P PTvor Member Messages 1,862 Jun 20, 2013 #21 Maybe some people just aren't cut out for this welding lark and have a sort of negative talent, like a gardener having brown fingers? Some people simply can't solder. I can't fold shirts.
Maybe some people just aren't cut out for this welding lark and have a sort of negative talent, like a gardener having brown fingers? Some people simply can't solder. I can't fold shirts.
Jim_gsxr1000 Mechanical Magician Messages 1,296 Jun 20, 2013 #22 Mabey your suplier seen you comming and sold you a gouging rod you disent say if it was the same rod you had been using for every weld Couldent Resist
Mabey your suplier seen you comming and sold you a gouging rod you disent say if it was the same rod you had been using for every weld Couldent Resist
H hillbilly234 Member Messages 91 Jun 20, 2013 #23 have you tried reversing the earth lead to the opposite,might help.just a thought. sounds to me that they might be cast welding rods you are trying to weld wrong metal with.
have you tried reversing the earth lead to the opposite,might help.just a thought. sounds to me that they might be cast welding rods you are trying to weld wrong metal with.
Wozzaaah The wizard of woz Staff member Messages 17,331 Jun 20, 2013 #24 Chrissib said: I can't see what I am doing wrong. Click to expand... Nor can we if you don't show us!! Please put some pictures in your next post as requested by the people who've taken the trouble to try and help you.
Chrissib said: I can't see what I am doing wrong. Click to expand... Nor can we if you don't show us!! Please put some pictures in your next post as requested by the people who've taken the trouble to try and help you.
Drains Yeah, nah. Messages 7,718 Location Sefton, South Island, NZ Jun 20, 2013 #25 What a pointless waste of time. OP might as well have said "every time I get in my car I crash it. What's going wrong?" I know the answer.
What a pointless waste of time. OP might as well have said "every time I get in my car I crash it. What's going wrong?" I know the answer.
Rrunnach Member Messages 1,127 Location Scotland Jun 21, 2013 #26 Drains said: What a pointless waste of time. OP might as well have said "every time I get in my car I crash it. What's going wrong?" I know the answer. Click to expand... Would the answer start with an S, Si, your first name initial having nowt to do with the actual word?
Drains said: What a pointless waste of time. OP might as well have said "every time I get in my car I crash it. What's going wrong?" I know the answer. Click to expand... Would the answer start with an S, Si, your first name initial having nowt to do with the actual word?