Just got to either a local agricultural supplier/wrought iron railings place, fabrication works or scrap yard. I have visited a few scrap dealers to buy box section, frames and sheet steel. You can be pleasantly surprised at what you can find.
0.6mm on thin sheet or car body type material and anything above and up to about 8mm I use 0.8mm. I have 15kg rolls of each loaded into different Migs so I go to the one appropriate for the job.
Rivets wouldbe my second choice and my first would be drill screws because they are more reliable. welding galv sheet is a pain because you need to ensure all the galv is off or it wil spit and smoke anyway. One of the issues removing galv finishes is that it clogs up the grit on flap discs...
It may be worthwhile getting somebody to check the PCB. There are people advertising welder PCB services on ebay so it's not difficult to get it sorted. I seem to recall they charge about £80.
May be worth a shot?
In my opinion I would suggest it is something to do with the flow of the puddle and how it cools as you move along. It looks like a drag line would form in a thick liquid layer. Unless your gas was turned up so high it was blowing into the angle and across the top of weld pool from both sides...
We can rest reasonably easy in that the all new Land Rover Defender isn't being built in China. Massey Ferguson tractors are now built there which to me is very bad for AGCO because it cheapens the brand of MF. I doubt (or would be very surprised if they built FENDT in China).
I am confident...
OK, thanks.
I ran a few test stick welds with it last night and all was good. To be fair it is a well built bit of kit and has good big and heavy transformer too. I will probably leave it as a stick welder and look for an AC/DC Tig unit to add to my growing collection of welders!
Many thanks...
OK, many thanks.
There is a white grommet in the bottom row next to the Positive terminal and I wondered if there had been a polarity switch in there at some time in the past? I think you are right with the gas pre-flow and post flow timers for the two small turning knobs either side of the...
Hi, Has anyone got a link or a copy of a user manual for this Fro Tigset 160CC Dual Phase (AC/DC allegedly?) Tig machine?
If you have any information it would be greatly appreciated.
Hi, I am not familiar with your machine but presume it only has a two power settings and possibly a higher level/boost/min max switch. On 25mm box with a wall thickness of 2mm I would do a test weld on setting 1 on boosted/Max. If that blows through on your weld then knock the boost off and try...
Thanks young man! I have been MIG welding stuff for a good few years and then in the last six months decided to get into stick welding because it's a skill worth learning over and above MIG. And I am going to get going with TIG this year so may post some attempts on here if they look good...
Hi all,
As a newbie to this forum today I think it is important that we all accept we can learn more about a subject. When it comes to welding, there is no exception because the devil is in the detail, techniques and experienced hands.
Although I have owned Clarke, Ingersoll Rand, Lincoln...