snowflake
Former Albino Ape
So....
A bloke in a pub gave me a stick welder, a little Clarke thing one of his colleagues was throwing out, he is a welder and was going to give me a lesson or two, but this pandemic sort of got in the way.
However bless his cotton socks, he recently dropped the kit off for me.
So the sticks are murex 2.5mm and I got one of those auto dim masks, and the current goal is just to lay down a bead on a bit of 5mm plate.
Questions:
The mask is uber dark, even with the arc burning all I can see is the arc, no perspective of 'the job' /direction of travel. The mask is set at din 14 by the adjustment on the side, the 'internet' reckons for arc welding din 10 is good enough, so if I dial the mask down to din 10 will I be able to see more without melting my eyes?
The earth clamp, does this have to be on 'the work' - in this instance a 5mm plate, or is it OK to earth to the metal table (like a metal workmate sort of thing) 'the work' sits on?
After about half a dozen rods the welder shut down, overheated.....is this something I am doing? simply 'How it is' at this price point? Or possibly why my buddies colleague was disposing of it?
Ta for any tips
S
A bloke in a pub gave me a stick welder, a little Clarke thing one of his colleagues was throwing out, he is a welder and was going to give me a lesson or two, but this pandemic sort of got in the way.
However bless his cotton socks, he recently dropped the kit off for me.
So the sticks are murex 2.5mm and I got one of those auto dim masks, and the current goal is just to lay down a bead on a bit of 5mm plate.
Questions:
The mask is uber dark, even with the arc burning all I can see is the arc, no perspective of 'the job' /direction of travel. The mask is set at din 14 by the adjustment on the side, the 'internet' reckons for arc welding din 10 is good enough, so if I dial the mask down to din 10 will I be able to see more without melting my eyes?
The earth clamp, does this have to be on 'the work' - in this instance a 5mm plate, or is it OK to earth to the metal table (like a metal workmate sort of thing) 'the work' sits on?
After about half a dozen rods the welder shut down, overheated.....is this something I am doing? simply 'How it is' at this price point? Or possibly why my buddies colleague was disposing of it?
Ta for any tips
S