Alright, so I've had a good look at the welder. I noticed the earth wire was looking a little sad so I put a new connector on. I also split the solenoid down as far as I could, but there is seemingly no way to get inside to look at the spring/mechanism. The cylindrical portion of it (the part...
Hello, does anyone have a good lead on a man to repair my MIG welder?
It's a little Clarke 160TM that I converter to run a euro torch. I've tried 2 different solenoids using the guide from the manufacturer and the last one worked fine for a year or so but now once the trigger is pulled it just...
2T is when the machine only runs with an input from the trigger or pedal, 4T is like an automatic mode or trigger latch
Slope in and slope out is basically the way the machine delivers the current, so a long up slope will set the machine to gradually increase the amperage and vice versa on the...
Those are beautiful welds! Very jelly.
Yes, the machine does pulse, I had a little toy around with it this afternoon and it yielded better results. Isn't pulse considered cheating though in the TIG world?
So I had an hour this morning to play around and have been getting better results. I...
Also, If I am still just practicing beads along the length of the pipe, will the lack of a purge be effecting the bead? I mean it's not a joint, but I guess this could be a problem. Again, thanks for your time, any help is more than welcome. Cheers!
Good day! I have 8 or so years experience as a wire process welder and would consider myself fairly competent, but I've been having some trouble lately teaching myself to run TIG. Bought a machine a few weeks ago, and spent a day or two trying it out on mild steel. I felt like I was getting the...
I was on a time limited working holiday visa, the money was great and it was a fantastic place to be but very volatile. We worked with the oil and gas industry and with the downturn in oil prices a lot of guys lost their jobs.
Hey there, just though I'd post on here to try and get some advice from lads working in the trade, specifically within the UK.
I'm 31 and I've been welding for roughly 6 years. At the moment I'm working for a relatively large agricultural firm fabricating and welding stuff like trailers...