Thanks for the review dude I’m gonna get one of these , I never knew what the gas was actually for either being a complete newb but I do know . All the best bro thanks 🙏👍
@@docsworld9707 The reason you dont see many is because most people don't waste their time on these machines.. Mig welder is not something to penny pinch on if you building a vehicle etc.. I watched your welding and its exactly as i thought.. inconsistent welding power and poor wire feed ability.. Its not you that is letting those welds down.. its the machine buddy.. Please please do your self a favour and get a quality mig.. the difference is night and day.. I find it so heartbreaking when ive had friends of mine get down because of their welds failing etc intill they tell me what machine they where using.. i let them try out my esab and they literally thought they where in a real lifegameshow..
@@Migman2020 thanks for the comments I do understand your concern but I can only go with the tools I can afford at the time. I'm sure with a little patience I can improve on the welds.
Using mig, using the gun upwards on the plate and in any scenario you will come across a much better weld due to the wire is pushing in front not getting dragged
There isn't going to be a setting that will work for all. It depends on many factors, first thing is first, get your welder setup, get the spool running nicely (switch off gas to save it) it should flow perfectly smoothly at all feed rates and not in leaps and bounds. To start out set your feed to about midway and go for power setting 2 MIN. Now - get some scrap steel, it can be any steel you can safely weld, you don't even need two pieces, an old steel wheel or a bit of fence or anything will do. Now clean it, the number of issues you will have if you are trying to weld dirty steel you may as well not even bother trying. A flap disc on a grinder is ideal, say 80 grit or 120 grit, take off the rust or paint. Do the same for the earth clamp location. Now gas on about 1/2 to 3/4, glove and mask up and strike up your arc, if the arc sounds like it is starting and stopping then increase wire feed by half an increment and try that again, if it feels like the wire is hitting the piece then turn it down. Once you have it flowing nicely and holding a nice arc you can then practice running a line of weld. Now say you want to weld thin material, you might want 1 MIN - but less current will also require a feed rate tweak down. 2 MAX is really only needed for heavier material, I'd not even think about 2 MAX on anything less than 3mm steel, even then you will burn through it if you are not careful and it is excessive, really you are talking 5mm steel for 2 MAX. To check for a good weld you want to see discolouration along the weld on the back of the steel, if there is no mark then you don't have penetration and your weld is only just stuck to the surface and may even knock off with a hammer. I find a sort of darkened, blue mark indicates good penetration. Too much penetration marks is bad too and will warp your material. It will take time and don't despair, you'll get it.
Try any of the heat settings and just increase or decrease wire speed till you get that frying bacon sound, check you have correct terminal polarity, a wire length of about 10mm ,and with shielded welding some say its better to push into the weld but with fluxcore drag away fro the weld, the puddle will indicate if you are going to quick or slow
Come away from those over priced under filled c02/argon bottles. Get intouch with Adams Gas. They do non contract bottles/regulators/sundries for welding. Check them out.
Thanks for making this video, thinking about buying one of these and you helped me. Cheers
Thanks for the review dude I’m gonna get one of these , I never knew what the gas was actually for either being a complete newb but I do know .
All the best bro thanks 🙏👍
I struggle with mine and thinking of getting an inverter type.
Very good looks tidy don’t see many reviews of Clarke welders on TH-cam
Thanks it's the reason I did the video as there didn't seem to be many videos on here of the welder
@@docsworld9707 The reason you dont see many is because most people don't waste their time on these machines.. Mig welder is not something to penny pinch on if you building a vehicle etc.. I watched your welding and its exactly as i thought.. inconsistent welding power and poor wire feed ability.. Its not you that is letting those welds down.. its the machine buddy.. Please please do your self a favour and get a quality mig.. the difference is night and day.. I find it so heartbreaking when ive had friends of mine get down because of their welds failing etc intill they tell me what machine they where using.. i let them try out my esab and they literally thought they where in a real lifegameshow..
@@Migman2020 thanks for the comments I do understand your concern but I can only go with the tools I can afford at the time. I'm sure with a little patience I can improve on the welds.
Bargain everyone loves bargins
I found the blue older 150 TE turbos to be far superior to the newer models. I rate clarke welders highly for ease of use
Not bad not bad a man of menu talents
I took out a lovely young lady to a restaurant, I said let's talk about the menuatte, she said let's talk about the men I fffed lol
work from left to right or right to left nut up and down and while learning keep torch in a line not left to right
Thx 👍🏻
The torch looks a bit rough round the edges for something that's only been used once by it's original owner.
Using mig, using the gun upwards on the plate and in any scenario you will come across a much better weld due to the wire is pushing in front not getting dragged
Thanks I'll give it a go
How's your welding now u still got this I've just bought 1 to try welding
It's improving not as gd as I'd like but still trying. Yeh it does all I need. A gd little weilder to be honest can't fault it
Need to increase the wire speed, this also increases the current😎
What settings did you ended up being happy with, Im struggling with a good result on mine.
Thanks
Following this I'm having same issues, with a Clarke 130en, it be nice to know what setting was good
There isn't going to be a setting that will work for all.
It depends on many factors, first thing is first, get your welder setup, get the spool running nicely (switch off gas to save it) it should flow perfectly smoothly at all feed rates and not in leaps and bounds. To start out set your feed to about midway and go for power setting 2 MIN.
Now - get some scrap steel, it can be any steel you can safely weld, you don't even need two pieces, an old steel wheel or a bit of fence or anything will do. Now clean it, the number of issues you will have if you are trying to weld dirty steel you may as well not even bother trying. A flap disc on a grinder is ideal, say 80 grit or 120 grit, take off the rust or paint. Do the same for the earth clamp location.
Now gas on about 1/2 to 3/4, glove and mask up and strike up your arc, if the arc sounds like it is starting and stopping then increase wire feed by half an increment and try that again, if it feels like the wire is hitting the piece then turn it down. Once you have it flowing nicely and holding a nice arc you can then practice running a line of weld.
Now say you want to weld thin material, you might want 1 MIN - but less current will also require a feed rate tweak down.
2 MAX is really only needed for heavier material, I'd not even think about 2 MAX on anything less than 3mm steel, even then you will burn through it if you are not careful and it is excessive, really you are talking 5mm steel for 2 MAX.
To check for a good weld you want to see discolouration along the weld on the back of the steel, if there is no mark then you don't have penetration and your weld is only just stuck to the surface and may even knock off with a hammer. I find a sort of darkened, blue mark indicates good penetration. Too much penetration marks is bad too and will warp your material. It will take time and don't despair, you'll get it.
If they used cheep feed wire what else is Cheep USA China.
Try any of the heat settings and just increase or decrease wire speed till you get that frying bacon sound, check you have correct terminal polarity, a wire length of about 10mm ,and with shielded welding some say its better to push into the weld but with fluxcore drag away fro the weld, the puddle will indicate if you are going to quick or slow
did you seriously test a weld by hitting the bottom plate with a hammer??
Yep
Can you safely use a 13amp plug
Yes I use it on a 13amp plug as normal
@@docsworld9707 cheers mate
I don't get how 1 and 2 plus min and max work can you explain please
The lower the setting the lower the strength weld.
@@docsworld9707 okay thank you
those Clarke regulators are known to not be very good, probably worth investing in a different regulator.
Come away from those over priced under filled c02/argon bottles. Get intouch with Adams Gas. They do non contract bottles/regulators/sundries for welding. Check them out.
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