Should I weld today?

[OverTheHillsATTW]

Completely off topic and not really that big of an issue. I just bought a wire mig welder from harbor freight for like 200 bucks. It's been about 2 years since i've welded anything and I was really hoping today would be the day. Yesterday was a great day the sun was out no wind and I was working.

Today I figure will be the day to weld up my exhaust and patch a hole on the rear of my Jeep.

I wake up and its raining. It's mostly a drizzle but the wind is fierce.

I just finished grinding up everything and have the welder ready to go.

Should I finish the project? It's my last day off till sunday.

 

[kujito]

Not unless you've got some sort of cover. Depends on how hard the rain is I guess, but electricity and water...

 

[OverTheHillsATTW]

yea it stopped raining so I put up some cover for a good half hour I had it going real nice and as I patched up the exhaust the wind ripped all the cover apart so I'm going to save the rest for another day...its starting to flurry right now.

 

[90Blue_XJ]

Keep us updated. Is that a flux cored wire you are using? I could never get a good looking weld from flux cored wire.

 

[hintonsooner]

On a windy day, the flux wire will weld a lot better than gas shielded wire.

 

[90Blue_XJ]

On a windy day, the flux wire will weld a lot better than gas shielded wire.

Thanks Hinton I was unaware of that phenomenon. Always thought I was getting a crappy weld due to the wire. I know I need a no breeze situation when using Argon. Thats why I weld in my shop and rarely outdoors.

 

[OverTheHillsATTW]

I am using the flux wire. It really wont look as good as with gas but I was getting some strong gorilla beads today.