WIZEGUY
Our resident wisecat
This welding process is NOT for the beginning welder. You should learn the basics and get good at it before ever trying anything advanced.
To get a good cosmetic weld that looks like a tig type weld you can do what I call the pulse and move. This is done by hitting the trigger.....move around 1/8" to 3/16" ....and hit the trigger again. Repeat the steps until you finish your weld.
Your goal is to have the edges of the weld stack on each other. Like a tig weld.
IMPORTANT: You MUST turn up your heat and wire speed to maintain the same penatration and weld coverage as in a "normal" mig weld.
I've welded suspension components like this for years with no failures.
But please, practice this after you get good at traditional welding.
Do not weld anything critical until you have mastered this. If your in doubt, you should keep trying on unimportant items.
Tracy
To get a good cosmetic weld that looks like a tig type weld you can do what I call the pulse and move. This is done by hitting the trigger.....move around 1/8" to 3/16" ....and hit the trigger again. Repeat the steps until you finish your weld.
Your goal is to have the edges of the weld stack on each other. Like a tig weld.
IMPORTANT: You MUST turn up your heat and wire speed to maintain the same penatration and weld coverage as in a "normal" mig weld.
I've welded suspension components like this for years with no failures.
But please, practice this after you get good at traditional welding.
Do not weld anything critical until you have mastered this. If your in doubt, you should keep trying on unimportant items.
Tracy