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Still mig L-plates....:o(
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This is as good as it got this afternoon on a spare body panel I had lying around.......
Using an old Clarke 100e with Argoshield, 0.6mm wire, still guessing gas flow without a flowmeter, but I kept it quite low I think, just hissing slightly when trigger pressed.
Had to keep wire speed very low, about 1-2. Any faster and it sputtered and spat all over the place. Wire feed stuttered very slightly at times but generally ok i think.
Power setting at minimum (1 out of 6) otherwise it would blow through too easily.
Each weld bead is about 2" long but much narrower than I had expected. Should I try to fatten them up and if so how? Will try to find another sheet so I can see what penetration's like.
Most of my work will be using this gauge of steel I think. Found that the neatest looking beads were obtained when torch was held REALLY CLOSE to metal - only a few mm I'd say.
cheers
Iain
Using an old Clarke 100e with Argoshield, 0.6mm wire, still guessing gas flow without a flowmeter, but I kept it quite low I think, just hissing slightly when trigger pressed.
Had to keep wire speed very low, about 1-2. Any faster and it sputtered and spat all over the place. Wire feed stuttered very slightly at times but generally ok i think.
Power setting at minimum (1 out of 6) otherwise it would blow through too easily.
Each weld bead is about 2" long but much narrower than I had expected. Should I try to fatten them up and if so how? Will try to find another sheet so I can see what penetration's like.
Most of my work will be using this gauge of steel I think. Found that the neatest looking beads were obtained when torch was held REALLY CLOSE to metal - only a few mm I'd say.
cheers
Iain