Re: 51Packard's....51 Packard

Posted by Terry Cantelo On 2011/5/11 2:21:58

Hi 51, Yet some more welding info. I was worried about timing out on the site.

The voltage control sets your depth of penertration and the wire speed your amperage. Try to imagine them like a carburettor, gas and air, and each has to be set one at a time until you obtain the balance to allow smooth running.
When setting the wire speed, if the wire comes out and hammers onto the work its set too fast. If the wire just droops out onto the work its set too slow. Somewhere in between is where you want. Flux cored wire is not as neat as using co2 but will still do the job.
Let me know how you get on.
Regards
Terry