Hey guys,
I’m super new to welding and just trying to teach myself at home. I’m trying to learn with 16 gauge sheet metal because I think if I can do that well I can do thicker stuff easier in the future.
Anyway, my issue is that my welder doesn’t show the set Volts or Amps when you are setting it so I have to set it up by feel (which I know nothing about). I am trying to plug weld two pieces of sheet metal together (using a reasonably small hole so I don’t have to do a circular motion just yet). At the moment, no matter what I change, all I can seem to get is basically a volcano, where the pool doesn’t spread out but just builds up on top of itself and refuses to penetrate or spread. If I turn the voltage up even the tinniest bit it burns through and same with the amps.
I am currently running fluxcore wite that has a thickness of 0.9mm.
What is causing this? Is it the voltage, amps, should I use normal mig wire with gas, is my stick out too far/close.
Any advice would be super helpful
I’m super new to welding and just trying to teach myself at home. I’m trying to learn with 16 gauge sheet metal because I think if I can do that well I can do thicker stuff easier in the future.
Anyway, my issue is that my welder doesn’t show the set Volts or Amps when you are setting it so I have to set it up by feel (which I know nothing about). I am trying to plug weld two pieces of sheet metal together (using a reasonably small hole so I don’t have to do a circular motion just yet). At the moment, no matter what I change, all I can seem to get is basically a volcano, where the pool doesn’t spread out but just builds up on top of itself and refuses to penetrate or spread. If I turn the voltage up even the tinniest bit it burns through and same with the amps.
I am currently running fluxcore wite that has a thickness of 0.9mm.
What is causing this? Is it the voltage, amps, should I use normal mig wire with gas, is my stick out too far/close.
Any advice would be super helpful