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Old 08-08-2004, 09:10 PM
Benny Benny is offline
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What am I doing wrong? Please help

I am welding some .125 cold steel and all my welds are looking like popcorn. It seems nice untill I hammer the slag off and then it looks nasty like it caved in or something. My straight welds come out just fine, only having this problem on a 90 degree weld. Currently I'm using 6013 but 7018 and 6011 are doing the same thing. I am running about 80 - 90 amps AC.

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Old 08-08-2004, 09:16 PM
HWooldridge HWooldridge is offline
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Turn up the juice a bit - maybe 110 to 120. Fillet welds take a little more amperage.
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Old 08-08-2004, 10:13 PM
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I try that.
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Old 08-09-2004, 10:43 PM
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Good call
Cranked it up and now I'm getting much better welds

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