Gassless mig welding

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FlyingScot
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Gassless mig welding

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I have been happily welding the driver's side sill on my 2 door for the last few days. There's always more to do than you think. Yesterday I ran out of wire, I bought a new roll and fitted it. Now I cant weld properly, spatter eveywhere, no penetration on low power, big holes on high power. Any suggestions? :evil:
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Post by flying »

one question does your machine work with gasless wire/non gas?....if it does then you need to turn the connection around ie the neg and torch :wink:
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Post by 8009STEVE »

Did you get gasless wire? If it is ordinary mig wire, it dont work.
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Post by FlyingScot »

Hi, the mig unit is exclusively gassless, the wire is the flux cored stuff too.
I'm currently stumped. I even replaced the sleeve, tip and shroud. Did't help though. :x
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Post by alex_holden »

Make sure you have a good earth connection.
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