My son came by and wanted to use the MIG welder to weld some light
gauge galvanized steel. I hadn't used the welder for a while and
noticed the C25 cylinder was disconnected. I looked at the wire in the
gun and it appeared to be stainless. So I connected the gas and my son
commenced to welding. The welding didn't work out so well. The wire
kept sticking to the tip of the gun. There was even a big drop that
looked like it was alloyed with the copper tip. I figured the problems
were probably because it was galvanized steel and an inexperienced
welder doing the welds. It was only when I needed to do some welds
with 70S6 wire that I realized the problems came from using
innershield with C25. What I thought was SS wire was actually
innershield. Next time I'll look at the spool in the machine and not
at the wire sticking out.
Eric
- posted
8 years ago