Welding the body

Post by **streetg** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:38 pm

Hi ya can you help , what thickness of mig welding wire would you use to weld the body of my moggy. would you recommend 0.6mm or 0.8mm. i have used 0.6mm and it seems to blow holes in it. i am using co2/arrgone gas. yours hopefully ,thanks gaz.

Post by **paulk** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:48 pm

I use 0.8mm and that seems fine.

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:03 pm

I prefer the .8 - it doesn't help with blowing holes, but does seem less inclined to weld itself to the shroud

Post by **moggyminor16** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:03 pm

i use 0.8 and 0.9mm on my moggy

Post by **doobry** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:15 pm

0.8 oftem seems to work a LOT better on DIY welding sets.
In theory the 0.6mm should givce more control but, unless you have a professional welding set, it might just give more wire feed hassles.

Post by **alex_holden** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:27 pm

I use 0.6 mm in a Clarke welder and it's never welded itself to the shroud. Sometimes with thin sheet you need to pulse the welder on and off in short bursts to stop it blowing holes, particularly if you're butt-welding two pieces together.

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:49 pm

alex_holden wrote:I use 0.6 mm in a Clarke welder and it's never welded itself to the shroud.

It will - just wait...

Post by **chickenjohn** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:57 pm

I too use 0.6mm in my Clark turbo 150 tE, its fine, only gets stuck to the electrode if I get the arc too close to the work too much or don;t clear out the splatter from the shroud.

anti splatter paste dip works well too.

as Alex said, weld in short pulses to avoid blowing holes.

Post by **bigginger** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:14 pm

chickenjohn wrote:too close to the work

My worst welding habit

Must try harder. Anyhow, back to the original post