Use some foam ear plugs , poke the wire through one before you feed it into the rollers . Just take the tip off the end of the torch and feed the liner through . Then cut it slightly longer and screw the tip back in . When you cut it , use a cutting disc and not snips as this makes the end sharp . Also if you can get hold of some anti spatter spray and spray in the liner
Excellent Marcus I have three welders in the shed using CO2 gas for the mig as it is cheaper and with the correct values and regulator you can use old O2 cylinders. They have this system were you buy your bottle and swap it out each time its emtery so you only pay for the gas such as with Argon. The MIG welder with an argon regulator, the "wire" refers to the solid welding wire that this wire is typically made of a metal like steel, aluminum, or stainless steel depending on the material you are welding, cheers
Knock head of those welds and run some more over the top mate. Slow the wire speed down and ramp it up on power and learn a method that lets you pool the weld . Granted it’s not seen but then welds don’t look super strong yet. I do like the rear anti roll bars idea. But most get removed
On non industrial welders use 0.6 wire and a 15% Argon mix, the welds will be much better and cleaner. When undoing an old spring clamp the secret is patience, crack the nut if it will go without snapping, turn it back tight and then undo it again a little further, if friction warmth builds up, walk away and wait. If you have a nut the same size you can put a cut into it on an angle, use the angle of the cut forwards and backwards by turning the nut around, use the cut in the nut to clean the threads extending out of the clamp, it'll make it easier to undo the one on the clamp, use loads of spray grease or similar. On another note, I finally bought my late brothers MK2 Capri Ghia with 34,000 on the clock. It's a Ford thing....
Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 I have found the 0.6 wire just makes the welds too small. Yes it’s neater but takes way more welds to get a job done (I am certainly not an expert tho!😀. . . . As for the U-bolts, I knew I was changing them anyway. . . . . Sorry to hear about your brother! ☹️ Good luck with the Capri. 👍
If the welder uses a plastic liner change it. Always make sure the welding wire has no sharp edges on it and feed it in by hand till it comes out torch.
i have the same welder and its surprisingly good, and 3mm shouldnt be a problem at all with that, i've done thicker with mine and its very solid. im no profesional when it comes to welding and can look messy sometimes but its a good strong weld from that welder
I have had decent (I mean as decent as I’m gonna get with my lack of talent) results too, and I was just glad that it was able to run off my generator. 👍
Close the bottle press the trigger and set the speed control for the wire the Guage on the bottle the the little ball bearing should go too 2 bar. Or. PSI
I doubt it to be honest mate. I’m not good enough at welding to know if it’s any good. But it has managed to do all the jobs iv needed it for (except where it failed in the video of course) . . . Fingers crossed the new life we had solved my issues! 🤞
Ignore anyone who says "it's a crap welder" unless you're professional. The fact is that it has a job and if it does that job to a satisfactory standard then it's good for hobbying. Only pro welders need to be expensive because you're paying for "duty cycle", how much time it can be used before it gets too hot and needs to cool off and how long it takes to cool off. Professionals are welding for hours on end so need a 90% or more duty cycle. Cheap welders heat up quick and cool down slow so no good for prolonged jobs. You can still do and complete the job but it takes much longer just waiting for the welding machine and time equals money. Welding is expensive because of life dependency. Anyone can weld for cars etc up to 50 ton but over 50 ton you need 'coding', which is a specific test in what you will be working on. Things like gasworks and dangerous heavy machinery require coding to get near them, specific training in all the health and safety and methods etc...
160 inverter welder costs £300? Big Bottle of gas and a reg which comes with the welder 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 talk it up chanp took me 2 weeks to work it out and I was 14 yr old😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@peterepeat7066 congratulations, but you'll never be coded 😊 what you can do with a 300 quid MIG, I can do with arc and gas. That's education for you. MIG is for noobs that can't weld.
Codings don’t go off the weight of anything or the safety of anything, codings are used to show you can actually weld a specific job which follows 1 procedure, the procedure is written up by someone cleverer than the welder and you have parameters to stay within, when you take your test to gain yours codings you are witnessed by an insurance company (Lloyd’s register) and the welder inspector passes or fails you, there’s no minimum or maximum thickness or weight , I’ve been coded in multiple grades of steel various weld methods and consumables for about 15 years now, aircraft carriers, submarines, truck ferries rigs all sorts
@benbirch5914 you just said what I said. Health and safety and method aka procedure. 50 ton is what you can be covered for on insurance without coding. For example, small fire escapes and other small structures.. After that it's specialised interest like pressure vessels etc.. You added nothing new. Everything you worked on is over 50 ton. Lorries are 45 ton so they experience loads higher than 50 ton. The rest are self explanatory.
