/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2660756
OP here
You are fucking retarded. I have tried 1/16 7018 electrodes with lowest amperage possible. That shit blows right through an exhaust pipe. The metal thickness that I was working with was 1-1.5mm and the only way you can "weld" something with an electrode would be just putting slag.

I already bought flux core machine and it is night and day difference. As other anons mentioned, it is spattery, but the slag inclusions are much easier to avoid and overall it is a much cooler welding method.

Including pic of my shitty first time weld of an exhaust pipe ( did a 30 angle and attached a flange)