I don't recall you saying. Is the welder you got 110 volt.. or 220 volt? You will find 110 volt wire feeds struggle to hold a stable arc thus have larger variation in the weld puddle temp and size.. With experience, the welder can adjust his handling of the weld to compensate.. some.. but he will always be "behind the curve" a little.
On thicker material, it won't be so apparent.. as you go to thin sheet metal that "lead / lag" in arc stability and weld puddle temp becomes more critical.. Yes, you can blame it on "the machine" in that instance. It will preform more acceptably using the spot weld tecnique than trying to run a continous bead because the shorter heat cycle will be more within it's capabilities. Adapt and Overcome... On Sat, Jun 6, 2015 at 9:53 AM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If I can make welds that look and perform well enough with this garbage > unit, I will move up to a real gas shielded product for future projects. > If I can not keep from producing crap, I will give up on welding, having > invested little in the attempt > > clay > > > On Jun 5, 2015, at 3:28 PM, Dimitri via Mercedes wrote: > > > Unless you use shielding gas you will be unhappy with your results. I > promise! > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 4:33 PM, clay via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> > >> The wire is garbage, but it came free with the welder. May as well burn > through it. > >> > >> setting up feed speed is hit and miss for now. It does not want to > feed as slowly as the graph inside says I need it. There are two amperage > speeds. Lots and not that much. I could not get much speed or heat to get > a good bead > >> > >> clay > >> > >> On Jun 5, 2015, at 1:12 PM, fmiser via Mercedes wrote: > >> > >>>> clay wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I could not get a decent bead using the PC carcasses and was > >>>> getting a bunch of blow through. > >>> > >>> Thin sheet metal and gasless wirefeed is pretty tough. Set > >>> the wire feed and amperage low. And get some good wire. The > >>> HF wire is junk. > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________ > >>> http://www.okiebenz.com > >>> > >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >>> > >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
