welding upside down slight problem

[bixtix]

i was welding up a subframe at work the other day, and most of the time it was ok, but every now and again a molten blob tried travelling back up the wire towards to tip, is there a way to stop this happening or is that just the way it goes.

cheers
mark

 

[malcolm]

It's well worth turning the wire speed up a little when welding overhead. The wire does have a tendency to burn back when it is fighting against gravity.

Keeping the torch close to the work can also help, but mostly it's in the wire speed.

 

[bixtix]

ok cool, thanks for that, i did instictively turn the wire feed up a notch, i think i may have been a little too far from the work piece when it was doing it as it was only every now and again.

cheers
mark