It is the crap 90 amp 115v cheapo unit. I want to get comfortable with it making beads, but intend to mostly spot weld the panels for the floor. With enough spots, I figure I can then do mini beads to link them.
clay 2002 s430 - Victor, a Stately & well tailored chap 1974 450sl - Frosch - Two tone green 1976 300D - Blei Vanst - it looks silvery 1972 220D - Gump - She was green, simple and ran 1995 E300D - Gave her life to save me against a Dame in a SUV POS 1987 SDL - Beware Nigerian Scammers On Jun 6, 2015, at 11:06 AM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________ 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
