205 Hdi

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I do a fair bit of welding for work and on cars for my self im not the best welder in the world but I know my way around a mig and a arc and I can tell a good weld from a bad one. 

That is shocking hence everyones reactions.

I'm actually supprised your defending that "welding" 

As you say welding is the fusion of two metals into one 

What you have done there is stuck two bits together with a thin layer of brittle metal over the top,  might aawell of used aryldite would be about the same strength, IE you haven't fused the bits of metal together at all

What you need to do is grind that all back, turn the amps up till it blows through and then back off a tiny bit and adjust the wire speed to suit. As the amps are too low I think the wire speed looks low aswell I'd also do it in spots doing one at the top left then bottom right then bottom left then top left and so on till all the spots join up that will be properly strong and you won't risk warping the metal, you won't of done that don't worry you never got it hot enough in the first place.  

Just trying to help don't take it the wrong way everyone has to start somewhere 

thanked for the advice on welding, what welder do you have? as I am looking at getting a better one that I can control the amps. the one I have doesn't really let you sadly.

I have two migs and a arc 

Cant really use a arc welder on car panels it can be done but it's not worth the agro and the end result is usually poor 

One of my migs is perfect for welding car panels as the amps go right down to 30 and up to 180 but that one has been knacked for about 3 years now 

So I use my other one which isn't ideal as the lowest it will go is 150a and up to 450a big old girl but if I'm quick and careful it's useable 

If the amps aren't adjustable then just hold it in the same place longer when doing spot welds to get the heat into it, practice on some scrap sheets

I can't really comment on the UJ as I don't know much about it but if Paul Ryan and Niall are saying its wrong it is. 

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PS I do not profess to be the greatest welder in the world there are lots of people better than me some have comment on this topic I'm sure. If anything Iv said is wrong or you'd do it differtly please correct me. I'm just trying to help this guy before he hurts himself or worse someone else!