Titanium Flux 125 Welder Review - Welding exhaust easily with Flux-Core / Plus an Exploding Banana?

It has been over 10 years since I have purchased a welder. I have heard nothing but good things about the Titanium Flux 125 from my good buddy Ricky. All I got to say Ricky you were right! This little unit is a champ! Zero buyers remorse!
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[@davehoward2791]

I've had my Titanium 125 for about 10 months and have been totally impressed. I work mostly with 1/8"-1/4" stuff, homeowner projects and agricultural equipment and car haulers. Using INE .030 & .035" wire this little machine has never failed to get the job done and I've never hit the Duty cycle even on hot summer days in the Alabama heat. I can attest to its abilities with heavier stuff up to 1/4", but it's nice to see it can throttle back and offer the controllability and finesse needed with lighter materials. Great review, thanks!

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

I've already bought it, but haven't had time to open it, but this comment is a great review 😂

[@jasonbosworth8549]

Could you please provide a link to the Lincoln wire you’re using in this vid? Thanks a lot.

[@hellraiser2310]

Dude sweet!!!! I just picked one of these up in June and have been learning.

[@The3chordwonder]

The tip on flaring out the exhaust to butt-weld was awesome, thank you very much. Unfortunately, I had gotten pretty good at stitch welding because I was burning so many holes when trying to butt-weld before your tip. Now I aim the wire "into" the flare (Almost parallel to the exhaust tube). I'm using what I have left of the harbor freight garbage, but have a spool of ITE which I used before and liked quite a bit. I also dig your table, I went out today and bought a bunch of patio stones to do the same thing. I was welding on the concrete and having the workpiece up higher and being able to sit really helps. I'm using a Fourney 140 welder (inverter based), which I think is similar to yours. Much lighter than the old transformer based ones.

[@eriksegura5121]

Man this video helped me, I just got one to do patch work and plus it was on sale. Thanks for the tricks and tips....

[@DaveDivesIn]

Thanks for keeping it real Brother. Just picked one up today, never welded in my life. 👊🏻

[@fernandorivas4230]

i like the way you unbox things, i never taught you can do that and i might try it one of these days. great video thanks.

[@tritonbradford1688]

NICE! 👍 Gotta have one with hotrods. I got me a little 110v 90 amp. Flux core MIG welder. It's good for anything up to 1/4". So it works for what I do with hotrods. With sheet metal it helps to quench the weld with a wet sponge, and a bowl of water. It cuts down on warping of the sheet metal.

[@jamesa6272]

I have this welder. I’m a diy welder youtube taught. This welder is great! So light. Can bring it with you anywhere. Doesn’t blow out a 110 outlet and you can use Home Depot or Lowe’s Lincoln electric .30 or .35 wire easily. Get a bigger heavy duty ground clamp and this thing will weld anything. Ive welded 5 or 6 car rim firepits with ease and many exhaust mufflers and tips. I love this this thing. !

[@jaydenviera2223]

So you can use .30 and .35 on stainless steel exhaust?

[@jamesa6272]

@@jaydenviera2223 not sure about stainless I have only welded the mild steel pipes

[@MiPiMeRu]

Best “unboxing” I’ve ever seen! LOL Great video man!

[@timallen6035]

I have been strongly considering learning to weld and based on many videos, including this one, I'm leaning towards picking up one of these for doing mower deck repairs and stuff like that. Thanks for the video and demonstrating it with thinner material. One of the projects that I am thinking about is replacing the plastic deflector piece on the mower deck which is pretty much destroyed at this point with a homemade metal one that should hold up better to the rough Missouri ground I mow on. It's roughly 5 acres on a gentle hill and is not smooth at all.

[@melgross]

I bought this welder a few months ago to supplement my bigger models for when I couldn’t really get them where I needed them. For 3/16” and below, a single pass works well, once you get the hang of it, if you’re new to welding. You can even do 1/4” and 5/16” if you properly use multi pass, which is surprising. I found that using their wire worked pretty well. It’s really not bad. The manual is actually useful, particularly to new welders. It shows what good welds should look like, and explains what the problems are when they don’t. I recommend reading it, and keeping it close at hand. Try not to breath in the smoke, as it’s really bad for us.

