best for me. But then again, I have had situations where I'll have a full inch of wire sticking out the end of the tip, and it works just the same. I'd really say just get some scrap metal if you've got some, and try different things to see what works best for you.
Glad isaw this comment, as for distance, A guy said put on the gas flow tip for mig and lean on it while you weld.
Omfg, this makes so much sense. Thank you so much!
Great work, thanks for sharing. Saving money is the name of the game. Just bought a budget welder and now I’m fixing gates, broken wheel barrow, and saving money. It’s also addictive and fun.
Might be the most likable DIY guy on CZcams, thanks for sharing your knowledge.
Flux core digs like crazy, what you are doing is super touchy work, and looks really good. If you ever go to gas it is going to feel like the heavens opened up.....singing angels and all!
That last sentence was awesome. 🤣
Well I finished my exhaust using your video as my go to.I was scared shirtless since I am taking 1 step forward and 10 steps back in my beginner world.68 Camaro is coming along and the 406 is up and running.Just finished installing my 3 inch exhaust and wow.Sounds Freaken amazing!.....Thanks sooooo much High 5.Welds were not bad and thank god for grinders lmao.
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Fellow welder here, Well tig. cleaning your surfaces first regardless of weld type always yields the best results! Keep grinding man love the DIY!
awesome video. I just bought my first flux core wire feed from HF today. I'm building a header for my turbo air cooled VW and also going to weld up some thin gauge sheet metal. I'm 50. I better learn how to weld my own stuff.
#OwnerBuilt
Man I followed your technique instead or side to side and BOY!!!!! Your style made an 100% difference.
Many Thanks!!
That trick with the pliers is going to save me a lot of headaches haha Thank you!
Works really good, just a little overlap really helps.
Ditto!
Awesome work ! Just a note , i used that rustoleum grill paint on my headers and it last longer then expensive heat paint. Thanks for the vid and keep up the good work .
I myself a DIY I THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO I LEARNED SOMETHING WORTH KNOWING And for the confidence to do my own exhaust. Listen to this all you HATERS. I LOVE. THIS VIDEO!
When your mask cost more than your welder, you’re doing something right.
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Gotta protect your eyes! I'd rather have to work with a subpar machine than be blind.
Learning to do something while on camera can be stressful. But everyone online is an expert. Haha. I hope you are continuing to learn in your experiences. Thanks for producing content man!
Just came across your channel. I have a Harbor Freight pro 200 and was about to start using it for target practice. I just tried your process of dialing it in and it’s like a new a new toy. Thanks for explaining it in your words. Works well.
Great video!! One thing i found helpful is varying the length of wire from tip to the weld. The longer it is, the hotter the wire gets, and it flows differently. Its almost like being able to adjust your heat setting on the fly...
Yes thanks for your proper DIY, nothing fancy or exaggerated. Another smart chap put together used [ thin ] exhaust pipe end to end flux core. Only short sharp stabs tacking in rhythm until all surfaces had enough material for a long smooth run. Another skilled penny saving DIY man. Cheers.
That was a good video for someone that does this in their own garage like me, I'll try this today and see how it goes. thanks
I just welded up a downpipe for one of my beaters, I wish I had watched your videos beforehand. I’m using a HF Vulcan, but I should have picked up some .030” wire vs the .035” wire it came with.
Thanks for the advice. I’ll follow some more of your advice in the future.
I took few welding classes at a community center school (very cheap for the classes lots of schedules for working people and lots of fun to learn the right way with the right instructions on hands experience ) ; one thing to help anyone with a cheap welder is to use quality wire , the wires are the big difference and this was proven in class by the instructor when someone brought in their HF welder and he use both HF wire and then Lincoln to show us all and if you use gas you will be amazed of what it does to your welds too;, I got to practice with acetylene ,tig mig,stick ,anything I wanted to do or pursue and learn what the numbers on the consumables mean , too much theory information that is needed to know ; to practice just get thin flat bar cut like 1" x 5"strips of remnants metal and keep doing straight over a flat piece passes and /or "T" shapes to get angles and butt joints for practice, I get cheap new clean remnants from the metal store ... is all about practice and learning how to set up your welder with your hand speed ... just like in golf you get to the driving range to practice over 100`s of balls to then do better when really going to the field and play ...some schooling is always better to understand techniques and your consumables and why not to go in long passes because heat also warps your metals or make holes ,etc...now I look for home projects with my welder ,doors, fence, gates , kayak stands/shelves from bed frames people throw away and now my car muffler too, anyways take care and have fun.
Nice job. Ive been welding for years and found on butt joints, i do little c's. Or u's. To keep from burning thru. On thicker lap joints i do small circles. But the in/out of the puddle does work fine downhill
Great video man, definitely the most informative video on welding exhaust pipe with flux core for beginners. Thanks
Thanks for the practical tips. You said what needed to be said which is alot more than most videos on this subject. I think every guy needs to know how to weld exhaust pipe for sure.
