120-Volt Mig welder.

[Shield Arc]

Shield, push that little bugger and see what you can do with it. I think it's really cool to see what you can do with it.

OK, hopefully some parts I ordered will come in tomorrow. On the way home I'll swing by the welding supply and pick up some 1/4, and 3/8-inch flatbar. May be when dragoneggs gets a break in his schedule he can bring over his Miller 211. I'm sure it is light years ahead of this little Lincoln.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Nice test Shield Arc - I'm with you on how slow they go with the low amps.

I'm not super surprised the little welder made it through that test, but I sure wouldn't want to do it often.
I bought my millermatic 210 over 10 years ago and love it . Still own my first little one though.

I'm not real sure about the little one making it through at 1/4" though, maybe if running vertical up, and using a thin backer strip so it doesn't suck too much heat? Or open root with a knife edge like for tig?

Anyway, looking good

 

[Shield Arc]

Dave I'm not kidding, I almost fell asleep, it was so slow! On the job we never got anything smaller than .068" wire.
I really like this little gun tho.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Yep, I repaired a Mac 130 mig welder for a neighbor and the gun was tiny and light

But for speed, you can definitely see why an impatient guy like me had to upgrade!

 

[Furu]

Well I stand corrected!
Even tho this is only 3/16-inch material, with 37 1/2-degree bevel. I'm sure it's pushing the limits of this machine. I don't have any 1/4, or 3/8-inch material. Next few days I'll go to town and pick some up.
I sure wouldn't want to do very much of this, slower than the second coming of Christ:shocked:! I almost fell asleep a couple times:laughing:. These coupons look very good to me:cool2:!

Nice!

Now with 3/16" plate and three passes to get the necessary quality weld shows that with proper prep and proper techniques, the little machine can do quality work. How many folks would go to the effort of what you did and the necessary cleanup between passes.

NOW the question I have is: How many folks would do three passes on 3/16" material? Or would they run one pass and call it good enough without getting a good tie-in and fusion into the base metal?

I remember when learning to do O/A welding from my father back in the dark ages you can weld thick stuff but it is a multi-multi-pass exercise to say the least even with a #4 or 5 tip.

So a pass for every 1/16 inch in thickness with the little machine is good.
Well a lot of sheet metal is in the ballpark of 1/16" (16 gauge) so makes sense I suppose.

 

[Big Barn]

I'm looking forward to the "pretend you're on a desert island with only 120v and to get off the island I had to weld 1/4 inch" What would the newbie do? How would the pro do it? Everybody can learn from this even those with 220v. And even the hobby/maintenance guy who "gets by OK". :drink:

I'd leave the welding to you experts and hang around with Mary Ann.



Terry

 

[brin]

I'd leave the welding to you experts and hang around with Mary Ann.

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Terry

:thumbsup:

 

[Shield Arc]

Or would they run one pass and call it good enough without getting a good tie-in and fusion into the base metal?

I would! But I get to pick the machine and wire! :laughing:

 

[dragoneggs]

dragon I agree with Arc weld. The picture on the left looks like slow travel speed. Or like we talked about when you were here. Too much wire in the puddle. Even tho more wire means more amps, you have to have more volts to wet it out. I forget, are you right or left handed? If right handed try starting on your right side moving to the left, pushing the puddle.

I can tell you right now your 211 will weld circles around this little Lincoln of my brother-n-laws.
As you can see by all the over spray on it, he is a retired body & fender man who does a little work in his garage. He took this little Lincoln as partial payment for a job. I think he might have got stuck!:laughing:

Thanks again SA!!! Yeah that was left to right and I was pulling a little to see. I am right handed and totally forgot about going right to left. I guess I need to think about reading the puddle in Chinese! :laughing:

 

[KubotainNH]

Minus the bickering, this is a cool thread. Would like to see actual videos but I suppose I can find plenty on youtube.