So I hear! 😀 I wasn’t actually welding with rusty wire but when I manually fed rusty wire through the old liner to test it, it got progressively even worse very quickly. 👍
CO2 can be used but it's not as clean as argon. CO2 still allows moisture and will age the metal more than using inert gasses. Better than nothing if you're in a pinch but beware that CO2 is a killer in enclosed spaces as it is lighter than air. Inert gasses go to the floor and run away..
For someone with my very limited talent it would take aaaaages to make the plates exactly the right size, and there would always be the risk that I would grind too much and then have to start again. . . . Don’t worry though, the axle can’t be seen from the driver’s seat! 😀
I was under the impression it was low carbon steel coated in a small amount of copper, can’t understand it being that much copper content as people use copper as a heat sink and it dosn’t weld, just so you know I’m not being a dick I just always thought it was a copper coating to prevent liner issues, interesting I will have to do more reading on the subject
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Stick a panhard rod & some tramp bars to keep the axle in check. With the front end you need tension struts - not much money for the benefits you get.
Mate im being spoilt with all this content, gives me inspiration 🙌 thank you marcus 🙏
Thanks for watching mate! 👍
keep it coming brother 😊
for thick metal use a blow torch to pre heat the area. you will find it'll weld much better.
Use some foam ear plugs , poke the wire through one before you feed it into the rollers . Just take the tip off the end of the torch and feed the liner through . Then cut it slightly longer and screw the tip back in . When you cut it , use a cutting disc and not snips as this makes the end sharp . Also if you can get hold of some anti spatter spray and spray in the liner
Excellent Marcus I have three welders in the shed using CO2 gas for the mig as it is cheaper and with the correct values and regulator you can use old O2 cylinders. They have this system
were you buy your bottle and swap it out each time its emtery so you only pay for the gas such as with Argon. The MIG welder with an argon regulator, the "wire" refers to the solid welding wire that this wire is typically made of a metal like steel, aluminum, or stainless steel depending on the material you are welding, cheers
Knock head of those welds and run some more over the top mate.
Slow the wire speed down and ramp it up on power and learn a method that lets you pool the weld .
Granted it’s not seen but then welds don’t look super strong yet.
I do like the rear anti roll bars idea. But most get removed
Make sure you set the roller tension correctly loads of videos about how to do that, makes a huge difference ✌️✌️
@marcus for welding on cars u need 85/15% mixture so 85 argon and 15 co2...then u can weld properly on dirty metals
You can easily add one of those wire wipers. It’s basically a scotch brite pad with a bull dog paper clip holding it in place.
Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 If you have a pic of what you describe feel free to email me @ marcushayesuk@gmail.com 👍
On non industrial welders use 0.6 wire and a 15% Argon mix, the welds will be much better and cleaner. When undoing an old spring clamp the secret is patience, crack the nut if it will go without snapping, turn it back tight and then undo it again a little further, if friction warmth builds up, walk away and wait. If you have a nut the same size you can put a cut into it on an angle, use the angle of the cut forwards and backwards by turning the nut around, use the cut in the nut to clean the threads extending out of the clamp, it'll make it easier to undo the one on the clamp, use loads of spray grease or similar.
On another note, I finally bought my late brothers MK2 Capri Ghia with 34,000 on the clock. It's a Ford thing....
Thanks for the advice mate! 👍 I have found the 0.6 wire just makes the welds too small. Yes it’s neater but takes way more welds to get a job done (I am certainly not an expert tho!😀. . . . As for the U-bolts, I knew I was changing them anyway. . . . . Sorry to hear about your brother! ☹️ Good luck with the Capri. 👍
If the welder uses a plastic liner change it. Always make sure the welding wire has no sharp edges on it and feed it in by hand till it comes out torch.
I was surprised to see it had a metal liner as standard. Fingers crossed the new liner solves all my issues! 🤞
i have the same welder and its surprisingly good, and 3mm shouldnt be a problem at all with that, i've done thicker with mine and its very solid. im no profesional when it comes to welding and can look messy sometimes but its a good strong weld from that welder
I have had decent (I mean as decent as I’m gonna get with my lack of talent) results too, and I was just glad that it was able to run off my generator. 👍
Close the bottle press the trigger and set the speed control for the wire the Guage on the bottle the the little ball bearing should go too 2 bar. Or. PSI
Light rust gets on the wire what causes the problem
Try anti splatter spray on your shroud it will stop damage on your shroud and tip
Any chance of a full review on the welder ?
