Please feel free to add anything that will help us beginners!!
All advise tried, some even used!!
Let us new guys to welding in on some of secrets guys!!
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1. Positive gun, Negative ground when welding sheet metal.
2. Negative gun, Positive ground when welding heavy steel.
(Reverse Polarity)
3. Slow the feed down to get penetration.
Fast wire just stacks the weld up on the stock you are trying to weld.
4. Flux core wire sucks rocks for anything.
It spatters, it won't penetrate, it doesn't hold worth beans, and it makes a mess of your welds...
5. Always get an Argon/ Carbon Dioxide (75/ 25% Mix) bottle and mild steel wire.
6. For aluminum wire, welding aluminum, Positive gun, Negative ground.
7. Always use the correct size tip for what ever wire you are using.
8. KEEP YOUR TIPS AND NOZZLES CLEAN!
9. Don't assume you are not going to get a jolt if you touch or hold the work together with bare hands... because you WILL!!
10. Learn to STITCH BACK AND FORTH while you are welding.
Nothing like controlling the puddle and penetration with the stitch...
"I Have The Body Of A God... Buddha"
All advise tried, some even used!!
Let us new guys to welding in on some of secrets guys!!
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1. Positive gun, Negative ground when welding sheet metal.
2. Negative gun, Positive ground when welding heavy steel.
(Reverse Polarity)
3. Slow the feed down to get penetration.
Fast wire just stacks the weld up on the stock you are trying to weld.
4. Flux core wire sucks rocks for anything.
It spatters, it won't penetrate, it doesn't hold worth beans, and it makes a mess of your welds...
5. Always get an Argon/ Carbon Dioxide (75/ 25% Mix) bottle and mild steel wire.
6. For aluminum wire, welding aluminum, Positive gun, Negative ground.
7. Always use the correct size tip for what ever wire you are using.
8. KEEP YOUR TIPS AND NOZZLES CLEAN!
9. Don't assume you are not going to get a jolt if you touch or hold the work together with bare hands... because you WILL!!
10. Learn to STITCH BACK AND FORTH while you are welding.
Nothing like controlling the puddle and penetration with the stitch...
"I Have The Body Of A God... Buddha"