Mig welding question

[handirifle]

Yea its easy not to wear this stuff too, especially in summer. I suppose being on fire probably is a tad MORE uncomfortable than sweating.

I was using my 7" disc sander on a trailer I was working on, and noticed my leg getting warm. The sparks burned a hole right thru my jeans, and were starting to work on my leg. On top of ruining a nice pair of jeans, I had a 1" red spot on my leg for days. I considered myself lucky there.

 

[metalbender]

Ha ha. Whole new meaning to the warm fuzzy feeling. Been there, done that. Have a welding jacket with leather sleeves. Hotter than h### but I’ll take that over the burning type of heat.

 

[jaxs]

Yea its easy not to wear this stuff too, especially in summer. I suppose being on fire probably is a tad MORE uncomfortable than sweating.

I was using my 7" disc sander on a trailer I was working on, and noticed my leg getting warm. The sparks burned a hole right thru my jeans, and were starting to work on my leg. On top of ruining a nice pair of jeans, I had a 1" red spot on my leg for days. I considered myself lucky there.

Had the jeans been synthetic,they might have burst into flames. If not into flames,they could melt and stick to your skin. 100% cotton (like the jeans) will only smolder but never burst into flames. That's the good news about cotton,now something bad about cotton. If you remove the garment and toss it aside,it can smolder (no visiable smoke) for hours then re-ignite. Eventhough cotton doesn't flame up like paper,it can and will set paper on fire. If you question the fact cotton can smolder for hours then become fully involved,how about smoldering for days? Ask a cotton farmer, firefighter or anyone who's attempted burned a mattress or sofa. With all that said,I wear jeans and 100% cotton long sleeve shirts when Texas temperatures reach triple digits. When finished,I toss garments into metal barrel with lid. I live in the country and it's less than 50 yards from my shop to the house.

 

[WranglerX]

Another but different issue the green sweater brings up is, when I got my first welding jacket which was one of those nice green ones.... After about 10 minutes into welding noticed a lot of reflected light in rear of hood.... "Green tinged"... Pulled off green jacket and no more reflections... Was able to take jacket back to welding supply and exchange it for a BLACK one... NO more reflections into back side of helmet.... Just FYI in case you are getting reflections into back of helmet....

Dale

 

[Big Barn]

Another but different issue the green sweater brings up is, when I got my first welding jacket which was one of those nice green ones.... After about 10 minutes into welding noticed a lot of reflected light in rear of hood.... "Green tinged"... Pulled off green jacket and no more reflections... Was able to take jacket back to welding supply and exchange it for a BLACK one... NO more reflections into back side of helmet.... Just FYI in case you are getting reflections into back of helmet....

Dale

I wear a blue welding jacket when using a Miller.

Perhaps the green is most compatible with an Everlast...?

 

[aczlan]

I wear a blue welding jacket when using a Miller.

Perhaps the green is most compatible with an Everlast...?

My Everlast seems to be compatible with my black Hobart jacket and blue Hobart gloves...

Aaron Z

 

[handirifle]

Fashion welding?

 

[Roger9107]

For one, you're way past the capacity of the machine. I assume you are using spray transfer which is not suitable for thick metal. The weld will probably fail even if the machine could handle it. 2 as an older machine the duty cycle diminishes for a number of reasons. For metal that thickness I would use a stick welder with 7018.

 

[handirifle]

You need to read the whole thread. The flat bar is 1/8" thick. I explained that later. The width is 1" and 1.5". I would never try 1" thick material with this machine. Besides the issue turned out to be the tip was crusty.

The duty cycle seems to be fine for my uses currently. If I go to heavier metals, I will use a stick welder. I have in the past welded 3/8" with no problem. Not in one pass, but it works.