Snowy90
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Ok so I’m very much a beginner! My Clarke 135te came with a bottle of co2 and a crappy regulator
I bought some 80/20argon co2 which welded ok, any way since that ran out on me I have been using the co2 and have been laying down reasonable welds.
Due to the standard regulator leaking gas I decided to buy a better regulator and some larger bottles of 80/20 argon/co2.
BUT exactly the same settings as I was using with CO2 and the weld is completely different, sounds more like a oxy cutter and seems really hot! I set the regulator at 4lt/min.
Does different gas really make the difference?
Apologies if that’s a basic question
I bought some 80/20argon co2 which welded ok, any way since that ran out on me I have been using the co2 and have been laying down reasonable welds.
Due to the standard regulator leaking gas I decided to buy a better regulator and some larger bottles of 80/20 argon/co2.
BUT exactly the same settings as I was using with CO2 and the weld is completely different, sounds more like a oxy cutter and seems really hot! I set the regulator at 4lt/min.
Does different gas really make the difference?
Apologies if that’s a basic question