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Spent some time today practicing.
I 'think' the welds are not too cold, and seem to be penetrating...but maybe not completely - should the back be a continuous line, mine looks like drips.
I had been burning through the metal earlier so had the power down quite low (4/10) and seems to have improved.
Also learned how to strip the gun and clear a stuck wire
I 'think' the welds are not too cold, and seem to be penetrating...but maybe not completely - should the back be a continuous line, mine looks like drips.
I had been burning through the metal earlier so had the power down quite low (4/10) and seems to have improved.
Also learned how to strip the gun and clear a stuck wire
Thanks - which settings are you thinking ? More/less wire speed ? There's a voltage adjustment too.
Or just spin the knobs and see what happens ?
No, just wirespeed knob 1-10, and a voltage adjustment for +- 8v.
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a few questions here so answer as best as you canSpent some time today practicing.
I 'think' the welds are not too cold, and seem to be penetrating...but maybe not completely - should the back be a continuous line, mine looks like drips.
I had been burning through the metal earlier so had the power down quite low (4/10) and seems to have improved.
Also learned how to strip the gun and clear a stuck wire
what angle are you trying to weld at to the metal ?
are you aiming towards what you have already welded ?
what material thickness are you welding ?
Fairly sure the material is 1mm steel (maybe 0.8, it wasn't labelled and I couldn't lay my hands on the vernier calipers to confirm)
I'm trying to maintain an angle of about 20-30 degrees from horizontal - so pointing down, and relatively straight on to the corner
I tacked both ends, then went from top to bottom - trying to maintain a steady zig-zig pattern and a single pass rather than going back over what I'd already done.
I'm trying to maintain an angle of about 20-30 degrees from horizontal - so pointing down, and relatively straight on to the corner
I tacked both ends, then went from top to bottom - trying to maintain a steady zig-zig pattern and a single pass rather than going back over what I'd already done.
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do a tack weld and then aim towards your tack weld the above you would use with thicker material the material you are welding is thin so direct welding is causing you blow throughs and also the welds through the steel
is there a door chart ? im guessing your volts are to high for the selected wire speed. do test runs lowering the volts one notch at a time. with t11 and gs fluxcores you should see a slag shelf following behind like 7018
