Ok you can all say I told you so (especialy Weldequip).
I went and picked up a bottle of CO2 today. Made sure welder was set up right for the job (1mm plate). Changed the gas & weld was terrible. Lots of spluttering no penetration looks like pigeon ****. Also tried thick stuff. This was better but still not good. Far less penetration & much higher bead. Will try again by fiddling with settings on welder to see if things can be improved on BUT as the supplier has just told me they are going to do the smaller mixed gas bottles & not just the BIG bottle come this sept I doubt I will bother with using the CO2. Infact once I have had a play its going back. Yes its welds but not good enough for me. So its only cost me £12 for an adapter (not even arrived yet) & about £15 for gas & £1.50 for months rental (total £28.50) to find out. WHY oh why cant I just take good advice when its offered & save me some money?
Justme
I went and picked up a bottle of CO2 today. Made sure welder was set up right for the job (1mm plate). Changed the gas & weld was terrible. Lots of spluttering no penetration looks like pigeon ****. Also tried thick stuff. This was better but still not good. Far less penetration & much higher bead. Will try again by fiddling with settings on welder to see if things can be improved on BUT as the supplier has just told me they are going to do the smaller mixed gas bottles & not just the BIG bottle come this sept I doubt I will bother with using the CO2. Infact once I have had a play its going back. Yes its welds but not good enough for me. So its only cost me £12 for an adapter (not even arrived yet) & about £15 for gas & £1.50 for months rental (total £28.50) to find out. WHY oh why cant I just take good advice when its offered & save me some money?
Justme