Help welding
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Help welding
I am welding my frame connectors through the floor. As I was welding from on top with my welder(Hobart 187), everything was working well. When I tried to weld from underneath( inverted welding), for some reason it just wouldn't weld, the bead just wasn't forming, the bead would just clump up into a ball and fall either onto the ground or into the nozzle. I tried to play with the settings and wire speed, but it wouldn't work. Does anybody have any tips or tricks, besides flipping the car over, haha. Thanks, Anthony
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Point the nozzle in the direction you want to go and lean it back about
45*. Try to start your puddle on the frame connecter and move it to the floorpan. I usually stitch weld the pan to the connecter- pull the trigger,let off over and over.
I hope this helps
45*. Try to start your puddle on the frame connecter and move it to the floorpan. I usually stitch weld the pan to the connecter- pull the trigger,let off over and over.
I hope this helps
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yes you can reverse the polarity but you have to readjust the machine speeds/feeds afterword , when welding upside down i ussually speed up my welding movement( more of a whipping motion ) to keep it from blobing and drag the gun back torwards me and keep more of the heat on the tubing instead of the sheetmetal . and make sure that metal is spotless when you weld even residue from undercoating screws it up .
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