niels
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I went for a bottle of gas this weekend and the store-owner kindly donated some cutoffs of 4 mm mild steel to practice on. So I did try to lay some beads and after playing with the settings a while I still didn't manage to get a consistent "prrrrrrrr" sound. The best I could get was a "machine gun burst"-like sound.
So I did make a little video to show (mainly let you hear) the welding. Could you please elaborate on what I'm doing wrong?
- Gasflow?
- Wire speed?
- Voltage?
- Is the stick-out too much?
- Position of the torch?
Some notes:
Yes, I did these welds in short sleeves because I was actually cleaning up when I realized I could make a small video. Normally I would wear a long sleeved jacket.
I dialed the burn-back to the minimum. I couldn't find a decent answer in the manual what the setting should be. As far as I understand it controls the "not sticking to the work piece" when stopping the weld. Since I didn't stick once, I kept it like that.
I'm not sure how the tension on the wire feeder is set correctly. I loosened the tension until the roller started slipping when pressing the wire feed button and then I tightened it a notch.
Is it normal that the wire reel is not running "smooth", but that it turns in jolts (correct word)? Although it looks like the wire is coming out of the gun with a consistent speed.
- Niels
So I did make a little video to show (mainly let you hear) the welding. Could you please elaborate on what I'm doing wrong?
- Gasflow?
- Wire speed?
- Voltage?
- Is the stick-out too much?
- Position of the torch?
Some notes:
Yes, I did these welds in short sleeves because I was actually cleaning up when I realized I could make a small video. Normally I would wear a long sleeved jacket.
I dialed the burn-back to the minimum. I couldn't find a decent answer in the manual what the setting should be. As far as I understand it controls the "not sticking to the work piece" when stopping the weld. Since I didn't stick once, I kept it like that.
I'm not sure how the tension on the wire feeder is set correctly. I loosened the tension until the roller started slipping when pressing the wire feed button and then I tightened it a notch.
Is it normal that the wire reel is not running "smooth", but that it turns in jolts (correct word)? Although it looks like the wire is coming out of the gun with a consistent speed.
- Niels
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