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[Sir Tigger KC]

Similar story, not enough penetration.

Never mind, keep practicing your penetration skills and I'm sure you'll achieve full satisfaction in due course!! 

[omega3000]

Our lights have been flickering for a few days 

[symes]

What you need to do junk all them plug sockets and wire in a junction box--thats what me and my dad did in my
workshop-its got trips in too then you run plug point/lights from there I got 4x fluorescent lights and a 185 mig(courtesy of work and when using it my 3x 500watt heat lamps and welder all at same time-no problems at all-your welder should handle 3-4mm steel but wont welt tin foil with no power

[Kevin Wood]

Have you tried adjusting the feed rate?

Just thinking, you have a series of blobs there. Is that because you can't sustain a longer arc or because you are welding in short bursts?

You'd be better off laying down a few more beads on a flatish section and getting the feed rate right. You should, when welding, be able to identify a "pool" of molten material into which the wire is dipping as it feeds from the torch. Look at that is happening to the wire relative to the pool.

If the wire is "stabbing" into this area giving a series of loud cracks and lots of sparks, the wire is feeding a little fast. If it hits the metal, an arc forms and then the wire end retreats quickly back into the torch and has a tendency to extinguish the arc or weld itself to the nozzle, the feed is too slow.

If you get a soft hum, no spattering or cracking sounds, a continuous arc and the wire is hovering above the pool, you are nearly there but a little slow still. The wire feed is keeping up with the arc and you are trying to do spray transfer. What you want is to feed a little quicker so the wire dips into the pool and retracts over and over again with the "fried egg" sound accompanying it.

Once you've got to that stage, having a decent, constant arc will give you more heat than you are currently getting, I recon.

The next thing you want to practice is to watch the pool and where the wire is dipping into it and move the pool along the course of your desired weld. Easier done on a single flat piece of scrap to start with, before moving on to something like that exhaust, IMHO.

[TheBoy]

What you need to do junk all them plug sockets and wire in a junction box--thats what me and my dad did in my
workshop-its got trips in too then you run plug point/lights from there I got 4x fluorescent lights and a 185 mig(courtesy of work and when using it my 3x 500watt heat lamps and welder all at same time-no problems at all-your welder should handle 3-4mm steel but wont welt tin foil with no power

Not quite that straightforward, as we don't know the cable size from CU to garage, or if its a ring or spur.

So it needs looking at properly

[Kevin Wood]

Flickering house lights is probably something you'll have to get used to. You're going to get a little voltage drop when a 13A load suddenly kicks off, it's just a little more noticeable when the current is hammering up and down as the arc changes. SO, put the trousers back on and get out there for more practice.

[symes]

What you need to do junk all them plug sockets and wire in a junction box--thats what me and my dad did in my
workshop-its got trips in too then you run plug point/lights from there I got 4x fluorescent lights and a 185 mig(courtesy of work and when using it my 3x 500watt heat lamps and welder all at same time-no problems at all-your welder should handle 3-4mm steel but wont welt tin foil with no power

Not quite that straightforward, as we don't know the cable size from CU to garage, or if its a ring or spur.

So it needs looking at properly

we ran cable under ground in armoured cable--no flickering light in house

[chrisgixer]

What you need to do junk all them plug sockets and wire in a junction box--thats what me and my dad did in my
workshop-its got trips in too then you run plug point/lights from there I got 4x fluorescent lights and a 185 mig(courtesy of work and when using it my 3x 500watt heat lamps and welder all at same time-no problems at all-your welder should handle 3-4mm steel but wont welt tin foil with no power

Not quite that straightforward, as we don't know the cable size from CU to garage, or if its a ring or spur.

So it needs looking at properly

What I want, is somebody else to look at that knows wtf their doing

AndyRoid has kindly offered to pop over, when he's feeling well enough. Bless him

[chrisgixer]

Flickering house lights is probably something you'll have to get used to. You're going to get a little voltage drop when a 13A load suddenly kicks off, it's just a little more noticeable when the current is hammering up and down as the arc changes. SO, put the trousers back on and get out there for more practice.

She's hidden them


I can't get that dial to make an ounce of difference tbh. Experimenting with holding the torch at various lengths away from the job seems to have more affect.

[symes]

as for your welds-turn wire speed down --too fast for your heat setting--thats why lots of spatter and practice and practice and---well you know the rest---good going so far though mate--keep torch at constant distance-or lose gas shield keep at it what helmet you using?
maybe you got too dark a lense---number 9 will be fine--number 10/11 too dark-more for mma

[Kevin Wood]

What I want, is somebody else to look at that knows wtf their doing

AndyRoid has kindly offered to pop over, when he's feeling well enough. Bless him

I'd take him up on that, if I were you, but I'd be happy to take a look if you want your mind put at rest in the meantime, once I've finished my week of flying round Scotland trying to avoid the sticky-up bits of land.

She's hidden them

Offs!

I can't get that dial to make an ounce of difference tbh. Experimenting with holding the torch at various lengths away from the job seems to have more affect.

Hmm. I suspect the speed controller is fubar. Should be an easy fix, though.

[05omegav6]

Still using the socket in the kitchen

[symes]

What I want, is somebody else to look at that knows wtf their doing

AndyRoid has kindly offered to pop over, when he's feeling well enough. Bless him

I'd take him up on that, if I were you, but I'd be happy to take a look if you want your mind put at rest in the meantime, once I've finished my week of flying round Scotland trying to avoid the sticky-up bits of land.

She's hidden them

Offs!

I can't get that dial to make an ounce of difference tbh. Experimenting with holding the torch at various lengths away from the job seems to have more affect.

Hmm. I suspect the speed controller is fubar. Should be an easy fix, though.

RS should have one

[chrisgixer]

Still using the socket in the kitchen

Yep.

A spark landed on my head, and I could smell me burning.

[chrisgixer]

What I want, is somebody else to look at that knows wtf their doing

AndyRoid has kindly offered to pop over, when he's feeling well enough. Bless him

I'd take him up on that, if I were you, but I'd be happy to take a look if you want your mind put at rest in the meantime, once I've finished my week of flying round Scotland trying to avoid the sticky-up bits of land.

She's hidden them

Offs!

I can't get that dial to make an ounce of difference tbh. Experimenting with holding the torch at various lengths away from the job seems to have more affect.

Hmm. I suspect the speed controller is fubar. Should be an easy fix, though.

He's pencilled me in for my next off shift, if suitable.