Right then here goes, (prepares to be shot down in flames). I have never held a welder before, this was until last week after picking up my Clarke Pro 90. i thought i would jump straight in and give it a bash and see what results i ended up with. I have read through this site a bit so i thought i was ok to get going .
Started on a thick bit of scrap plate 4mm (rectangle in the picture) as not cleaned too well, with max power settings on the little clark just so i knew what to expect when i pulled the trigger.
Then a bit thinner 2-3mm (blanking plate) started to see a tiny bit off penetration, but by this time i was eager to try out the thin stuff so here it is lol.
I struggled getting the bead to penetrate evenly on both side of the metal on setting 1 MIN so turned up to 1 MAX and started blowing through, i thought this is going to be really hard. but then remebered that the setting go 1MIN, 2MIN, 1MAX, 2MAX so switched down to 2MIN and started to get better results. still need plently of practice and better setting up of wire speed and gas as i don't think i had the reg turned up enough so wasn't getting a good flow untill the end.
Anyway enough babble, please tell me what to do better and what your thoughts are (probably crap haha)
Cheers
Matt
Started on a thick bit of scrap plate 4mm (rectangle in the picture) as not cleaned too well, with max power settings on the little clark just so i knew what to expect when i pulled the trigger.
Then a bit thinner 2-3mm (blanking plate) started to see a tiny bit off penetration, but by this time i was eager to try out the thin stuff so here it is lol.
I struggled getting the bead to penetrate evenly on both side of the metal on setting 1 MIN so turned up to 1 MAX and started blowing through, i thought this is going to be really hard. but then remebered that the setting go 1MIN, 2MIN, 1MAX, 2MAX so switched down to 2MIN and started to get better results. still need plently of practice and better setting up of wire speed and gas as i don't think i had the reg turned up enough so wasn't getting a good flow untill the end.
Anyway enough babble, please tell me what to do better and what your thoughts are (probably crap haha)
Cheers
Matt