Hello, all...
After some help and advice from the friendly folks at this forum, I finally got my welder working and made my first test welds. There seems to be a lot of splatter in spite of lots of gas (75% Argon/25% CO2); anyone have an idea why? I think I have to play around with the wire speed and gas flow before I can even ask any other intelligent questions. I've posted photos below (I'm embarrassed by how bad the welds are).
So here are some concrete things I've learned.
1. Welding good; grinding bad (and time-consuming!)
2. You can be burned through nice thick welding gloves if you pick up something too hot.
3. Paint catches fire if it gets too hot.
4. Little molten blobs of metal in the air make matching little holes in your clothes.
Charlie
After some help and advice from the friendly folks at this forum, I finally got my welder working and made my first test welds. There seems to be a lot of splatter in spite of lots of gas (75% Argon/25% CO2); anyone have an idea why? I think I have to play around with the wire speed and gas flow before I can even ask any other intelligent questions. I've posted photos below (I'm embarrassed by how bad the welds are).
So here are some concrete things I've learned.
1. Welding good; grinding bad (and time-consuming!)
2. You can be burned through nice thick welding gloves if you pick up something too hot.
3. Paint catches fire if it gets too hot.
4. Little molten blobs of metal in the air make matching little holes in your clothes.
Charlie