I am welding up some 1" square aluminum tube... I am making an arch for my boats bow, and I am welding in "trusses" for strength. so I had done about 5 and finally the welding got smoother and flowed way better.... seems that I had bumped my wire feed dial on the spool gun SLIGHTLY....
I have the power setting on about 193 ish... and the wire feed on the spool gun was between 3 and 4...
I could see the 3 easily, but none of the 4.
I soon discovered that an EVER SO slightly change.... made a BIG difference in welding...
I started laying down really nice welds FAST...
so my question is:
is this spool gun setting REALLY that touchy?? if you think about the amount of turning to go from 3 to 4.....just 1/10th of that total amount make a world of difference in my weld.
low 3 and I get some gobbing of cold filler.... at 3.6 ish( guess) I am getting some blow throw if I pause just a little...3.4- 3.5 ish....welds like a dream...
but it is so easy to bump that dial when welding in odd positions
is MIG welding that finicky???
thanks
dvice
I have the power setting on about 193 ish... and the wire feed on the spool gun was between 3 and 4...
I could see the 3 easily, but none of the 4.
I soon discovered that an EVER SO slightly change.... made a BIG difference in welding...
I started laying down really nice welds FAST...
so my question is:
is this spool gun setting REALLY that touchy?? if you think about the amount of turning to go from 3 to 4.....just 1/10th of that total amount make a world of difference in my weld.
low 3 and I get some gobbing of cold filler.... at 3.6 ish( guess) I am getting some blow throw if I pause just a little...3.4- 3.5 ish....welds like a dream...
but it is so easy to bump that dial when welding in odd positions
is MIG welding that finicky???
thanks
dvice
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