Just wondering if there is a significant difference between the Chinese wire in my HF 90 welder and some more expensive wire from Miller or one of the good supliers?
For that matter can anyone recomend an easier to weld with wire .030?
I am getting some real ugly bubble gum with what I have.
Spent the day welding grinding out my welds and rewelding on my frame to add some gussets. I am not a welder and haven't done much welding since high school with a stick so this is still rather new to me.
So to make a long story short, lots of spatterm and voids, the bead lays down like its a cold weld. I tried adjusting my feed rate lower to get more heat in to the steel but this just seems to cause an unstable arc.
Also kind of windy today.
I tried to clean the welds with some Phosphoric acid on my last pass. This seemed to help a little but I wonder if my trouble might also be just because welding a mini frame is near the upper limits of the welder's ability to penetrate.
For that matter can anyone recomend an easier to weld with wire .030?
I am getting some real ugly bubble gum with what I have.
Spent the day welding grinding out my welds and rewelding on my frame to add some gussets. I am not a welder and haven't done much welding since high school with a stick so this is still rather new to me.
So to make a long story short, lots of spatterm and voids, the bead lays down like its a cold weld. I tried adjusting my feed rate lower to get more heat in to the steel but this just seems to cause an unstable arc.
Also kind of windy today.
I tried to clean the welds with some Phosphoric acid on my last pass. This seemed to help a little but I wonder if my trouble might also be just because welding a mini frame is near the upper limits of the welder's ability to penetrate.