Hi all, been reading lots of good stuff on the forum and its brilliant.. this is my first post and I'm sure will be first of many asking for advice !
I bought a 2nd hand Clarke 145 turbo last week it is only 3 months old. It has the optional gas accessory kit fitted.
I have been practising today and really struggling to get anything decent that i can call a weld. It has the industrial torch fitted which is different to the red torch on my mates 151te….in the weld equip shop this torch is referred to as the industrial torch.
The first problem i had was a leaking gas fitting so was not getting any gas at the shroud…thats now fixed which i hoped would mean a huge improvement in weld. The welds I'm getting are all spluttery i have been up and down all the power settings and speeds..ive noticed the industrial front end set up has the tip very nearly proud of the shroud though.. does this defeat the point of having a shroud ??? Would this be what would be fitted if using gasless wire ?? My thinking is that i am trying to use gas wire but it has the wrong tip and shroud at the moment for gas ??
I want to set it up to weld my rusty vw transporter, should i be buying 0.6 wire and the tips and chrome shroud for a hobby torch ???
Any advice and help please !!!
I bought a 2nd hand Clarke 145 turbo last week it is only 3 months old. It has the optional gas accessory kit fitted.
I have been practising today and really struggling to get anything decent that i can call a weld. It has the industrial torch fitted which is different to the red torch on my mates 151te….in the weld equip shop this torch is referred to as the industrial torch.
The first problem i had was a leaking gas fitting so was not getting any gas at the shroud…thats now fixed which i hoped would mean a huge improvement in weld. The welds I'm getting are all spluttery i have been up and down all the power settings and speeds..ive noticed the industrial front end set up has the tip very nearly proud of the shroud though.. does this defeat the point of having a shroud ??? Would this be what would be fitted if using gasless wire ?? My thinking is that i am trying to use gas wire but it has the wrong tip and shroud at the moment for gas ??
I want to set it up to weld my rusty vw transporter, should i be buying 0.6 wire and the tips and chrome shroud for a hobby torch ???
Any advice and help please !!!