Hey guys, I need yalls help with these welds. The setup I'm using is a #12 fupa, 3/32 electrode, 5/8 stickout, and 20-25cfh. They keep coming out grey and not very colorfull. I used anywhere from 130 to 150amps and the heat affected areas is large even with fast travel speed. Also this is 1/8 thick.

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So for having zero social media following and minimal personal friends as members in this fairly new community it’s kind of exciting to have almost 50 members it doesn’t seem like a lot but to have 50 individuals be at least somewhat interested in the community to me is motivating me to keep you all interested and coming back to the page and being interactive even if it’s just clicking like or reading a post and sharing your thoughts on it it makes me want to be more active and provide more content for you all there just so much information to be shared I don’t know where to go next so suggestions are appreciated and even your own posts on the metal lab page is encouraged it’s all of our community let’s make it just as much fun and informal as it is educational thanks to all the new members and let’s keep it growing !!!!

https://jerswoodshop.com/gen-2-belt-grinder/ I found this on YouTube and Jer is super smart, and this seems super well thought out, so I purchased the plans. I have a broken mini wood belt sander and a mini disk sander, and this seems like it will replace both and allow me to super easily copy my fastest wood workflow for metal, which is: 1. laserprint, 2: glue to material, 3. bandsaw rough shape, 4. sand to the lines. So I’ll post the project here as I go along. Note: I’m a hobbyist here, and I’ll definitely take a long while to work on this project, with gaps in between.

So today I was reminded that although things aren’t as bad as they could be in my life i am feeling the hit hard no pun intended after a Durango ran me over while I waited at a red light on my R6 in January and me faceplanting on the gravel at 50mph with no helmet in February less than a month later having 3 plastic facial reconstructive surgeries followed by 8 months of not being medically allowed to work cost me 10 years of savings and meticulous financial planning just like that yeah I’m lucky I have my life and can still ride but I am back to square one like I was at 21 years old so just be careful out there and pay attention and those who don’t ride do the same please someone’s life may depend on it