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1994 Spectrum 16 Sport Rebuild? - Bouncing ideas around
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<blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 499402" data-attributes="member: 4972"><p>Dave,</p><p>Oh man, you got in my head!</p><p></p><p>This afternoon, I marked out the stringers on the plywood and then soaked them in preservative.</p><p>That being done, while things dried and between coats, I decided to prep for welding. Got everything ready as the sun was going down. Decided to put up a light and just do it. It's what? 4' of bead, maybe, including me cutting out the splash-well base?</p><p></p><p>For some reason, the welds were really fighting me. Balling up, globbing, just not acting right. I adjusted speed and temp and it got a little better, but it was fighting me the whole way. I kept thinking of your words above, about needing a grinder, and I shook my head thinking you may have been right. Maybe it was the alloy?</p><p></p><p>I ground the hideous welds down and they had terrible porosity. Could I be THAT bad? Maybe the breeze was carrying off my gas. I went to adjust the flow, and AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! I must have shut the bottle off last night. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!! I was welding with NO shielding gas! Idiot! I had my headphones on, listening to music, so I hadn't noticed the lack of hiss. IDIOT!</p><p></p><p>I turned on the bottle, set it to 20 and laid a smooth puddle immediately, although the settings were now pretty far off. Enough for tonight. I'll grind out the mess I made and lay some decent welds if it stops raining tomorrow. Can't believe I fought it so long. What a waste of wire.</p><p></p><p>Put all the tools away, put the MIG in the shop and covered the boat just in time. It's raining pretty hard now. I'll look at it with fresh eyes in the morning.</p><p></p><p>That's the latest. Nothing much to see except for some hideous welds.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thill, post: 499402, member: 4972"] Dave, Oh man, you got in my head! This afternoon, I marked out the stringers on the plywood and then soaked them in preservative. That being done, while things dried and between coats, I decided to prep for welding. Got everything ready as the sun was going down. Decided to put up a light and just do it. It's what? 4' of bead, maybe, including me cutting out the splash-well base? For some reason, the welds were really fighting me. Balling up, globbing, just not acting right. I adjusted speed and temp and it got a little better, but it was fighting me the whole way. I kept thinking of your words above, about needing a grinder, and I shook my head thinking you may have been right. Maybe it was the alloy? I ground the hideous welds down and they had terrible porosity. Could I be THAT bad? Maybe the breeze was carrying off my gas. I went to adjust the flow, and AAARRRGGGHHH!!!! I must have shut the bottle off last night. AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!! I was welding with NO shielding gas! Idiot! I had my headphones on, listening to music, so I hadn't noticed the lack of hiss. IDIOT! I turned on the bottle, set it to 20 and laid a smooth puddle immediately, although the settings were now pretty far off. Enough for tonight. I'll grind out the mess I made and lay some decent welds if it stops raining tomorrow. Can't believe I fought it so long. What a waste of wire. Put all the tools away, put the MIG in the shop and covered the boat just in time. It's raining pretty hard now. I'll look at it with fresh eyes in the morning. That's the latest. Nothing much to see except for some hideous welds. [/QUOTE]
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