[DiamondG Knives]

I would agree that it sounds like you need to get hotter. I had to really work on letting the billet soak. Once I thought it was ready, I looked at the clock and made myself wait another 10 min.

As far as flux goes, I started using annhydrouse from Kelly Cupples, and it works great, but does it work BETTER than regular 20 mule team? Not that Ive noticed. Somthing I have started doing is to add a few spoon fulls of brake turnings to about 1.5 cups of anhydrous, kind of has a rock salt look when mixed. I dont know if it makes a diffrence, but my welds have been consistantly solid, may be Ive learned how to do it, or it may be the flux. Dont know for sure, but its what works for me.

As I said above, the biggest problem I had was not being hot enough.

Good luck, and happy hammering!!

God Bless

Mike