naudlee

well I just picked up mig welding, my setup is a thermal arc fabricator 140 gas mig welder uses 110v outlet I didn't want anything more as my garage isnt wired for more power. I just wanted something I could easily use for fabricating my exhaust/shaving my bay/charge piping/misc odds and ends

here is a few pics of my welds after about an hour of playing, I believe the material is aluminized steel. The only cleaning/prep I did was a quick scrape with a wire brush... looking for insight/opinions as I want to be able to flawlessly weld my charge piping/exhaust coming up soon... THANKS






*these are just quick pics I snapped, sorry for the shitty images.

Smith-02

fencepost makes good welded materials.

welds look okay for 110v, a bit too much wirefeed id say. throw some weave in there and/or cut down on wire

Toysrme

I would but you need to use the macro mode on the camera so we can see what you're showing us.

Im with complex, it's obviously a fencepost and flux-core FTW

naudlee

wire speed is at 3 out of 10 i believe, i didnt clean the material/grounds worth ---- I just wanted to test my new toy out. I did a couple practice beads with the wire speed set down to about 2 and it seemed to take a lot longer to get the bead done but it seemed to penetrate better with the slower moving... anyone have any tips or any other help? I want to get this down enough to take on my chargepiping, where I know penetration/ a good bead will be key to prevent leaks.

Smith-02

TELLING us wirespeed is garbage. depending on amperage i weld at 3.9-5.0 on my HF 151, which doesn't mean ---- to most of the people here unless they have a 151 or similar

turbob16hatch

ha i just set my miller 175 to whatever the setting tell me under the cover.

haha needless to say i'm no pro. but things stick

Toysrme

• 1) Clip wire @ tip
• 2) Hold trigger for 6 seconds
• 3) Measure wire expended
• 4) Multiply times 10

Wirespeed/Amps is now a relevant value and c0mpl3x won't come elbow ---- your mom in the *** tonight.
Im still wondering why even cheap *** welders don't state in-min on the wire-feed. Ink/paint must have cost too much.

Smith-02

im not sure if mine does ill look tomorrow. i kicked mine when the fan quit and it started back up, i think its getting worn out. plus i need a new torch cable/liner

Toysrme

Most of the little ones dont. Sometimes you can find the volt scale volt/amp scale and in/min=amp scales in the manual but I wouldn't trust them. I always clip a wire off and measure it when I sit at a welder if its an important weld on a feeder I haven't used. Never know when the drive may be fucked or someone knocked the controll off center. :\

gon3r

nevermind the welding, first you should learn how to focus a camera. i'm just one of the "*****".