I doubt it to be honest mate. I’m not good enough at welding to know if it’s any good. But it has managed to do all the jobs iv needed it for (except where it failed in the video of course) . . . Fingers crossed the new life we had solved my issues! 🤞
Ignore anyone who says "it's a crap welder" unless you're professional. The fact is that it has a job and if it does that job to a satisfactory standard then it's good for hobbying. Only pro welders need to be expensive because you're paying for "duty cycle", how much time it can be used before it gets too hot and needs to cool off and how long it takes to cool off. Professionals are welding for hours on end so need a 90% or more duty cycle. Cheap welders heat up quick and cool down slow so no good for prolonged jobs. You can still do and complete the job but it takes much longer just waiting for the welding machine and time equals money. Welding is expensive because of life dependency. Anyone can weld for cars etc up to 50 ton but over 50 ton you need 'coding', which is a specific test in what you will be working on. Things like gasworks and dangerous heavy machinery require coding to get near them, specific training in all the health and safety and methods etc...
Excellent answer there I was thinking just the same, cheers
160 inverter welder costs £300? Big Bottle of gas and a reg which comes with the welder 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 talk it up chanp took me 2 weeks to work it out and I was 14 yr old😅😅😅😅😅😅😅
@@peterepeat7066 congratulations, but you'll never be coded 😊 what you can do with a 300 quid MIG, I can do with arc and gas. That's education for you. MIG is for noobs that can't weld.
Codings don’t go off the weight of anything or the safety of anything, codings are used to show you can actually weld a specific job which follows 1 procedure, the procedure is written up by someone cleverer than the welder and you have parameters to stay within, when you take your test to gain yours codings you are witnessed by an insurance company (Lloyd’s register) and the welder inspector passes or fails you, there’s no minimum or maximum thickness or weight , I’ve been coded in multiple grades of steel various weld methods and consumables for about 15 years now, aircraft carriers, submarines, truck ferries rigs all sorts
@benbirch5914 you just said what I said. Health and safety and method aka procedure. 50 ton is what you can be covered for on insurance without coding. For example, small fire escapes and other small structures.. After that it's specialised interest like pressure vessels etc.. You added nothing new. Everything you worked on is over 50 ton. Lorries are 45 ton so they experience loads higher than 50 ton. The rest are self explanatory.
It's the wire liner which is causing the problem it needs replacing
Rust on the welding wire causes feed issues.
So I hear! 😀 I wasn’t actually welding with rusty wire but when I manually fed rusty wire through the old liner to test it, it got progressively even worse very quickly. 👍
Did you say ‘clumbersome’ ? 😂
Be good to put the diameters of oil bung incase it fits other cars.
Good shout mate! 👍
Yoooo have i missed something or did i miss a load of videos.. are you turning Heidi into a drift weapon tether then a road car ?
Yes you have missed A LOT! 😀😀😀
@ dang best I play catchup and binge watch every episode I’ve missed mate I never normally miss an episode 🫣
get yourself a co2 fire extinguisher to use as welding gas. it's cheaper than the small bottles you go through very quickly.
why ?? just go to boc and get argoshield light its cheap enough
CO2 can be used but it's not as clean as argon. CO2 still allows moisture and will age the metal more than using inert gasses. Better than nothing if you're in a pinch but beware that CO2 is a killer in enclosed spaces as it is lighter than air. Inert gasses go to the floor and run away..
@@R6AAO for welding on cars u need 85/15% mixture so 85 argon and 15 co2...then u can weld properly on dirty metals
Why didn’t you just add a small plate of steel that sits within the brackets rather than wrapping it?
Would of been a much cleaner job
For someone with my very limited talent it would take aaaaages to make the plates exactly the right size, and there would always be the risk that I would grind too much and then have to start again. . . . Don’t worry though, the axle can’t be seen from the driver’s seat! 😀
@ CAD, cardboard aided design, cut cardboard to the exact size then use the card as a template, no waste of steel and it will fit perfectly
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Copper wire?
The welding wire is made of copper. 👍
It’s not
Probably about 98% copper so it’s MOSTLY copper. 👍
@@marcushayesford its copper coated steel wire .
I was under the impression it was low carbon steel coated in a small amount of copper, can’t understand it being that much copper content as people use copper as a heat sink and it dosn’t weld, just so you know I’m not being a dick I just always thought it was a copper coating to prevent liner issues, interesting I will have to do more reading on the subject
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100% changed the liner wrong just pull it out and cut new one to length and push it back in job done
Shitbox MT-2000 😂
It’s top quality, elite and professional. . . . A bit like myself! 😀