woodsmith
Bronze Member
I have a Cebora Boxer 155 mig welder that I have been using to weld steel and it has been faultless.
I have just bought a mini bottle of Argon, a teflon liner and a small spool of aluminium wire as I would like to be able to weld some small aluminium parts, mainly thin wall tube from old tent poles to make bicycle trailers.
To date I have been using pop rivets and epoxy glue but could do with welding some parts.
First attempts have been hit and miss, either melting the tube away completely or just blobbing on the surface. The welds around the melted tube has been smooth and shiny but the blobs have been cratered and rough looking. Not getting much in between.
Should I have more power lower wire speed or less power higher wire speed or something else?
I only have 7 power settings and a wire speed dial.
Any advice or tips to help me progress further in my trail runs please?
If I can get a nice consistent bead run then I can work on it from there until I improve enough to actually join bits together.
If this works then I will invest in a larger gas bottle but I don't need it enough to invest in TIG right now.
Thank you.
I have just bought a mini bottle of Argon, a teflon liner and a small spool of aluminium wire as I would like to be able to weld some small aluminium parts, mainly thin wall tube from old tent poles to make bicycle trailers.
To date I have been using pop rivets and epoxy glue but could do with welding some parts.
First attempts have been hit and miss, either melting the tube away completely or just blobbing on the surface. The welds around the melted tube has been smooth and shiny but the blobs have been cratered and rough looking. Not getting much in between.
Should I have more power lower wire speed or less power higher wire speed or something else?
I only have 7 power settings and a wire speed dial.
Any advice or tips to help me progress further in my trail runs please?
If I can get a nice consistent bead run then I can work on it from there until I improve enough to actually join bits together.
If this works then I will invest in a larger gas bottle but I don't need it enough to invest in TIG right now.
Thank you.