Jan
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So far this SIP 130 has had the wire feed brace added by the previous owner and I've just replaced the feed liner with a steel one. I also 'broke' all the push fit connectors to cut through any corrosion in the current path and remade them with a laving of petroleum jelly to resist further corrosion. As previously mentioned I've installed connectors on the front panel so that I can change the polarity for the use of gasless wire.
In each of the following pics the welds were done on 2 mm mild at each of the 6 power settings (ascending power from left to right) using 0.6 solid wire, BOC Argoshield @ 10L/min and with the feed rate set appropriately (by guess). There was not attempt to weave the weld as my hands are getting a bit unsteady these days.
Side on
and from the back.
Next time I'll try with some 0.9 flux cored and later with 0.8 solid - when I've bought some!
Ps. The top power setting wasn't working on either the 'high' or 'low' settings before I worked on the push fit connectors, but as you can see it does now
Edit: My first attempt at an outside 90 degree (ish) weld in one pass
The lower weld was done in 3 deliberately offset passes.
In each of the following pics the welds were done on 2 mm mild at each of the 6 power settings (ascending power from left to right) using 0.6 solid wire, BOC Argoshield @ 10L/min and with the feed rate set appropriately (by guess). There was not attempt to weave the weld as my hands are getting a bit unsteady these days.
Side on
and from the back.
Next time I'll try with some 0.9 flux cored and later with 0.8 solid - when I've bought some!
Ps. The top power setting wasn't working on either the 'high' or 'low' settings before I worked on the push fit connectors, but as you can see it does now
Edit: My first attempt at an outside 90 degree (ish) weld in one pass
The lower weld was done in 3 deliberately offset passes.