Richard.
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Spatter is the nature of the beast I'm afraid. Your consumable is the main thing holding you back.
Gasless mig is a usable process but that's as far as it goes. It ain't pretty, it ain't very stable either.
Super6 isn't the best name in the business either. My own personal experience with there electrodes and tungstens is cheap and nasty s###. Give yourself a sporting chance and use something half decent.
Mike109's post is bang on the money for me. You should drag a flux cored wire. Even a nasty gasless one because it forms a slag which is there to protect it from atmospheric contamination. That slag needs to be left behind the pool not in front of it or inclusions will be a problem.
Controlling spatter is primarily to do with voltage/wire speed match. You'll figure this out as you play but too much or too little volts can have the same effect of excessive spatter.
Your runs in all the pics look peaky and cold with poor transition of the toe which suggests your voltage is too low. Go for a high max setting and tune the wire speed to suit. Then it's a case of smooth consistent travel on the torch. Keep your stick out relatively short (8-10mm) but more importantly keep it the same as stick out has a big effect on the current you draw.
Gasless mig is a usable process but that's as far as it goes. It ain't pretty, it ain't very stable either.
Super6 isn't the best name in the business either. My own personal experience with there electrodes and tungstens is cheap and nasty s###. Give yourself a sporting chance and use something half decent.
Mike109's post is bang on the money for me. You should drag a flux cored wire. Even a nasty gasless one because it forms a slag which is there to protect it from atmospheric contamination. That slag needs to be left behind the pool not in front of it or inclusions will be a problem.
Controlling spatter is primarily to do with voltage/wire speed match. You'll figure this out as you play but too much or too little volts can have the same effect of excessive spatter.
Your runs in all the pics look peaky and cold with poor transition of the toe which suggests your voltage is too low. Go for a high max setting and tune the wire speed to suit. Then it's a case of smooth consistent travel on the torch. Keep your stick out relatively short (8-10mm) but more importantly keep it the same as stick out has a big effect on the current you draw.