09-15-2013, 06:28 PM
(09-15-2013, 06:23 PM)Highpower Wrote:(09-15-2013, 03:11 PM)EdK Wrote: ...After thinking about it I think that even though the O-rings looked good, one of them probably wasn't sealing tightly and when I pushed it back into the welder I got it seated in further and it sealed. That's my best guess anyway.
Oh, and I do have a jar of nozzle gel.
Ed
I'll buy that for a dollar.
Good job of troubleshooting.
Good beads Ed, but they look a tad cold. Bump up the voltage knob a bit next time and you'll notice that the edges will "wet out" better and flow into the parent metal more smoothly, and not have the lumpy outline.
(Unless you were in Auto-Set mode - in which case you would bump up the wire feed instead.)
Willie,
I was in auto-set mode. I think they look lumpy because I was not keeping the stick-out consistent and I was probably moving too slow. More practice should help with that.
Ed