Looking for a new welder

[sandancer]

Ok New welder came today and the nozzle is crap ,so can I buy a another one and way from

 

[sandancer]

I used to have a wolf welder and have a box of ends and ten of the shrouds if that is right name , New Clarke one the tips are too small and the shroud is too little and light, the whole handle feels cheap and chatty

 

[malfazer]

allreet sand dancer couple of welding supply places on the team vally take the cheepo shroud in and they should be able to match size wise but decent gear .good to spot another local member by the way cheers mal

 

[addjunkie]

Thatll be heathcol, and thomas proctor. Both quite helpful.

 

[cumbriasteve]

I am not really understanding what you mean by the items being too small and light, the machine you have bought is a hobby welder and as such the torch and fittings are going to be fairly basic and not heavy duty.

I use a Clarke with it's standard torch, shroud and tips on 2mm up to 5mm steel using 0.8 wire and never have any problems at all with it, laying welds as good as my previous and lot more expensive Portamig did.

 

[sandancer]

I am not really understanding what you mean by the items being too small and light, the machine you have bought is a hobby welder and as such the torch and fittings are going to be fairly basic and not heavy duty.

I use a Clarke with it's standard torch, shroud and tips on 2mm up to 5mm steel using 0.8 wire and never have any problems at all with it, laying welds as good as my previous and lot more expensive Portamig did.

The reason why I want to change it is, I have about 60 tips and about 10 shrouds from when I had my wolf welder, and they don't fit this welder (they are bigger) and they seem a better quality, and I go through lots of tips and at least one shroud in about 3 weeks (maybe I am just a crap welder) and I have a massive job coming up this autumn, I am converting my MK1 caddy pick up truck for wheelchair access and am lowering the bed section, so I can see me going through lots of gear.

It is nice to know there are some locals in the area

Thanks for the advice and names of suppliers in team valley

 

[the snooper]

The reason why I want to change it is, I have about 60 tips and about 10 shrouds from when I had my wolf welder, and they don't fit this welder (they are bigger) and they seem a better quality, and I go through lots of tips and at least one shroud in about 3 weeks (maybe I am just a crap welder) and I have a massive job coming up this autumn, I am converting my MK1 caddy pick up truck for wheelchair access and am lowering the bed section, so I can see me going through lots of gear.

It is nice to know there are some locals in the area

Thanks for the advice and names of suppliers in team valley

how are you going through tips and shrouds at that rate ?

 

[BrokenBiker]

The reason why I want to change it is, I have about 60 tips and about 10 shrouds from when I had my wolf welder, and they don't fit this welder (they are bigger) and they seem a better quality, and I go through lots of tips and at least one shroud in about 3 weeks (maybe I am just a crap welder) and I have a massive job coming up this autumn, I am converting my MK1 caddy pick up truck for wheelchair access and am lowering the bed section, so I can see me going through lots of gear.

It is nice to know there are some locals in the area

Thanks for the advice and names of suppliers in team valley

that seems like a lot of consumables...do you clean the shrouds out when they get full of spatter or just throw them and put a new one on? same for tips.

when i was using gasless wire in my sealey whenever the tips got full of spatter and the wire was dragging i used to run a .8mm drill thgouh by hand to clear them out, pull the spatter off the outside by ahnd or a wire brush then chuck it back in and weld again

 

[123hotchef]

gasless ans spatter go well together

 

[sandancer]

how are you going through tips and shrouds at that rate ?

I,m just not good at welding I guess

 

[the snooper]

I,m just not good at welding I guess

are you holding the torch too close ? what is happening to the shroud ?

 

[sandancer]

that seems like a lot of consumables...do you clean the shrouds out when they get full of spatter or just throw them and put a new one on? same for tips.

when i was using gasless wire in my sealey whenever the tips got full of spatter and the wire was dragging i used to run a .8mm drill thgouh by hand to clear them out, pull the spatter off the outside by ahnd or a wire brush then chuck it back in and weld again

Yes CLEAN them out when they are full

 

[BrokenBiker]

I,m just not good at welding I guess

neither am i, but ive never gone through consumables at that rate...

how much arc length are you holding, torch angle too? are the shrouds burning away or are they just getting so full of crap that you cant get wire out anymore?

 

[sandancer]

are you holding the torch too close ? what is happening to the shroud ?

Yes I think that it is to close ,have all ways done that can not help it, I am burning the shroud out

 

[BrokenBiker]

Yes I think that it is to close ,have all ways done that can not help it, I am burning the shroud out

how close are you holding it? about half inch should do, any closer and i struggle to see what is going on

 

[the snooper]

Yes I think that it is to close ,have all ways done that can not help it, I am burning the shroud out

i think i would start practising to hold it further away you will probably get better results and wont overheat the torch either

 

[sandancer]

Thanks lads, I will have a practice over the weekend at holding it further away

 

[sandancer]

On 5kg of wire I go through 2-3 surrounds and about 5-6 tips, I am only 53 I am still learning lol

 

[sandancer]

are you holding the torch too close ? what is happening to the shroud ?

I tried holding it further away from the metal and it works a lot better thanks

 

[the snooper]

I tried holding it further away from the metal and it works a lot better thanks

not to mention cheaper