Collected the buzz box from my friends house today. He gave it to me as it turns out it's his "spare". He has another one and an oil filled job which was too heavy to move! He gave me a dozen 2.5mm Fincord M rods to be getting on with as well. I'll have to buy him some Scotch for Christmas I...
I've just found out that my son-in law has an inverter welder which he's happy to lend me and to show me how to use it. I didn't know he had such a thing being a carpenter! Bad news is it'll be a few days before I can have it. Still might try that one I spotted the other day but it's the old...
Thanks. I seem to remember using 90A for a 2.5mm rod. I got rid of the arc welder as I was mainly doing car body and chassis work. The MIG made that much easier but, I could make things out of angle iron with the arc. It's been at least 20 years so it will be interesting to see if I can still do it.
Thanks everyone. I had started my attempts with the wire feed turned right up so that's not the answer. I'll borrow an arc welder from somewhere as I want the joint to be strong. This particular weld won't be under a lot of stress but there will be others that will so, I might as well do the job...
Hello. I've just joined this happy band. I'm basically an ok self-taught occasional hobby welder. I can usually produce acceptable results but, as I only weld occasionally, I always have to do a little practice first.
I'm having problems this time. I am trying to weld a 3mm thick tab to the...