cheers mike for the tips/help will get an 02 bottle an keep practicing then might have a go on the car
cheers mike for the tips/help will get an 02 bottle an keep practicing then might have a go on the car
I tend to turn the regulator all the way up on the gas, I'd rather have good welds than try and save on gas, those lttile bottles do actually last quite a long time. Another vote here on using just co2 and not a mix.
You use pure argon for ally. You should use a mix on steel, you will get better penatration with a mix and less splatter. Has for setting I'm afraid a can't help, each machine is different so its just a case of playing around with it.
Idd; open the gas right up the try.
To be honest clarke welders are crap and so are the welds in produces, get a propper welder not being big headed but its the truth i have used allsorts clarke, cebora, kemppi, esab, sealy,boc,eland the list goes on ! Clarke is the worst performer ever get a cebora 130 turbo as a bare minimum for welding cars
I quite like my little Clarke 150TE, but I don't have much experience of other machines. Much prefer CO2/argon mix to pure CO2.
Try this site for working out rough power/speed settings to get you started and fine tune from there: http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/calculator.htm
Take note in the manual of whether the welder is MIN 1/2/3 MAX 1/2/3 or MIN1/MAX1/MIN2/MAX2/MIN3/MAX3 settings as I think some models differ in their behaviour.
Thanks a whole heap guys had a little go when I got home turned the gas right open an now im in welding heaven not sayings its perfect but its a million times better hardly any splatter an with a little more practice an fine tuning I might let myself on the car thanks again guys rich
Running too much gas is just has bad had running too little , you will introduce perousity into the weld , also cause brittly welds.
I have never used a clarke but have used many 'budget' welders and have never really had a problem, I have also used 20k welders and can say a lot is down to set up rather than make. Yes a Clarke will never run a weld as good as a high budget welder but neither could the person using it. For car repairs I would expect the Clarke welder is more capable of running a perfect weld than most people using them.