vanagon nut
Vanagon Nut
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Hi all.
Haven't been active here in a while. Mostly because I didn't have a welder. Now I do!
Got myself a Hobart "Handler" 140. Seems nicely put together, and has good instructions.
Set up a little work area for some test beads. I've never MIG welded before. Must say this is totally cool! The beads were spotty and ugly, but of course just had to try a butt weld! It wasn't too bad, but wasn't %100 penetration. Was about 50-75 on average and fugly.
I'll post pics somewhere for laffs!
My question:
I anticipated spatter (flux core) but is there any less smoke produced when using gas/wire as opposed to flux core?
I anticipated the need for ventilation, but didn't realize how much smoke is created!
Much TIA.
Neil.
Haven't been active here in a while. Mostly because I didn't have a welder. Now I do!
Got myself a Hobart "Handler" 140. Seems nicely put together, and has good instructions.
Set up a little work area for some test beads. I've never MIG welded before. Must say this is totally cool! The beads were spotty and ugly, but of course just had to try a butt weld! It wasn't too bad, but wasn't %100 penetration. Was about 50-75 on average and fugly.
I'll post pics somewhere for laffs!
My question:
I anticipated spatter (flux core) but is there any less smoke produced when using gas/wire as opposed to flux core?
I anticipated the need for ventilation, but didn't realize how much smoke is created!
Much TIA.
Neil.