onenastyviper
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Hi guys, well I finally took the plunge and bought a welder from machine mart along with a mask, some small bottles of gas, some gautlets and a fire extinguisher...
FYI: Clarke 160EN (dual purpose) converted to those small bottles
First thoughts: er, should have taken my camera...
Other thoughts:
Well, a managed to join some 1mm sheet together using 0.6mm wire.
There was quite a lot of brown soot formingon the sheet next to but not on the welds. Also managed to blow a couple of holes in the sheet but I then figured that my visor was too dark and I adjusted it so I could see a lot better. I think I just need some proper gas and more metal and practice.
I was using the lowest power setting (1-min) with a wire speed setting of 5. At 4.5 the wire would burn back but at 5.5 the welder started sounding like a machine-gun, is this a normal sensitivity?
Every so often, instead of a crackling sound when welding, the arc would turn more to sound like a stick welder (a sort of whooshy sound), is this good or bad?
I tried to make tack welds but these tended to be a single blob on the surface of the sheet with no penetration, is this correct for simple tack welds?
I did not have lots of splatter and I used the clarke large disposable bottles of argon/co2 mix with the regulator turned up fully.
Anyone have any similar experiences or advice? My aim is to be able to do bodywork repairs because I own a ford and I can hear it rusting away...
Many thanks for all of your messages and threads, they helped me alot today...
FYI: Clarke 160EN (dual purpose) converted to those small bottles
First thoughts: er, should have taken my camera...
Other thoughts:
Well, a managed to join some 1mm sheet together using 0.6mm wire.
There was quite a lot of brown soot formingon the sheet next to but not on the welds. Also managed to blow a couple of holes in the sheet but I then figured that my visor was too dark and I adjusted it so I could see a lot better. I think I just need some proper gas and more metal and practice.
I was using the lowest power setting (1-min) with a wire speed setting of 5. At 4.5 the wire would burn back but at 5.5 the welder started sounding like a machine-gun, is this a normal sensitivity?
Every so often, instead of a crackling sound when welding, the arc would turn more to sound like a stick welder (a sort of whooshy sound), is this good or bad?
I tried to make tack welds but these tended to be a single blob on the surface of the sheet with no penetration, is this correct for simple tack welds?
I did not have lots of splatter and I used the clarke large disposable bottles of argon/co2 mix with the regulator turned up fully.
Anyone have any similar experiences or advice? My aim is to be able to do bodywork repairs because I own a ford and I can hear it rusting away...
Many thanks for all of your messages and threads, they helped me alot today...