04-12-2012, 02:24 PM
(04-12-2012, 01:47 PM)f350ca Wrote: I press the trigger a couple of times then cut the wire with side cutters, or if real lazy just let it burn off.
Greg
You bring up a good point here Greg. Every time I get lazy it comes back to bite me in the end. You are humming along running a nice looking weld bead, and reach the end of your pass. So you move on to your next section to be welded, and are ready to strike up another arc. Then you notice this big ole "bugger ball" hanging off the end of your wire covered in soot.
Do yourself a favor.... and snip off the wire to make sure you start every bead with clean filler metal. The arc will start easier, you'll have less garbage/soot/porosity while you form your weld puddle, and your quality of life in general will be greatly improved.
Willie