My Official GTM Build Thread!

[VD2021]

You can try sacrificing some header wrap by wrapping the pipes prior to welding them.

Let the wrap take the splatter vise the nice pipes.....

[KeithBoden]

Get a gas conversion kit for the welder, and switch to small wire (.025 solid - no flux in the wire, as you are getting the shielding from the gas.) I used to be good with the flux core wire using a Lincoln 155 (220V) but when I started using shielding gas (25% Argon / 75% CO2 "steel mix") and the big spools of .025 solid wire, I was amazed at how nice the small machines weld! I still use the little machine on gas for lots of work even with a big TIG welder on hand. You just can't weld as fast with TIG; the little MIG machines will put a 1/4" weld in on max wire speed and top power range faster than you can keep your hands moving!