| RE:Any welders in the house!! |
Subject: RE:Any welders in the house!! by BillH on 2008/1/21 18:09:58 I bought a WeldPak 100 10 years ago mainly because it was 110v and small enough to fit in the race trailer. It's a nice little welder for brackets and shop equipment. I wouldn't use it on a frame, but it sounds like you're just welding a bracket on so you should be ok. Yea, HD has the wire. I think roll costs about $12, I haven't bought the flux lately, converted it to MIG. HD also has the tips. Is the tip all garbaged up? You can usually get away with just scraping the crap off and if the hole isn't plugged up it'll work. If the wire's broken off inside, unscrew the tip, hit the trigger to push some more wire out. Then slide the cleaned tip over the wire and screw it bach into the gun. Your wire stick out should be about 3/8ths. before you start. 3/8ths above the work is also a good distance to start. You should angle the gun at about 30 degrees. It's harder to see the puddle but I get a better weld when the gun is angled back over the puddle. What is the thickness of the bracket? Let me know and I'll sugggest the starting settings. Seems to me that if the wire's sticking, the heat's a little low. |
