mxmig
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Morning all
I'm currently in the middle of welding new repair panels into my 1965 Morris Minor.
All is going well if a bit slow as its all new to me.
I have managed to fit a rear wing flange which took ages but I know have a thin (2") strip to join the flange to the inner wing.
I cut the inner wing back to what I thought was solid metal and cleaned the edges to accept the new metal.
But the welds blew straight through, so much so that I had to cut more out and try again, still the same issue, the welds are blowing through.
I'm using a Clarke 135TE Turbo mig with 0.6 mm wire, Hobbyweld 5 gas.
The settings on the machine are rather limited but I have them set at:
Wire speed 6
First Switch set to 1
Second switch set to Max
I have not had an issue up to now with letting in new metal but this rear wing just seems thin, can anyone advise me what settings I should be using, obviously I will experiment later when I get back in the garage but I thought I would seek advice before making any further mess of my panel.
Cheers.
I'm currently in the middle of welding new repair panels into my 1965 Morris Minor.
All is going well if a bit slow as its all new to me.
I have managed to fit a rear wing flange which took ages but I know have a thin (2") strip to join the flange to the inner wing.
I cut the inner wing back to what I thought was solid metal and cleaned the edges to accept the new metal.
But the welds blew straight through, so much so that I had to cut more out and try again, still the same issue, the welds are blowing through.
I'm using a Clarke 135TE Turbo mig with 0.6 mm wire, Hobbyweld 5 gas.
The settings on the machine are rather limited but I have them set at:
Wire speed 6
First Switch set to 1
Second switch set to Max
I have not had an issue up to now with letting in new metal but this rear wing just seems thin, can anyone advise me what settings I should be using, obviously I will experiment later when I get back in the garage but I thought I would seek advice before making any further mess of my panel.
Cheers.