Hello great vid. I been welding for a few years now and my first time welding, I used a regular Miller mig welder with argon. I say its much easier to weld with than flux. I recently bought a flux machine for my home projects and I felt like I never knew how to weld before. One thing that helps me is, I always drag my puddle and keep my wire stick out about 1/8th to 3/16th long from the nozzle. And cleaning/ prepping the metal before helps a lot as well
You’re the man! Great penetration. Second time welding here and you got me looking good!!!!
Penetration is not an issue when welding thin metal tubing. AVOIDING penetration becomes the bigger issue.
Thanks for posting these DIY welding vids. I'm learning a lot..
It takes balls when the internet is stuffed with critics.
For the people that are being rude toward u tell them they don't have to watch I found this very helpful 😊
sitting in the driveway tall glass of ice water just welding on exhaust... I love it!
Thanks for sharing, I really like the realism in this video, with no B/S . This is great for hobbyist welders. Paul UK.
Beautiful puddle! Very steady running, you absolutely understand what is going on.
First time flux user here. Thanks man you helped me a lot
Woohoo! Great tips! Still need more practice though. My welds look like Silver Surfer was an ascetic for the last 10 years and finally blew his load all over my metal.
Welding exhaust pipes is always harder since the surface is round.. good job, i purchase a chicago electric welder just for custom exhaust work on my cars.. the welds hold fine for that.
I was looking for a video to help me weld my exhaust pipe and muffler and yours is the first I saw. Thanks for your great video Mr. DIY
I felt that, way more time than money and if it means I can save a buck it's worth it. It came out nice for what it's worth!
Thanks for the help ,I just got myself cheap gasless welder and your easy to understand video is great I reckon it is gonna help me improve
Bought one last week this video helped alot thanks a million
Great video, I've learned in life that someone else always has a different technic and I was doing small circles but I tried your up and down and really like it, thanks for the help!!
Great video man. I have had great luck with a small flux welder using anti spatter spray
This is a great video ! Keep uploading ! Don’t pay attention to the negative comments
The best flux core weld that i seen on youtube. I was so close to sell my welding machine,but now i will give it another try. I am an amateur welder and i bought it just for exhaust and intake pipes..but because of the thickness..i can't make good welds.
I'm amateur AF I just kept F-ing with it. Get the Lincoln .030 wire it works pretty good.
@@TPVPRO i'm from europe, i don't know if i can find lincoln here..one old welder told me to buy TELWIN flux core wire , some wire made in italy ..030 (0.8 mm). it works good. i welded some stainless on the exhaust. The weld is fine but not so good looking. i am using it on minimum power with 3-4 speed wire and i move slow. i think i will try to speed the wire and move my hand faster.
@@TPVPRO where u get the lincoln .30 mig wire......???
What is the number...???
Pizza message me back on here..
Love your video
Screw the haters....
Not everybody rich like them, at least when you do sum thing yourself, you know its done right...
@@gregmelissareynolds8538 I just get it from Home Depot.
Thank you, your video helped me tremendously improve my welding im a fellow DIY guy and just starting out playing with a welder.
Thanks so much for the video, it explains why the welds I do were unsuccessful. I now have the incentive to go back and do it again!
That shirt is straight 🔥🔥🔥🔥...thanks for the trick and tips ..
Thanks for a great video. It really helped me. Pay no mind to the haters. No one was born knowing how to weld and not everyone has fancy equipment. I'm learning using a cheap harbor freight welder. I also know I'm beyond horrible but at least I'm trying.
Watched your first weld video and now this. Big improvement!
Best video so far about welding pipe
Don't worry about what other people say man I think what you're doing for other people and me it's great God-bless
Man, I wish I had the time you have for welding like that, I got money, and some ideas of what I want, but no time due to work, even in this covid pandemic
Another great video, thanks.
About to build a fully custom exhaust from header to muffler. This video helps a lot!
the #1 secret to good flux core weld is the wire. if you have lousy wire, no matter how good you are at adjusting feed speed/currant and voltage, the welds will look like crap. And make sure you get multi pass, not single pass wire.
Great idea using pliers to bend the edge in a little, I never thought of that, good job, learn and enjoy life my friend, and to all that's watching there is an old adage that goes " A grinder and paint makes a welder what he ain't " lmao....enjoy life folks
Man that came out nice!
Looks like decent paint also👍🏻👍🏻
I been using appliance lacquer paint works good👍🏻👍🏻 thanks brother!
Great video.
Imma put brick tiles on my table too!
I unbolted my muffler. Used clamps to put 1.5m of pipe together and bolted that on with my new flange. I may need to weld it at some point but it works fine now. My Mitsubishi Triton ML 3.5 petrol sounds like a vn commodore with extractors.
Sorry you got negative post. I find your hands on no crap approch has given me a real hunger to get on with.
Thank you so much.
Ignor your trolls the prop not ass whole just the net does strange things to people
I grabbed some old exhaust pipe from a dumpster at the local garage, you can't bend the lip with pliers, its very strong.
