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[Webby the Bear]

Just gone and double checked and the wire is now coming out spot on. I undid the spool nut slowly and didn't really have any affect....and it was quite loose-ish already. so not gonna concern myself with it. 

[05omegav6]

It has to be adjustable to allow for a variety of wire thicknesses

[Webby the Bear]

It has to be adjustable to allow for a variety of wire thicknesses

Thanks Al, the one I'm talking about though is the nut holding the spool on. 

[05omegav6]

  still affects the overall wire tension...

[Webby the Bear]

still affects the overall wire tension...

oh ok fair enough. cheers mate 

incidentally.... the little disc with the grooves in.... mine has one for 0.6mm and one for 0.8mm. can I get one for say 1mm thickness? just out of interest 

[05omegav6]

Possibly,  have a look at the Clarke catalogue... 135amps might not be man enough for 1mm cable, but I make no claim to know that for sure

[Webby the Bear]

Possibly,  have a look at the Clarke catalogue... 135amps might not be man enough for 1mm cable, but I make no claim to know that for sure

Will do, cheers Al 

[henryd]

still affects the overall wire tension...

oh ok fair enough. cheers mate 

incidentally.... the little disc with the grooves in.... mine has one for 0.6mm and one for 0.8mm. can I get one for say 1mm thickness? just out of interest 

.6 wire will be plenty enough for that welder,the wire feed will strugglevwith .8 and 1.0 is a no no,need a heavier machine for that

[Webby the Bear]

still affects the overall wire tension...

oh ok fair enough. cheers mate 

incidentally.... the little disc with the grooves in.... mine has one for 0.6mm and one for 0.8mm. can I get one for say 1mm thickness? just out of interest 

.6 wire will be plenty enough for that welder,the wire feed will strugglevwith .8 and 1.0 is a no no,need a heavier machine for that

Thanks for confirming mate 

[symes]

Soon be able to tackle stuff like this then mate 

[Webby the Bear]

So watched the F1 for a bit keeping an eye on the weather and it stopped raining for good about 2. So gave the welder a blast.

I measured the thickness of the metal to be welded. just under 1mm so set up the welder as per the below settings:



Gas regulator set to 4 as recommended.

First weld, burned straight through 

I was keeping an ear out for the sound and it was ''cracking'' as opposed to a continuous buzz. So I turned the wire speed down and that seemed better.

Please don't mock  these are my first attempts at running beads...as you can see there are some burn throughs. but after playing around with the settings there were a few that I did that I thought ''hmmm, not bad'' but in honesty most are terrible.



Second piece of metal. This frustrated me cos I just couldn't seem to get the setting right. it was spattering, burning through and cracking.


Then finally as I had about 30 mins of light left I decided to try and weld two pieces together.... this was even worse. my first weld went brown  I had a think and I presume these are oxidised cos the gas has run out? but either way absolute shit 



to be fair I tried on loads of different settings and never could get it quite right apart from a couple of times.

then I thought.... I was outside (although in an alcove in the garden to try and get out of any wind)

but im a persistent bear and will keep going/ next attempt...Thursday

[symes]

turn wire speed down a touch and try supporting your welding hand ---not bad mate-seen worse---and dont tighten regulator too much on gas bottle-for some reason they dont like it--remember i showed you with my sip welder(like yours) and keep at it mate

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks Symes. 

Would you agree I ran outta gas though when I tried to join those two pieces? And is being outside not helping?

[symes]

outside-make a wind brake - or move yourself so that wind do not blow gas shield while welding --and read what i said about regulator

[Webby the Bear]

Thanks mate.

Yeah I made sure I didn't tighten it too much. and also I could hear the gas coming out as I pressed the trigger