Well thats good to hear. I am on vacation and staying home most of the week next week so I will get back at it, been working a bit of OT the past couple days, actually its been about 42 hours since I last slept. Blood money. Thanks for the pointer Steve.
Bill

OK I got the right gas 75/25 and just hit a piece of angle iron to see how it worked. It is not bouncy anymore and I can drag a bead. Is it supposed to look nice and shiney or should I be satisfied with a dark high bead. I had this thing set on level 4 which is the highest with gas at around 40. The...

Actually the part of the chassis I am working on is the rear clip which is very thin, not 3/16" maybe 1/8" at best. I will wait for the gas, not happy with the stuff I finished, they look solid but need too much grinder work before painting. Also my ground was on a painted are, not sure ho...

I wanted to finsh this weekend. What if I use the Flux Core instead? Will I get better results because I have been trying on scrap all day and it is not working very well. The MIG welder I borrowed is only a Hobart 140 Handler so there is not really much voltage control. It only has 4 settings for v...

Thats exactly whats going on. I am uding straight Argon, didnt think it would make too much difference. Will it make my welds weaker. They are not snotty anymore, they look more like stick welds, not flat.
Thanks,
Bill

How do you prevent snotty welds when MIG welding. Is the voltage too low, wire to fast, not enough gas. I am welding on car chassis. Gave up learning TIG for now, need to get this chassis work done.
Thank You,
Bill

Thanks for the tips, I belive the tungsten I am using may be too thick based on the sizees mentioned here. I would say this part of the chassis is about 1/8" thick at best but the plate I am adding is 3/16". The sheetmetal for the body work is 16 gauge. I decided to stop blowing holes in t...

Hey all, new here and new to welding. I have done a little stick welding at work in the past but that has been a few years. I am an elevator constructor and in construction we weld the elevator rail brackets to the building steel. I am now in the service end of it so it has been about 6 years since ...