3Lfarms
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The machine I preordered a couple months ago arrived this week. This is a brand new model and there is zero info on the web about it. I figured I’d post up here since my thread about it on WW is gone.
It arrived in perfect condition due to the excellent packaging.
I had to wait until today to play with it due to needing to finish up its throne at the top of my new ZTFab welding cart.
I TIGd the cart together with the Syncrowave 200. I copied Jody’s process as well as I could, and it turned out pretty well. I’m no welder, I just play around in the garage, but I can honestly say I didn’t cheat and use the Mig at all. I did use silicon bronze filler for the non-structural parts, so it’s technically brazed
. That stuff makes a beginner TIG welder like me look like I know what I’m doing. I actually got to where I could run a couple of pieces of filler rod without duffing the tungsten.
Anyway the new welder seems to work well, and the gun is pretty nice, but I do have to deduct points for the manual that comes with it.
The manual doesn’t really explain what any of the advanced settings do. It just kind of mentions that it has pulse and double pulse modes, but no info on pros and cons, recommend settings, etc.
So I played around with the different modes and settings on some 1/4” and 1/2” plate coupons using .035 solid wire. I got it welding pretty nicely on mig mode with 75/25. Then I started playing with the pulse and double pulse modes. Here is where I was surprised. Apparently, those are really pulsed spray transfer modes. The noise the arc makes sounds like busted bassoon; nothing like a standard mig sizzling sound. I found that the arc would occasionally seem to go out very briefly and I was getting a little too much spatter while using the pulse mode.
While waiting on this welder, I also bought a bottle of 90/10 on the hopes of doing some spray transfer. So I switched over to the 90/10, and the those problems mostly disappeared.
The left bead is 75/25 gas and the right is 90/10. Everything else stayed the same. 250A and 20% on time. I don’t remember exactly what the voltage was set to though.
Does this seem correct? I know it’s not a great bead, but is does show much less spatter.
In the pulse modes, it only lets me run it in synergic mode, where in standard mig, I can set it manually or to synergic mode.
I can’t find too much on the web about pulse/double pulse mig settings. I know a few of the guys here could have this thing humming along perfectly in 5 minutes, but there are so many adjustments that it takes me quite a while to get it dialed in.
I’m very happy with the machine thus far and I think it has all the features that won’t leave me wishing I bought a nicer machine a couple years down the road. When I get some more time, I’ll burn some stick rods and see how it does.
It arrived in perfect condition due to the excellent packaging.
I had to wait until today to play with it due to needing to finish up its throne at the top of my new ZTFab welding cart.
I TIGd the cart together with the Syncrowave 200. I copied Jody’s process as well as I could, and it turned out pretty well. I’m no welder, I just play around in the garage, but I can honestly say I didn’t cheat and use the Mig at all. I did use silicon bronze filler for the non-structural parts, so it’s technically brazed
. That stuff makes a beginner TIG welder like me look like I know what I’m doing. I actually got to where I could run a couple of pieces of filler rod without duffing the tungsten. Anyway the new welder seems to work well, and the gun is pretty nice, but I do have to deduct points for the manual that comes with it.
The manual doesn’t really explain what any of the advanced settings do. It just kind of mentions that it has pulse and double pulse modes, but no info on pros and cons, recommend settings, etc.
So I played around with the different modes and settings on some 1/4” and 1/2” plate coupons using .035 solid wire. I got it welding pretty nicely on mig mode with 75/25. Then I started playing with the pulse and double pulse modes. Here is where I was surprised. Apparently, those are really pulsed spray transfer modes. The noise the arc makes sounds like busted bassoon; nothing like a standard mig sizzling sound. I found that the arc would occasionally seem to go out very briefly and I was getting a little too much spatter while using the pulse mode.
While waiting on this welder, I also bought a bottle of 90/10 on the hopes of doing some spray transfer. So I switched over to the 90/10, and the those problems mostly disappeared.
The left bead is 75/25 gas and the right is 90/10. Everything else stayed the same. 250A and 20% on time. I don’t remember exactly what the voltage was set to though.
Does this seem correct? I know it’s not a great bead, but is does show much less spatter.
In the pulse modes, it only lets me run it in synergic mode, where in standard mig, I can set it manually or to synergic mode.
I can’t find too much on the web about pulse/double pulse mig settings. I know a few of the guys here could have this thing humming along perfectly in 5 minutes, but there are so many adjustments that it takes me quite a while to get it dialed in.
I’m very happy with the machine thus far and I think it has all the features that won’t leave me wishing I bought a nicer machine a couple years down the road. When I get some more time, I’ll burn some stick rods and see how it does.
