Hi to you all,
I'm very new to this game and trying to save some money re building a 67 MG midget and 53 MG TD.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THIS FORUM EXISTS!
Finaly my wife gave in and bought me a Clarke 151 EN together with the conversion to gas welding.
I've ben trying for the last couple of weeks on some scrap 1.2mm and 2mm mild steel with of couse varying degrees of success. However the difference between the results between 'gas' and 'gesless' are quite marked.
I have followed the instructions as to the power settings and have been using 0.9mm fluxed wire for the gasless and 0.8mm for the gas welding (with a argon/co2 shielding gas) but the results I get are always the same (or similar). The mild steel is clean and I can hear gas coming out when attached. I'll attach some pictures for clarification of the problem. (Fig 1&2 gasless and Fig 3&4 gas)
As you can see with the gasless welding the weld seems to 'wet out' into the mild steel but with gas welding it seems to 'stay on the surface' with little penetration of the mild steel sheet.
Can anyone suggest why the gas welding has such poor penetration?
All answers much appreciated
Regards
John
I'm very new to this game and trying to save some money re building a 67 MG midget and 53 MG TD.
IT'S REALLY GREAT TO KNOW THIS FORUM EXISTS!
Finaly my wife gave in and bought me a Clarke 151 EN together with the conversion to gas welding.
I've ben trying for the last couple of weeks on some scrap 1.2mm and 2mm mild steel with of couse varying degrees of success. However the difference between the results between 'gas' and 'gesless' are quite marked.
I have followed the instructions as to the power settings and have been using 0.9mm fluxed wire for the gasless and 0.8mm for the gas welding (with a argon/co2 shielding gas) but the results I get are always the same (or similar). The mild steel is clean and I can hear gas coming out when attached. I'll attach some pictures for clarification of the problem. (Fig 1&2 gasless and Fig 3&4 gas)
As you can see with the gasless welding the weld seems to 'wet out' into the mild steel but with gas welding it seems to 'stay on the surface' with little penetration of the mild steel sheet.
Can anyone suggest why the gas welding has such poor penetration?
All answers much appreciated
Regards
John