Learning to weld & equipment

johnny curt 1 said:

cheers mate i aint gorra single piece of paper sez i can do it but ive been welding for the last 15 years now so its almost second nature (havent done pigeon **** or hedgehog welds for years now ) lmao

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G-man said:

i taught myself to weld about 3 years ago........ after a few mins i can normally get some fairly decent welds (strong but not always pretty lol) the only thing i have trouble with is welding thin stuff to thick stuff

i need to get myself another auto dimming helmet as mine went tits up

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johnny curt 1 said:

ive never used a auto dimming helmet as im rather partial to useing the old style full face drop down mask the ones from b&spew are rather good fer the tenner they cost if nothing else theyre a great backup

as for welding thick to thin try concentrating your heat more on the thick stuff and flicking the puddle into the edge of the thin evry now and then it seems to blend in rather nicely without blowin the hell out of the thin stuff

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50 pence said:

My welder/welding is all over the place !. ( Draper 1302T )

Finally got it out the back of the garage to find the 0.6mm wire all rusty and running through a 0.8mm tip.

So shot to Halfords and bought some 0.6mm tips, a reel of 0.6mm wire and a disposable bottle of CO2. ( ouch ).

Got it all home, put it all on the welder and let it rip on some clean 1" box section.

Got a couple of good runs, but did seem to " stutter " a bit.

Without my finger on the trigger, I could hear a hissing coming from the handle.
Took it apart to find the " O " ring that seals the 4mm pipe to the " tap " under the trigger to be out of its housing slightly. ( no wonder my gas was always empty ).

Now sorted, and getting a better weld.

Im defo going to look into a bigger bottle though, as £ 13 a go for a " soda stream " bottle is no good.

Cheers my welding buddies !.

Del.

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G-man said:

i just googled your welder and it looks a lot like the SIP migmate130 i had..... i fecking hated it! it used to do that weld for about an inch then spatter and fart about, it was the wire feed motor and mechanism, i junked the whole welder (still sits behind me garage)


that reminds me...... i could do with modifying my welder to accept a euro torch



ere anyone know how?

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