[@cliffallen709]

Great novice tips about: 1) Reading the manual. 2) "Not" breathing the smoke fumes!

[@megansstang]

Great video...Just picked up a 125 and this helped a lot !

[@DarronBirgenheier]

The delay in the fan turning off when you kill the power switch is likely NOT due to a timer, thermostat or some such. Instead, it's likely because it takes a few seconds for the large electrolytic capacitors in the power supply inside the welder to discharge. This is a common behavior in switch-mode power supplies.

[@applemonkey_1874]

i have the old CE 125 welder modded to DC. and i just got this welder.this thing is such a upgrade.

[@user-fw3wl9fo4k]

I just got mine I’m excited to weld on my new 125 as well flux also great motivation👍🏽

[@goneweldin8181]

I’f you guys are worried about if it can do 1/4 in plate it can I fixed my step dads dump trucks pto mounting points which need to withstand 20k lbs and it’s still in service today I’ll post a picture

[@heavensfugitive6447]

Also, a pre weld bevel works wonders on thicker material…ijs

[@jjenningsoh]

Picked up this machine two days ago with zero experience and I’m already a tweaker for scrap steel to weld. I sneak out to weld something any chance I get. I’ve got an old Toyota frame to add plates to, almost ready!

[@juiced71]

Nice job homie!! It’s amazing what half decent stuff will do 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I would love to learn tig welding.. that welder works decent!

[@Scabrera1987]

Unboxing and comment rite after was dope AF! LOL

[@Fucknuts4u]

You get a thumbs up for the unboxing sequence alone...the rest of the video is just the cherry on top!

[@tamusbaby]

thank u for the review. I went out to buy one.

[@earnie219]

You been doin a lota unboxin in your driveway....cool

[@cutweldngrind]

I have the 125 and 140 on my channel. I bought an auction truck and need to weld the exhaust so I may try it today. The 125 can probably do that job.

[@Simmonsracing187]

Nice job, been seeing this welder pop up on Instagram, was wondering if any good

[@les84long1]

Any change you can open it up and change the polarity from dc negative to dc positive to use stainless steel flux wire?

[@13bravoredleg18]

It's the perfect welder for repairing lawn mower decks.

[@ZBrink11]

For the exhaust pipe, you did B and 2? What site did you use? Thanks much for the video!

[@tyler238]

Do these require the mod that the black machine does to switch it from ac to dc?

[@charliecox479]

I bought the same welder and I also bought the same clamp that you bought replaced it with that the new one that was on there sucks

[@FixItStupid]

Rocking NEW ! What ? Thanks, For The Videos

[@randabuffer6562]

Great vid

[@evanmcsparin7380]

Hey man I just bought the same welder. Can I ask was your welder plugged directly into a 120v outlet or were using an extension cord? Because mine won't spark directly from the outlet

[@Kabs9780]

Have you tried the blue demon stainless steel ss fcaw wire? That pipe is stainless steel and I'm new but I thought you should use stainless wire????

[@bryanroupe8646]

This little welder is a awesome mild steel unit. I did some frame and strut tower work on a mustang with it. But for the life of me I cannot weld stainless with it. I havent tried new clean stainless though. I thought about trying the blue devil stainless flux but there aren't many reviews on it and its a bit pricey for wire.

[@jasonholloway2476]

I also own a titanium easy flux 125, and I did the research on the Blue Devil stainless steel wire. The wire needs to be run on DCEP polarity, the 125 runs on DCEN polarity. I haven't done the research if the work lead and the gun lead can be reversed, but I know it's not as plug-and-play play as a higher dollar welder would be.

[@bryanroupe8646]

@@jasonholloway2476 I appreciate that comment because I did not know that. If you find the answer to this would you let me know

[@hcracer1985]

I actually just picked one up the other day for stainless steel and noticed after I bought it, it says doesn’t do ss. Have u tried it on ss? I’m waiting on wire to come in then I can try it.

[@onlywenilaugh6589]

Where did you buy that welding table :)

[@obsessivegarage921]

Yes! Welding on THIN metal... thank God. Hardly find anybody else doing car work with this welder

[@goneweldin8181]

You should uncork that stinger line it looks twisted to the moon...

