RonMig
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I bought some Parkside 0.6 flux-core wire a long time ago, from Lidl I think - anyone else grab some to use as a dust-bunny-grabber?
I've not welded anything for several months, so decided to give it a try.
Got some smallish bits of sheet (donated from a computer, I think?) and measured it at 1mm thick.
It's a bit bendy so is probably chinesium very mild steel... hmm, not quite up to car body standards but will do for testing...
With this 0.6 fluxcore wire, I found it works nice on nbr 1 and with the lowest wirespeed, nice sizzle.
Still looks a bit messy, but that's probably my lack of skill
And penetration seems good...
I'm surprised how small the spot welds are...
Never mind the reading glasses, I need a magnifying glass !
Made it tricky to use the overlap technique which I was trying to do, another skill failure.
Continuous weld would just burn through, I think.
Anyone else tried the 0.6 fluxcore wire?
I've not welded anything for several months, so decided to give it a try.
Got some smallish bits of sheet (donated from a computer, I think?) and measured it at 1mm thick.
It's a bit bendy so is probably chinesium very mild steel... hmm, not quite up to car body standards but will do for testing...
With this 0.6 fluxcore wire, I found it works nice on nbr 1 and with the lowest wirespeed, nice sizzle.
Still looks a bit messy, but that's probably my lack of skill
And penetration seems good...
I'm surprised how small the spot welds are...
Never mind the reading glasses, I need a magnifying glass !
Made it tricky to use the overlap technique which I was trying to do, another skill failure.
Continuous weld would just burn through, I think.
Anyone else tried the 0.6 fluxcore wire?
