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I went back to your first post and read you were using argon. I did read it but that was a few days ago and I forgot what was in it. How did the .045 wire work?
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Maybe Jody heard your complaints...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUpmiDL92V8
Neat scotchbrite trick.
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Long arc, short arc, heliarc and in-the-dark!
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"Other factors also can be responsible for inadequate shielding, such as contaminated shielding gas or hydrocarbon contaminants on the surface of the filler wire or parent material.
But if the smut is just aluminum and magnesium oxide, why is it black?
These substances are white. The particle size of the oxides in weld smut is so small that it acts as a light trap and appears black."
When you're using 5k series wire, you will never get rid of all smut.
With all do respect to the guy in the video, if I tried the ScotchBrite tick in the gun barrel, I'd have a nice plastic molten goo to deal with!
The wire curling is common with small wire and can be obviated somewhat by using the tightest tip you can as long as it doesn't create other problems. 5356 is much stiffer than 4043 and if there is a choice, make sure your liner is the right diameter. I can say honestly that I've never had a bad roll of wire. Recently I ran some Chinese stuff that was as good as any.
What thegary said about wire speed is true and his advice to stick with 3/64 is sound.
You must post more close-up pics.
Well are you welding with 5356 yet?
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I tig welded my boat stringers with 5356. My spool gun has to be sucking air somewhere because I've been through every setting systematically several times with the same results. It can't be the gas since I use the same bottle for tig.
I haven't been out to the shop for a while since my best friend and fishing partner got out of the fence and was run over and killed by some a-hole who didn't bother to stop.
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Sorry to hear about your best friend and fishing partner.
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My condolences, as well.
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That sucks Zoama. Sorry to hear that.
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Yea, that does suck. I lost mine a couple years ago. Due to my age opted for no more. But you are probably young and will get a new fishing partner your old one will approve of. Sorry to hear about it and down here they would not stop either.
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I have you by 7 (I figured a lot more). I know it sucks though. Crazy here, you hit a duck and there is a fine. Not sure if anything for a dog.
I know when mine was hit it there was no hope though. Private road and all but it still happened. I wish you well. Hang in there. 1 year, 2 year 10 years. All hurts.
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I have being reading this post on spool gun and aluminum welding on mine it was the gas flow was to low on tig welding at was set to 25 to 30 SCFH @ 50 PSIG for aluminum and had to go to 50 to 55 SCFH @ 50 PSIG for the spool gun to get it to work with 5356 but 4043 does work a lot nicer. Sorry about you fishing buddy, had my buddy for 17 years still miss the old girl after two years had a heart attack, dog have them too.
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I hate to throw money at problems but I could not make the other spool gun function correctly. It sucked air and had erratic wire feed speed. I tried and tried but couldn't correct those problems.
I purchased the same basic spool gun from Mundaka but it has a much nicer one piece lead, same as a regular mig gun and uses common Tweco front end parts. I changed them to the screw on 23 style that I use on my Profax mig gun.
My skill isn't there yet and I'm guessing at pulse settings but I at least have a starting point now. I also learned from an old Esab chart that 5356 needs lower voltage and higher wire speed than 4043.
Here are a couple of pics I took about two months ago when I got the new spool gun and started testing again
I've been working a lot more lately so I haven't had much testing time but I think I'll catch on quicker now that the spool gun problem is solved.
If anyone would like to share pulse settings for .090 aluminum I'd love to test them. I might even learn to weld in a straight line.
Links to my welding projects > : Spray Arc with the 250p : Coldsaw Stand : Welding Cart : Heavy Duty Rolling Shelf : Taller Bandsaw
2013 250EX : SSC Pedal : I-MIG 250P 20' Profax gun : Power Plasma 60 p80 torch : 3M Speedglas 9100XX : Evolution Rage 3 DB cold saw
Mike R.
Email: admineverlast@everlastwelders.com
www.everlastgenerators.com
www.everlastwelders.com
877-755-9353 x203
M-F 12 - 7PM PST
FYI: PP50, PP80, IMIG-200, IMIG-250P, 210EXT and 255EXT.
Links to my welding projects > : Spray Arc with the 250p : Coldsaw Stand : Welding Cart : Heavy Duty Rolling Shelf : Taller Bandsaw
2013 250EX : SSC Pedal : I-MIG 250P 20' Profax gun : Power Plasma 60 p80 torch : 3M Speedglas 9100XX : Evolution Rage 3 DB cold saw
Everlast PowerTig 325EXT (Canada)
Everlast Power I Mig 250 (Canada)
Everlast PowerPlasma 80S (Canada)
Everlast PowerCool W300 (Canada)
Everlast PowerMTS 250S Fitted with a 30A Spoolgun(Canada)
Miller Dynasty 400 wireless(Canada)
Millermatic 252 plus 30A Spoolgun(Canada)
Links to my welding projects > : Spray Arc with the 250p : Coldsaw Stand : Welding Cart : Heavy Duty Rolling Shelf : Taller Bandsaw
2013 250EX : SSC Pedal : I-MIG 250P 20' Profax gun : Power Plasma 60 p80 torch : 3M Speedglas 9100XX : Evolution Rage 3 DB cold saw