LandRoverTom
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Afternoon all.
So it's been a while since I picked up a welder but I fianlly got to playing with my R Tech Mig 180 yesterday.
Straight lines on flat plate went ok (3mm plate)
Then I tried some fillets - they were more hit and miss. I had the settings as per the R Tech Manual as that seemed a sensible starting place - 3.5 on Voltage and 4.5 on Wire speed.
Gas was set to 8-10 Ltr per min on the flow meter and the gauge is in the pictures below.
The biggest problem I seemed to have is gravity - everything seemed to slump to the base of the joint. Any tips on this (or in general about the welds below)?
Possibly in answer to my own question, the next batch I tried moving the torch a bit faster but that felt a bit rushed so I dropped the dials slightly lower and kept my slower torch movements which seemed a little better (sorry no pics of those).
Practice is also the other thing I need much more of but any tips before I practice the 'wrong' thing too much?
So it's been a while since I picked up a welder but I fianlly got to playing with my R Tech Mig 180 yesterday.
Straight lines on flat plate went ok (3mm plate)
Then I tried some fillets - they were more hit and miss. I had the settings as per the R Tech Manual as that seemed a sensible starting place - 3.5 on Voltage and 4.5 on Wire speed.
Gas was set to 8-10 Ltr per min on the flow meter and the gauge is in the pictures below.
The biggest problem I seemed to have is gravity - everything seemed to slump to the base of the joint. Any tips on this (or in general about the welds below)?
Possibly in answer to my own question, the next batch I tried moving the torch a bit faster but that felt a bit rushed so I dropped the dials slightly lower and kept my slower torch movements which seemed a little better (sorry no pics of those).
Practice is also the other thing I need much more of but any tips before I practice the 'wrong' thing too much?