Walker exh coupler pipe from napa is soft as cheese, very easy to bend with pliers.
good job! that looks right. thanks for the video
Hell yes let’s learn from the guy with a wooden welding table! Thanks bro!
If it helps, the Weld Pak models have a chart on the inside with their suggestions for metals of varying thickness/wire thickness for voltage and wire speed settings
You got the settings good on that right now I always go by the frying sound and it's whatever works for you what you're calling down and back I call pushing the puddle back as you're going forward same thing just worded different the half Moons seem to work good when you're trying to blend the two together when there's a slight Gap same deal you just push the puddle back a little while Gathering it from one side then the other the more you sit there and burn the better you get I just hate when my glasses get fogged up under there don't let your wrenches get Rusty🔧🔩⛽🇺🇸
Super helpful dude. Thanks!
I've read comments that said put a fan on your flux welding spot and it helps. I haven't tried it..but I will. 😁
Like others have said, great video! I’m about to buy the same setup to weld up a custom exhaust so I’m researching to learn and this was very helpful!! Thank you!
LOVE the spark plug tool!
Stepping good job young man sometimes you just got to learn things by just figuring out what works!
Nice!! I love the everclear solution for covid at the end!!
On point with the tools you can make with cheap welder l have made many useful tools from broken tools. Plus it's good training.
Man I have to weld the same pipe 3 or 4 times to get a seal. I'm not doing something right but like you said. "Trial and error" we all have to start somewhere
Thanks, nice video!
Thank you for your time brother.
Your heat input is proportional to the amount of metal you are trying to melt. I suspect that you are using 0.030" or 0.035" wire....meaning you have to use a lot of heat to melt your filler to your base metal. I suspect (if you have the correct drive roller) that if you moved to a smaller filler wire, you could probably weld most of that quicker...with less risk of burning through. Not sure if them make Flux core wire in the 0.024" diameter or so, but I bet that would help.
Fuck the haters. Your learning and also trying to help people. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK buddy
Hi
I’m in the uk and getting my first flux welder next week. Thanks for the really helpful video on techniques and anyone posting negatively is just an armchair critic. I’ve got a case 580sk backhoe with a rusted muffler I want to repair. Do you know what gauge aluminised steel I should use. The patch will be about 6” x 6”, yeah it’s rusted a lot! Thanks and keep posting.
When its that far gone you should just replace the section other wise your gonna be doing it again in 4 months but exhaust gauge is about 16ish beacuse headers are about 18 gauge in NA
This was very informative. I appreciate you making this video!
I love the custom made tools ! !
Thank you sir for the encouragement.
I've also found jugs of anti spatter liquid you can put in a spray bottle cheaper than the aerosol cans
If you are welding stainless exhaust pipe you should use the stainless flux core wire i recommend 309 it’s a bit more expensive than the normal stuff but the welds will be much stronger
Wear long sleeves. I am old. I regret exposure to UV rays from metal arc welders. You can't go back once burned.
Great video....
Good job
Welding take practice but did have one issue that you gave wrong advice.
When you use flux core you always drag away or you will get slag entrapment which will weaken your weld.
And when it comes to butt joint Welding always tac weld around which will hold it together and reduce distortion of the metal
Another key advice from me when welding thin sheet metal jump around will help from overheating and blow through
Mig- do cursive e’s ➿, or down a hair up half that then back down a hair and repeat.
GO get some Harbor Freight jig magnets to hold your parts together
Or.... support Americans and buy American!
Or.... support Americans and buy American!
always tack weld first ,magnets help just to tack .
take some small pieces of duct tape to hold it together initially. rusty old exhaust pipe is a whole different game
Thankyou very much for this great diy video. I'm going to be welding my exhaust and bought a 99$ HF welder. Hopefully all goes well lol. Thankyou for the video, liked & subscribed!! 👍👍👍
Hello. How did that go?
@@singhsarabjit very bad!!! The weld is cheap and my exhaust came off..
@@fresno93703 thank you for reply
Brilliant video thank you 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Look's good man Love the motor in your truck Them 350 motors are good to work on
thanks for sharing bro
Stick out for 0.30 flux core should no more than about 1/2 an inch. Having 3/4" or an 1 1/2"+ like you had at one point leads to excessive spatter due to an unstable arc. Also that going back and forth isn't good either. With flux core you want to create a weld pool and drag it along with you. This way as the pool moves along a layer of slag can form protecting the weld as it solidifies. By going back and forth youa are disrupting the movement of the weld pool across the weld, knocking the slag off previously welded areas before they can solidify and allowing your weld pool to both stall and cool. As well by going back and forth half the time you are pushing the weld and you never push a flux core weld... They saying is "If there is slag you must drag".
All and all I hope I don't sound too critical I think your welds look okay... Especially with the limitation's of your welder.
Nice work
Thank you!
old pipe under a car is really tricky, usually thinner too
Like I said good job. My advice. Keep it about a 1/2 " away and angle your head so you can see.
Great vid, Thank You for posting.
Awesome!
At 6:50 I almost fell over. It was crazy though because it sounded good.