
Welding - The DIY Guide
The arc welding tutorial (otherwise known as MMA or Stick welding) was produced with the help and guidance of professional welders. Again the tutorial is aimed at beginner and intermediate welders. The joint pages will also be useful read for MIG and TIG welders.
How to MIG Weld - Tutorial
The MIG welding tutorial (below) covers the steps you'll need to take to learn how to MIG weld. It's the sort of thing you'd find in a welding for dummies or welding secrets book, but this one includes videos. If you get stuck we have a very friendly forum that can help.
sooty welds - MIG Welding Forum
2015年1月8日 · I made up a lead today to run the mma side of my inverter. Ran a few beads with various rod sizes to see how it went, everything was fine, ran great. So the i switched back to mig to carry on with the current project, i didnt touch any of the mig settings. Now im getting allot of black soot around the outside of the welds.
Mig welding outside
2016年12月11日 · I mig Aluminium outside all the time and can be a right PITA at times. If you think wind is a pain for mig welding steel try Alu Gust of wind and watch the wire shoot right through the Alu you are welding Often my work is on the slipway and that means I am often 10m or more above the seawall so really exposed.
Car battery disconnect or not? - MIG Welding Forum
2008年10月9日 · Welding generates high-frequency harmonics that will make a heavy ground wire look like an open circuit. I never disconnect anything; I just am very careful where the return lead is placed. Those big bolts on the tranny might be convenient, but they are not the place to place the return lead when welding on the frame, body or exhaust.
Can't see where joint is to weld - MIG Welding Forum
2012年2月22日 · Just got my first MIG welder and trying to practise. With my mask on, and the arc working well (frying bacon) I can see the arc and pool of metal but I can't see the workpiece. So when trying to do a butt joint I can't see where the join is. Garage has Flor tubes and I even switched on a...
Recommendations for car repair - MIG Welding Forum
2024年5月30日 · I am looking to learn MIG welding and perform some repairs to the bodywork (mostly rear sill) of my MK1 MX5 (Eunos Roadster, Miata etc). I have decided to learn after a rather large quote from a MX5 specialist, and as my day job is a Mechanical Engineer, it feels like it could be a quite useful transferrable skill.
MIG Welding
2009年11月24日 · MIG Welding. For intermediate and advanced discussion about MIG (also MAG or GMAW) welding. 1; 2; 3 ...
Molten ball on wire? - MIG Welding Forum
2010年3月18日 · I have a Monomig/Telmig using pure CO2 and 0.8mm mild wire. Welding 2mm mild to 8mm mild on the highest power setting (~130A) I've noticed a few times a ball of molten steel forms on the end of the wire whilst the arc is active instead of going into the weld pool. I've seen them grow to...
Stainless exhaust | MIG Welding Forum
2024年11月26日 · www.mig-welding.co.uk you can mig stainless steel using CO2 or CO2/argon mix and stainless wire, but its not the correct gas to use for stainless steel, so will produce a weaker joint, but an exhaust isnt structural, but may be …