Harbor Freight Tools 55525 - Manual (Page 23)

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Crooked/wavy bead
pOssIbLE CAUsEs AnD sOLUtIOns
stickout too long:
Reduce stickout.
Inaccurate welding:
Use two hands or rest hand on steady
surface.
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porosity
small cavities or holes in the bead.
pOssIbLE CAUsEs AnD sOLUtIOns
stickout too long:
Reduce stickout.
Dirty workpiece or welding wire:
Make certain that workpiece and wire are
both clean and free from oil, coatings, and
other residues.
Insufficient gas flow at weld:
Increase flow of shielding gas.
Dirty nozzle:
Clean nozzle by following the directions in
the cleaning section of this manual.
Wrong type of shielding gas:
Use only the correct welding gas for the
application and wire.
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Excessive spatter
spatter that is grainy and large.
fine spatter is normal.
pOssIbLE CAUsEs AnD sOLUtIOns
Wire feeding too fast:
Reduce wire feed speed.
stickout too long:
Reduce stickout.
Dirty workpiece or welding wire:
Make certain that workpiece and wire are
both clean and free from oil, coatings, and
other residues.
Insufficient gas flow at weld:
Increase flow of shielding gas.
shielding gas being blown away from
weld area:
Protect the weld area from drafts.
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stRIKE tEst
A test weld on a pIECE Of sCRAp can be tested
by using the following procedure.
W E A R A n s I G O G G L E s D U R I n G t H I s
pROCEDURE.
After two scraps have been welded to-
gether and the weld has cooled, clamp one
scrap * in a sturdy vise.
Stay clear from underneath while you strike
the opposite scrap with a heavy hammer,
preferably a dead-blow hammer.
A good weld will deform but not break.
A poor weld will be brittle and snap at the
weld.
* this test WILL damage the weld it is performed
on. this test is OnLy an indicator of weld tech-
nique and is not intended to test working welds.
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