Byron,
Good to know I'm not the only one who wants to hurt this person. ;) :)
I watched the video and all I could think about was how I wanted to take the piece of scrap he made and beat him over the head with it until it snaps...
"* BASH, BASH, SNAP!* Not so strong of a weld was it buddy! DO IT RIGHT UNTIL IT DOESNT BREAK ON YOUR HEAD!!!! Awww you’re bleeding?? TOO F@*$in BAD! THIS IS THE PROPER STICK OUT! *BASH* - excerpts of what was running through my head...
I'm not a fan of the self shielded small Dia. flux core wires, but I KNOW that you can fight in a decent bead if things are set Ok. May only be good on metal up to 1/16 thick but it works. I have a $75 "Hair Dryer" wire spitting welder, you know the kind with a "high" and "low" 2 position switch for the heat settings, and on nice thin gauge metal I’ve made it lay down a nice solid bead. It takes a 5 inch grinder with a stiff wire wheel to get the nasty flux off of the weld, but there is a nice bead under it.
Oh, it may sound like I’m defending the machine, but I’m not. I consider any wire spitter from Home Defect or Lowes to be a joke. The only reason I have mine is because I got it at a garage sale for cheap. If you going to GMAW, get a real machine.
Gee... maybe I AM an angry person...
Or I just can’t stand profound stupidity.
LOL, You are not the "Lone Ranger" when it comes to that, I would bet we could fill a good size room with the people that feel that way. Also I don't think you would get 2 BASHes before that thing snapped. I am pretty sure it would snap after the first BASH and if it did not, well, you ain't BASHING hard enough. :-)
Darn Plasma, don't hold nothing back! :-) :-) :-) LoL