110 over here is the standard house voltage apart from big apliances cooker ect. and it was expensive its a lincon so its not aa cheep make but it is only just above freezing in the garage so i don't kno if that makes a difrance
don't think so what is underneath the metal you re welding i remember someone complaining about weld on 3mm and it was due to welding flat on 6mm steel bench. Can't see the temp in garage making much difference. Are you using to small an extension lead?
avridge realy only had one small real thrugh it but ive had this problem since i changed it from gassles think it might have something to do with the pure argon but i was hopeing it wasnt because that involves me spending money lol
Pure argon will leave "caterpillar" welds as argon will cool the weld pool.
Adding CO2 will transfer more heat to the weld pool making it more fluid and flatten out. It also burns the surface of the weld pool. Adding Oxygen will have an even greater effect.
I was given argon whan I started. Did lots of tall welds.
They could fill with Ar/CO2 but the bottle would have the wring color and warning stickers.
They will exchange it for an equivalent size bottle of Ar/CO2. There should be no charge for the swap (as they will swap bottles to refill anyway.) Most common is 75%/25% Ar/CO2; commonly called C25.
sounds like classic MIG cold lap to me, gas may help, then again may not. if its a decent sized welder id notch it up a bit, run on/off plates are another option........
without knowing all the parameters wire size/ machine size, etc its a job to gestamate...