[@sumi7065]

finally someone trying it on actually thin steel, thanks for the tips bro, sub'd ;)

[@obsessivegarage921]

RIGHT??

[@jk_wrangler13]

Did you have it plugged up to a extioncord and if so, did it cut down on the power of the welder?

[@TPVPRO]

Yes and no diffrence

[@jk_wrangler13]

@@TPVPRO ok thanks. I've been thinking about getting one and a drop cord is how I may have to use it

[@cruzcreation20]

If you use a 12ga extension cord you don't get much amp drop for a 50ft cord. When I run my 15amp power tools I only use 12ga extension cords, I noticed with standard 14ga it lags and draws down power

[@STFOURNARIS]

Good intro man lol

[@infamousnova]

What is the machine called that you cut the pipe with? Does it leave excess material inside pipe from the cut?

[@moregrouchy]

Called a cut- off saw, yes, it leaves burrs inside and outside. Pretty easy to remove with a file or sandpaper, or a debuuring tool

[@buildingusa9604]

Good video 👍 a big question i just bought one of these welder and is not working 😕 what can it be?

[@moregrouchy]

It can be that your work is not grounded to complete the circuit. Or you didn't plug in the machine. Or the wire isn't feeding. Most likely pilot error. But you can return it to Harbor Freight for exchange, they are pretty good that way.

[@javiercontreras9048]

Did you buy the extended warranty? Take it Bach to HF. Mine stop working after couple of months. Had some lights flickering at the panel and never worked again. Very good mini welding machine no doubt.

[@mgoody8782]

Didn’t like the flimsy factory mig gun and hose so I replaced it with a 12foot Milleromatic one ,

[@buckyburnquist6825]

@M Goody was it complicated?? I want to do the same thing possibly a euro style panel mount for transporting purposes-wouldn’t mind adding a solenoid for gas at sum point

[@jdj92993]

Question...I'm completely newbie to welding I wanna buy this welder can. I run this on a normal 120v 15amp outlet?

[@lukeo9459]

Ya it plugs into basic ports

[@topdragster365w]

It will work on 15 amp breaker but you turn power up for thicker metal my 15 amp breaker would trip I upgrade to 20 breaker zero problems tripping. Instructions say use 20 amp breaker. Also Great wire to use is INE made in Italy off of Amazon great price eve works better Lincoln wire. On mine i also upgraded the ground clamp to better n stronger Them 3 cheap upgrades perfect no problems.

[@topdragster365w]

Luv my machine this 125 done 6 projects trailer mods already.

[@jdj92993]

@@topdragster365w thanks for the tips man!

[@moregrouchy]

@@topdragster365w Residential wiring for 15 amp circuit breaker uses 14 gauge wire. 20 amp circuit uses thicker, less resistant 12 gauge wire. When you "upgrade" to 20 amp from 15 without upgrading the circuit wire to match it, you create fire hazard.

[@Stevesbe]

You really need a gas shielded mig if you want clean welds

[@AustinWilhite]

You're right about the wire. The stuff that came with the welder did not make welds nearly that nice.

[@Inspire886]

love the special fx

[@andrewdelgado4374]

Where did you buy that virgin pipe?

[@TPVPRO]

AutoZone

[@Stevesbe]

Was there pigeons flying over

[@rubenvargas3547]

Use the .030 wire instead of .035 on thin metal

[@dblack1999]

what wire do u reccomend

[@TPVPRO]

lincoln NR-211-MP Flux-Cored

[@draco2202]

Your little bends are called flares in the exhaust world

[@kipholder8577]

Can it weld aluminum?

[@javiercontreras9048]

No

[@24sevvin]

Dont think anyone caught the turbo timer comment

[@beastfocker]

Banana grenade activate!!!

[@bobd.fletcherjr4912]

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[@WoofusDoofusKid]

You really need to tone down on the sharpness and contrast on your videos.

[@goneweldin8181]

And your too hot still which is probably because your wires twisted.

[@stacyfrantz9441]

It doesn't have to look pretty it just has to hold

[@ivanbossi7314]

Omg the machine is really bad or you suck at welding lol