Would the welders look at this please |
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Would the welders look at this please |
BPic |
Mar 19 2019, 06:59 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 341 Joined: 5-February 18 From: Miami, Florida Member No.: 21,864 Region Association: South East States |
I've been welding in this car for a year and never had anything like this happen.
I ran out of gas and the welder was doing fine. Got a new bottle delivered today and hooked it up. When I started welding it sounded different, lots of soot, the metal doesn't puddle the way it did before and the welds look like crap! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) The other thing that happens is that the wire fuses itself to the gun tip. Settings are the same on the machine and everything was fine. The only thing that changed was a new bottle of gas. I'm sure it's possible for them to put the wrong mix or the wrong gas but before I call them is there something else I should be looking at? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Thanks in advance, Brad |
Joemo5 |
Mar 23 2019, 09:20 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 54 Joined: 1-April 18 From: Charlotte, North Carolina Member No.: 22,011 Region Association: South East States |
I'm definitely no expert but I've heard that welding through galvanized or zinc coatings can give off dangerous fumes so be cautious.
Speaking of shielding gas though, I've caught myself holding the mig gun too far away or at a bad angle in order to get better view of the puddle which resulted in similar results to the OP's issue. Moving the gun more upright and keeping the tip around 3/8 from the work piece improved my results. Glad to see the new bottle fixed the issue though. |
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