Little bit high and cold, but okay if just tacking some thin metal together. Notice the ends of the run, where you have tended to go through (we all do to start with). Just tack those ends first by pointing the gun inwards along the join and doing a quick tack first, providing you've got the...
As Spot says, flux-core only goes down to 0.9mm. Lincoln have a list of thicknesses here:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/en-gb/Consumables/Pages/product.aspx?product=Products_Consumable_Flux-CoredWires-Self-Shielded-Innershield-InnershieldNR-211-MP%28LincolnElectric%29
But if it's holding well...
Is that £150 without VAT? This one?
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/010110125
Be a bit careful, this is one of their newer range which don't go down to 30 Amp output, only 35. The lower the low end of the amps range is, the better, as a general rule, for doing car bodywork. So...
Just called a mig gas pipe adaptor, I think. See the link
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MIG-WELDER-WELDING-GAS-ADAPTOR-Connector-for-4mm-O-D-pipe-to-6mm-bore-hose-/111170161173
That looks quite neat, Smoggy. You need a nice light touch for that. I've seen blokes blow great holes in jobs like that, because they didn't take the care and the time.
I'm afraid Scott is quite right, especially if you intend doing much 6mm steel or 4mm ally.
I have a Clarke 151EN and it's a good reliable little m/c. Car body panels no problem, with a bit of practice. Even do car panels with gasless flux-core, although a bit messy, and rather more practice is...
That's good advice, and a very nice m/c, Jim. But he'll still need to have a dedicated 16A supply if he takes it up to 180 Amps, according to R-Tech:
http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/Mig_Welder/240V_Mig_Welders
Welcome to the forum:waving:
I would second what LMB says. Alloy welding and TIG both take some good long practice, so if you aren't experienced get into MIG first and work your way up from there.
The Clarke 195 is one of their newer cheap build models, I think. At a low output of 40 Amps it...
Wedg1e is quite right, most cars since the 1980s have structural sills.
This doesn't mean you can't patch them, it just means, as Wedg1e said, that you have to make a continuous seam of weld around the patch. As sills are pretty thin, this is easier said than done.
Crucial to this is...
Thankfully that is one of the older type Clarke models, and at a low output of 27 Amps should do fine for car repair panels, given sufficient practice. It won't be much use on thicker metal, say over 3mm, but for what you need should be fine.
As said above, going from buying a mig welder to...
In the trade the term inverter is generally used of a welding m/c that is capable of changing supplied AC mains current to DC current, then stepping it down to whatever DC current/voltage is required by the m/c. Powerful semi-conductors are used in this process.
The sort of mig welder you...
Rob, it can be a bit confusing at first, but the basics are that you push the torch when you are using mig with gas, as Snooper and others point out. However there will be odd occasions when you may not be able to push, due to space or other restrictions, so you have to drag for a short distance...
As already said, by all means learn welding, it's a grand skill to know. But don't even look at jobs like that until you have a great deal of practice under your belt.
Such a job needs to be evaluated carefully to see what degree of panel replacement, rather than just patching, is required...
"interesting you say I won't get a concave weld with the 160TM on 3mm, if I did want to achieve that how much more power would I need, my long term aim is to be working on much thicker material."
You will need at least 200 - 250 Amp mig welder to chuck out a concave weld in one pass on 3-4...
Just wondering, what size wire are you using? As already said, the fillet weld is way too cold, it's just piling up on top of the metal. On 3 mm you should be using at least 0.8 wire.
You won't get a concave weld with the 160TM on 3mm, but you should be able to weld 3mm to 3mm satisfactorily...
MK is right. You need to have disposables running fully open to do even an indifferent job. Then they only last about ten minutes, less if you leave them open while setting up between welds....
You might be better off with cheap CO2 just to get some practice in.
"I was running 0.8mm will...
As above, poor gas supply.
Certainly not enough heat in the first three pics, just sitting there, no penetration.
The flux core welds are okay, about like mine. Not beautiful, but adequate.