RedmervanD
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Hi everyone,
So I got a simple MIG welder to start learning to weld, unfortunately it isn't going as I hoped it would.
Maybe some of you can help me out what I'm doing wrong?
So this is what I am "achieving"
I use the machine below with an 0.8mm wire, 85/15 Argon/CO mix.
I have the idea that highest setting is not high enough and it will not melt the metal enough.
I already came to the conclusion that there's something weird about this machine.
The polarity is switched, or is it just the sticker? Confusing...
Besides this, I now have the proper connection for my 10lt gas bottle, it was supposed to run with the disposable bottles
First result, tried different settings, mostly high power, wire speed varied a little bit. 7lt argon/co2 per minute
Changed it and tried again, different settings
But what I noticed with all of them, the ‘flame’ was a lot brighter than before...
It was hotter than before(notice the burn marks and a kind of puddle), but I thought this looks a bit more like it.
In the mean time I started saving and looking out for an easier to adjust machine. In a kind of way this frustrates me. During the workshop I did things went easier (different machine but still)
So I got a simple MIG welder to start learning to weld, unfortunately it isn't going as I hoped it would.
Maybe some of you can help me out what I'm doing wrong?
So this is what I am "achieving"
I use the machine below with an 0.8mm wire, 85/15 Argon/CO mix.
I have the idea that highest setting is not high enough and it will not melt the metal enough.
I already came to the conclusion that there's something weird about this machine.
The polarity is switched, or is it just the sticker? Confusing...
Besides this, I now have the proper connection for my 10lt gas bottle, it was supposed to run with the disposable bottles
First result, tried different settings, mostly high power, wire speed varied a little bit. 7lt argon/co2 per minute
Changed it and tried again, different settings
But what I noticed with all of them, the ‘flame’ was a lot brighter than before...
It was hotter than before(notice the burn marks and a kind of puddle), but I thought this looks a bit more like it.
In the mean time I started saving and looking out for an easier to adjust machine. In a kind of way this frustrates me. During the workshop I did things went easier (different machine but still)