Welder question
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- TNIceWolf
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Welder question
I have a 110V Craftsman welder I bought used at a pawn shop. When I got it I just refilled the spool of flux core wire and let a friend use it to try and weld up some exhaust pipe with it. It is convertible to a gas bottle quite easily if I can come up with the needed pieces to attatch one. The problem my friend had with using it is that the wire tends to arc when brought into contact with the grounded material without the trigger being pulled. Any ideas on what would be causing this and how I would go about fixing the problem?
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HHC 4/67AR.... Bandits.....88-92
Presently in the stable
1969 Ford F-350 DRW
1989 Chevy S-10 Tahoe ( It gets me to work and back and fetches parts and groceries)
1981 Buick Regal ( My deceased uncles last project/driver....renamed project Regal Eagle to be finished in his honor)
1990 Ford F-150 ( Miss Yvonnes Daily Driver )
My F-350 project http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=41744
- iamthewreckingcrew
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Re: Welder question
Double post.
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302/c4/3.50
81 F-100 Long Box 2wd
460/c6/3.00
92 F-150 Lariat 4wd
302/auto couldn't go wrong for $500
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Re: Welder question
Mine will do it if you just finished a tac weld then go to do another.
Justin
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http://www.fordification.com/forum/view ... 22&t=47482
http://s976.photobucket.com/home/bb429power/allalbums go to both of the albums.
1967 Ford F100 longbed with a 466 500+hp/600+ft-lbs (mine)
1969 Mercury Cougar xr7 with a 351w (dads, I helped alot)
1970 Ford Maverick with a 302 (became our drag car)
1986 f150 5.0 (my DD)
"Many can argue, but it takes a real man to apologize."-Me