Musical timimg would help. I should get a metronome like a beginning musician. I have to right everything down or I can't remember what worked and what didn't. I too keep a weld log lately so I can repeat settimgs that worked.
I'm still working on my engine driven legend. It sat for years unused and I didn't put it to bed properly. I should have blown the gas out of the carb. I now have to restore the carb. I want to replace the fine amperage control on it too before putting it back in service. I gave it all new tuneup parts last year. It's a good old welder worth the restoration effort. I ran 1/8 inch 7018 on it all day 30 years ago. I split the ground and had 2 guys setting up clamping chipping painting and stacking and I just went back and forth doimg the same flat weld all day. It truely was a 100% duty cycle.
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BTW , stringers vs weave ?
Are beads the result from electrode manipulation and stringers the "straight" beads ?
Sorry this is not my language , so I learn
My neighbor come for a help sometime, he did weld tubing for water in asia 30 years ago (he is vietnamese)
First time he tried on the old "buzz box 180A" that I had borrowed, he made a perfect bead
I was tempted to buy a second hand industrial model, but as a beginner this sounded a little risky , and also there are fiew models that work on mono 220V, most use 3 phase 380V
But some of those old TIG plus MMA, plus water coolant, can be find for about 300 USD , and those are very robust outdoor machines, that can be repaired more easily than modern inverters.
May be I will try to get one later , the AC mode is certainly better than on cheaper models from 30 years ago
AC DC Amp https://m.fr.aliexpress.com/item/2050159926.html 30 days delay , often free shipment , not in that case but I ordered 4 plastic sealed boxes for electrodes, about 8 USD each , no shipment cost (those boxes are not sold in France)
You may find an AC amp on Amazon or similar, for a small price
You may have checked that all screws are tight, clean etc ( an ultra sonic bath may help with your gas equipment ?)
Best regards
Are beads the result from electrode manipulation and stringers the "straight" beads ?
Sorry this is not my language , so I learn
My neighbor come for a help sometime, he did weld tubing for water in asia 30 years ago (he is vietnamese)
First time he tried on the old "buzz box 180A" that I had borrowed, he made a perfect bead
I was tempted to buy a second hand industrial model, but as a beginner this sounded a little risky , and also there are fiew models that work on mono 220V, most use 3 phase 380V
But some of those old TIG plus MMA, plus water coolant, can be find for about 300 USD , and those are very robust outdoor machines, that can be repaired more easily than modern inverters.
May be I will try to get one later , the AC mode is certainly better than on cheaper models from 30 years ago
AC DC Amp https://m.fr.aliexpress.com/item/2050159926.html 30 days delay , often free shipment , not in that case but I ordered 4 plastic sealed boxes for electrodes, about 8 USD each , no shipment cost (those boxes are not sold in France)
You may find an AC amp on Amazon or similar, for a small price
You may have checked that all screws are tight, clean etc ( an ultra sonic bath may help with your gas equipment ?)
Best regards
Pianos , restorer and tuner
Dedicated to learn welding since april
slowly learning not complaining of doing beads and beads
pro inverter PROGYS 200 FV PFC CEL+tig lift
OA Oxyflam 1000 cutting and welding gas torch
Dedicated to learn welding since april
slowly learning not complaining of doing beads and beads
pro inverter PROGYS 200 FV PFC CEL+tig lift
OA Oxyflam 1000 cutting and welding gas torch
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