Finally had some time to test out the new welding machine. Once I finally got the wire to feed right, the contact tips opening was too small. Had to swap the tip to the tip from my Harbor freight machine. Stinks that the tips that came with the welder are junk, but good to know I can easily get replacements at harbor freight. Obviously not my best work on either weld, I need to practice more. I ran the exact same 0.030 harbor freight vulcan flux core wire in both machines and the material is the same scrap bed frame. The Femerol blew the Flux 125 out of the water on spatter, but that is probably because the Femerol is a DC machine, better for flux core VS the Flux 125 is an AC machine. The Flux 125 seemed to have better penetration, but I don't think I had the Femerol voltage set right. The Femerol weld seems a bit cold and high, again probably due to the incorrect voltage settings, though the Flux 125 weld is sitting a bit high too, definitely had the wire feed speed too high. Final conclusion... I'm an untrained amateur and need more practice. Ha ha Though once I practice a bit more and learn the Femerol better it will produce nicer welds overall and was worth the money.
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