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Welding 101 tips and tricks.
- Thread starter Babaganoosh
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Most likely, but everything else looks great on it? I did try pulling about 15 feet of wire off and it still was rusty on the top. I couldn't spray it down with say wd40 could I? I would think that would be a huge no no.
Just get a spool of new wire. Welds are coming along nicely!
readymix
3/4 ton status
No oil on the wire. They do make little cleaning pads for stuff like that but I have never used them
I'll see about getting a new spool of wire, how much am I looking at and should I get .035 wire again? The roller says .023-.035
readymix
3/4 ton status
go get a 2lb spoil of .030 ER 70 S2. It should cost $10 - $15
Be sure that the 2lb spools will fit though. The center of the spool is much smaller than the 10lb spools
Be sure that the 2lb spools will fit though. The center of the spool is much smaller than the 10lb spools
Alright I will see what I can do.
Here is the regulator. I would assume the gauge on the right is showing how much is in the tank?
Here is the regulator. I would assume the gauge on the right is showing how much is in the tank?
Correct. And the gauge on the left will show what's coming out, but you only get a real reading when pulling the trigger. I generally run at like 10ish psi.
Also, id keep practicing with that wire you have. So its a little rusty and spatters... You still are making some much better welds. You got it already so id keep practicing with it.
Also, id keep practicing with that wire you have. So its a little rusty and spatters... You still are making some much better welds. You got it already so id keep practicing with it.
That is my thinking as well but I don't want to hurt it. But what's done is done.
readymix
3/4 ton status
The gauge should read in CFH not PSI. Run it at about 18-20 CFH.
wasted wages
1 ton status
Welds are much improved....
hear the bacon frying yet ???
hear the bacon frying yet ???
Yes and no, I just can't keep it as consistent as I would like.
Are you making U's/V's, or my personal favorite lazy "j's"?
These are lower case e's. Seems to be what I can do best, I tried the zig zag method and it was ok.
My welding instructor said as he got older, he got more shaky. So one of his moves was the Hudson Shake. Which was random shaky movements lol.
Looked just as good as all the other flat welding techniques. I personally just go back and forth, all that thinking crap is... Well too much thinking. I only find it needed while welding on vertical stuff to use different motions.
Looked just as good as all the other flat welding techniques. I personally just go back and forth, all that thinking crap is... Well too much thinking. I only find it needed while welding on vertical stuff to use different motions.
I think the main thing is just stick with what you are most comfortable with and what works for you.
Friend of mine tagged me in this on FB
I think being able to set up the machine for the weld you need to do, is 90 percent of what you need to know. Wiggling your hand isn't the part that really matters IMO.
TheBeast_88K5
Banned
True.
