Hello all,
Just recieved my new Lincoln PowerMig 210C, an upgrade from my Cigweld Weldskill 100A gasless welder. The lincoln is my first gas welder and serious welder, but i felt as though i mastered the 100A gasless welder and i was even spitting out better welds than my teachers at school (yes im a youngen) who had been welding for 20 years with gas welders, and big 250A ones at that. Im not pissing in my own pocket but just letting you know i have a dig.
Anyway the question is that when i have the welder on the setting set for 1.6mm steel, (3.7 on the wirefeed with 16.8 volts) i can only weld about an inch or inch and a half (25-30mm) before it burns a hole right through, even the weld that i had done is flat as all hell, which is obvious that its much too hot. I practiced the weld on some 6mm steel before hand and it seemed like the perfect settings for that. So how do i get it colder? I turned the wirefeed all the way down and the volts all the way down but the wire was coming out too slow and just making a put put put sound. way too slow. Then i played around with all the wire feed settings until i thought it was about right (with the volts on the lowest setting) and it was still much too hot.
HOW DO I MAKE IT COLDER???
i know i cant weld forever, it is going to get hot at some stage, but this just isnt right, i should be able to get at least 3 inches before it blows a hole shouldnt i? On my other gasless welder i could weld for 10 inches on the lowest setting.
Also, i was welding for around about 2 hours and afterwards there was a ****load of condensation around the top of the gas bottle and the gauges and gas hose? I have a 75/25 arogn and CO2 mix, is this normal or do i have a leak?
cheers little sparky
Just recieved my new Lincoln PowerMig 210C, an upgrade from my Cigweld Weldskill 100A gasless welder. The lincoln is my first gas welder and serious welder, but i felt as though i mastered the 100A gasless welder and i was even spitting out better welds than my teachers at school (yes im a youngen) who had been welding for 20 years with gas welders, and big 250A ones at that. Im not pissing in my own pocket but just letting you know i have a dig.
Anyway the question is that when i have the welder on the setting set for 1.6mm steel, (3.7 on the wirefeed with 16.8 volts) i can only weld about an inch or inch and a half (25-30mm) before it burns a hole right through, even the weld that i had done is flat as all hell, which is obvious that its much too hot. I practiced the weld on some 6mm steel before hand and it seemed like the perfect settings for that. So how do i get it colder? I turned the wirefeed all the way down and the volts all the way down but the wire was coming out too slow and just making a put put put sound. way too slow. Then i played around with all the wire feed settings until i thought it was about right (with the volts on the lowest setting) and it was still much too hot.
HOW DO I MAKE IT COLDER???
i know i cant weld forever, it is going to get hot at some stage, but this just isnt right, i should be able to get at least 3 inches before it blows a hole shouldnt i? On my other gasless welder i could weld for 10 inches on the lowest setting.
Also, i was welding for around about 2 hours and afterwards there was a ****load of condensation around the top of the gas bottle and the gauges and gas hose? I have a 75/25 arogn and CO2 mix, is this normal or do i have a leak?
cheers little sparky
