MikeBs
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Hello,
Just got a Clarke 196 for some projects I want to do in my garden.
I have just joined this forum and the general consensus seems to be not good for this particular machine.
It was cheap on eBay and was unused until I got it. I have spent a week practicing with it, and I am pleased with the results.
Got some scrap from the local scrap metal merchants and have been running lines just to suss out what power and speed suits me and the work I will be doing..
I will be mainly joining reinforcing bar together and not things that have a safety aspect. Also I have only used it as gasless up to now. which means loads of splatter, but again on rebar this does not bother me. I am tempted to get a bottle of gas and see if it justifies the cost for what I need it for.
My main problem is that when I strike an arc and my mask darkens, I have problems seeing the welding pool.
I can see the arc and when I finish, the weld is OK. Is my mask too dark, or is it a problem with gasless welding that makes the weld pool difficult to see?
Just got a Clarke 196 for some projects I want to do in my garden.
I have just joined this forum and the general consensus seems to be not good for this particular machine.
It was cheap on eBay and was unused until I got it. I have spent a week practicing with it, and I am pleased with the results.
Got some scrap from the local scrap metal merchants and have been running lines just to suss out what power and speed suits me and the work I will be doing..
I will be mainly joining reinforcing bar together and not things that have a safety aspect. Also I have only used it as gasless up to now. which means loads of splatter, but again on rebar this does not bother me. I am tempted to get a bottle of gas and see if it justifies the cost for what I need it for.
My main problem is that when I strike an arc and my mask darkens, I have problems seeing the welding pool.
I can see the arc and when I finish, the weld is OK. Is my mask too dark, or is it a problem with gasless welding that makes the weld pool difficult to see?