After posting on here for the first time a little over a week ago, I fired up the new welder for the first time today!
Not as easy as it looks!
Clarke 110E.
Amps set at 2/Min or 1/Max (the middle two of four settings).
Wire speed around 6 ish.
Gas (Disposable) reg set at about 3.
Metal is quite thin so I struggled to get penetration on the lower of the two settings, but blew through easily on the higher, so found my self going quite quickly...?
First buzz - forgot to turn the gas on! (Dirty looking ones on the left):
Weld1 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Then I did a couple of short runs to tune the Amps/Wire Speed etc and came up with welds like this:
Weld2 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Cut the section in half to check penetration and saw this.
One of them seemed to penetrate well, though one seems to be built up on one side...
Weld4 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Then had a go at cutting a piece in two and welding back together again.
Put it on the floor over a block of wood and jumped on it and it didn't budge...
Weld5 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Did the stright joint first, then did the (roughly) 90 degree joint:
Weld7 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Used a flap wheel and ground back the joint on two sides - looks nice like this!
Weld8 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Not as easy as it looks!
Clarke 110E.
Amps set at 2/Min or 1/Max (the middle two of four settings).
Wire speed around 6 ish.
Gas (Disposable) reg set at about 3.
Metal is quite thin so I struggled to get penetration on the lower of the two settings, but blew through easily on the higher, so found my self going quite quickly...?
First buzz - forgot to turn the gas on! (Dirty looking ones on the left):
Weld1 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Then I did a couple of short runs to tune the Amps/Wire Speed etc and came up with welds like this:
Weld2 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Cut the section in half to check penetration and saw this.
One of them seemed to penetrate well, though one seems to be built up on one side...
Weld4 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Then had a go at cutting a piece in two and welding back together again.
Put it on the floor over a block of wood and jumped on it and it didn't budge...
Weld5 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Did the stright joint first, then did the (roughly) 90 degree joint:
Weld7 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr
Used a flap wheel and ground back the joint on two sides - looks nice like this!
Weld8 by www.pix-al.co.uk, on Flickr