Thanks the rods are 2.5 mm think I’ve turned it up to around 80 amp and a bit more due to the size of the structure I think I’m right? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you look on the box the welding rods come in it will tell you roughly how many amps you need something like 80-100 (can't remember what it should be for 2.5mm Rods) also if you slow down a little bit and pool the weld left to right or right to left which ever is more comfortable, thats what I do anyway Practice makes perfect as they say
Have you been practising first ? Just practise till you get the feel ,it’s like a chalk gun you have ta practice . Your get it in the end coz your not stupid
Watch something like weldingtipsandtricks on Youtube. I think that weld says going too fast. But then if I tried with my MIG I would have a beautiful bead about an inch to the right of where it should be, or pigeon poo on the right spot. Thats why I am going on a welding course. Or going to specsavers..
75 % of welding is settings ..... I’d start on a flat piece and do 2inch long practice welds ,gradually upping amps ... You want to end up with a non porous weld , equal in width and height with the slag peeling off You kindoff have to push the rod into the weld pool
Thanks I’ve been at it all day finished and the welding improved. Well impossible to weld worse I thinks. Anyway done 23 brackets made welded painted. Just the lead work/ clean the house roof from moss/ paint the Fascia board then I can fit the glass. Ethel’s gonna have to wait Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks I’ve been at it all day finished and the welding improved. Well impossible to weld worse I thinks. brillant quote lol made me laugh
We were supposedly taught Arc welding when doing our YTS in the Thatcher induced wastelands of South Wales - but the Skillcentre welding bays were freezing cold so we only got as far as striking an Arc, running a fillet weld about 6" then putting our gauntlet covered hands on them to keep warm.
