If you have 500 to spend...by a Kuhrtreiber kitin 170 amp machine...there about 480 euro!
It's a European built machine not like all the other machines u named out which are chineese!
It's ment to be an excellent machine with very good duty cycle! Kilkenny welding supplies sell it! They deliver
So anyway 1g 6013 root pass is driving me crazy..I've tryed it about 30 times...still messing it up...bit here's the funny bit...
I tryed a 3G open butt with 6013..boom...absolutely perfect! 100 perfect penetration the whole way..nice hot pass and cap then! I find real easy to pull puddle up...
So I started playing around with it again! When I was first doing it I would use a 2.5 mm rod as a spacer then I would put 2 heavy tacks on rack end to hold..I think the reason I was lacking penetration is the glint would get closer together due to tacks cooling so I would loose the original...
Guys I need help...Im struggling with doing a root pass in flat and vertical plate with 6013..I either burn a massive uncontrollable keyhole or I'm not getting any penetration..it goes from one extreme or the other for me...my hot pass and cap are perfect...but root pass is driving me bananas :(...
Do any of you guys know where I can get a good book so I can understand blueprints for welders? Or any good website where I can study it online????thanks
Why is 6010/11 not the norm here for root passes here in the uk/ireland compared to the states and Canada?
Seems 6013/7018 is the norm here for us in Europe..6010 just seem to be more or less impossible to get here in Ireland..I found one shop that sells buhler 6010s but they cost an arm and...