David's Build Thread

[Davidbolam]

I eventually trial fitted my engine last night so it feels like I have made some progress with my build!

Today I picked up the phone to protech and ordered my shocks! My build budget has taken a bit of a wack!

I have posted a couple of photos to my flickr account

[HandyAndy]

Nice progress David, getting the engine in is a major milestone of the build

You,ll soon be taking it for a little spin I,m sure

cheers
andy

[Davidbolam]

I did a bit of welding tonight . I was trying to tack in my engine mounts but some some reason I cannot get the welds to stick. I must be the worst welder ever lol well nearly. My mate had ago and it was worse. Will give it another try tomorrow evening aghhh. On the plus side protect emailed me to day to say they are going to make my shocks tomorrow and send them out!!

[minicountryman1961]

Originally Posted by Davidbolam

I did a bit of welding tonight . I was trying to tack in my engine mounts but some some reason I cannot get the welds to stick. I must be the worst welder ever lol well nearly. My mate had ago and it was worse. Will give it another try tomorrow evening aghhh. On the plus side protect emailed me to day to say they are going to make my shocks tomorrow and send them out!!

Did you run out of gas and not notice?

Also, when I bought my MIG it was setup for fluxcore wire, when I converted it to Argon/CO2 I forgot to change the polarity. It was awful. Then I realized my mistake and switched it and it has been doing great ever since.
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[Davidbolam]

There is definately gas coming out. For some reason the tips kept getting welded to the wire. Is this normal as I went through a whole packet of 5. Looks like i will have to watch youtube!!

[K4KEV]

sounds like a wire feeding issue if the arc is burning back to the tip and knacking them....check for the usual issues like no kinks or tight curves in the torch line, feed mechanism is set right and wire that you are using is clean and free from rust

[Davidbolam]

The wire is feeding out without any issues. would it be worthwhile trying with a faster wire speed?

[CTWV50]

Turn up the wire speed and make sure the metal is clean that happened to me alot at first.

[K4KEV]

I usually have my wire speed around 6-7 for horizontal and vertical welding and tacking......I only ever turn it down for thin gauge metal and overhead welding
if it "bobbling" at the end of the wire when you are welding then it is defo too slow.....it should look like it is spraying out the end of the wire

[skov]

Run some beads on a scrap bit of steel, whilst slowly increasing/decreasing the wire speed.
Too slow and it'll come out in blobs, too fast and it'll feel like a machine gun.
Somewhere between the two it'll feel 'right' and you'll get a nice sizzling (often described like bacon frying in a pan!).

Also make sure the metal you're welding is clean, and your ground clamp is attached firmly, and close to where you're welding.