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 Welding help! 
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Post Re: Welding help!
checking through the France V England thread
which has mor stuff in it to diagnose the welding problems
Sean wrote:
that esab looks like it only has 2 power settings might be worth checking what the minimum aperage is or you could be blowing holes in everything.
http://www.welding.org.uk/esabmanuals/Instruction%20Manuals/Origo%20Mag%20C140,%20C150,%20C170,%20C200,%20C250.pdf
35amps minimum might need a bit of practice to get used to it.

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Next step. 10L of pure Argon arrived from the UK. Sean where do I buy the regulator. Another friend is roaming the UK at the moment and can bring it back
In advance many thanks
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Sean wrote:
Ah!
you dont want pure argon for welding steel you really need the Argon co2 mix
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March 7th, 2012, 9:07 am
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Aha, as usual. Sea of informations here 8-) Off to the work shop shortly to investigate and hopefully find the problem. 9 out of 10 cases, the problem is located 20 cm from the wleding job but not this time :mrgreen:

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Any closer to achieving an acceptable weld?

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March 8th, 2012, 11:26 am
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No, been working on other cars dropping in for repairs. Did check the wire tension and speed, no worries there. Nice and even flow. Me think it will be handed over to welding firm to service the beast. Hate when things are not working.

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March 8th, 2012, 3:22 pm
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Probably too much wire speed or not enough heat ( amps)

your weld is not melting into the sheet properly
so it is sitting on top of the sheet
No penetration!!!!!

ken is correct bottle should be upright
but as the weld is clean it is not a gas issue
Practise for about 6 months and u probably get the hang of it

What thickness wire ?
best is .8 mm wire for 2cv thin welding as .6 snags and can cause hold ups
alos .8 is better for non new metals

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March 8th, 2012, 10:04 pm
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Wire is 0.6, will try 0.8

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March 8th, 2012, 10:42 pm
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I recently had to service my welder...

Did 3 weeks straight on structural RHS, it ran beautifully, then two months later it would just fart and spit everywhere... Then it was fine for a few days...

The service guy couldn't even get it firing to use his test equipment... It was a faulty relay, not very common from what he said... I ran like a little ripper! $350 later mind you...

The service guy also stressed to always have a clean nozzle and through in a spare for good measure.

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March 12th, 2012, 12:41 am
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Back to my GASSLESS for the moment, works so damn well. Don't know why I wanted to change :roll:
Service later.

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