I finally switched to using gas and have realised what a big difference there is.Using gas is how I expected mig welding to be,the noise it makes when welding and the finished result.I can now just get on with welding without blowing holes all the time.
If only I had done it sooner.
Going back...
I am struggling to patch up this car using gasless wire.The smallest wire is 0.8 mm.If I convert to gas will I be able to just get on with welding instead of trying to fill in the holes I have made.:mad:
I should have just bought a better car in the first place,I was doing ok until the weather...
Your web site is superb and a great inspiration,well to me anyway.I had a bad day of welding saturday and thought (as you do) the car is going to the scrapyard:mad: ,then I looked at the rust on that Aston:eek: and had a great day Sunday.This time I overlapped instead of butting.Much better.
Oh right,I was just quoting what it says in the instructions of my new toy,probably just covering themselves eh? in case you have very old wiring in your house and set it on fire.
The results I got were certainly strong,I was doing new strut tops that needed a bit of panel beating as I went along,I knew the weld was right by the sound the repair panel made when I was tapping it into place.
I took a photo of the first gasless weld I did and sent it to a member on the capri forum,who,by the way,has been a welder/fabricator all his life.He said the results were very good,commenting that penetration was right etc.
Well I bought a mig welder to start on the Ford Capri I bought my wife as a xmas pressy.The shop assistant said to me "you dont want one of them gasless ones mate they are the same as an arc welder,you have to have the power set high to melt the flux and it will just blow holes in car body...