scorpadave
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just wanted opinion on these first test welds i have done on this machine which is new to me.
i have not touched a welder since i had a sip 20 years ago, but never got on with it.
the ones i have shown are the best of the bunch but thats not saying much for them.
just having a play about to see if i can get reasonable welds at some point.
using 0.8 wire and 10lpm of argon 5% mix from sgs.
i took a pic of the outside and inside from two areas of this 3mm box.
pic of the gys shows the settings i had as suggested on the panel, but the wire speed was
about one third into the suggest band.
sounded not too bad, but more wire speed sounded a bit lively but i am not sure what i should be
looking for yet.
does the penetration look reasonable or not enough?
blew right thru on some of the other bits not shown.
i was finding it bit hard to see the weld when i was doing it...any tips?
i have not touched a welder since i had a sip 20 years ago, but never got on with it.
the ones i have shown are the best of the bunch but thats not saying much for them.
just having a play about to see if i can get reasonable welds at some point.
using 0.8 wire and 10lpm of argon 5% mix from sgs.
i took a pic of the outside and inside from two areas of this 3mm box.
pic of the gys shows the settings i had as suggested on the panel, but the wire speed was
about one third into the suggest band.
sounded not too bad, but more wire speed sounded a bit lively but i am not sure what i should be
looking for yet.
does the penetration look reasonable or not enough?
blew right thru on some of the other bits not shown.
i was finding it bit hard to see the weld when i was doing it...any tips?