Gas settings for mig welding

   / Gas settings for mig welding #11  
This is how I set mine, back off until porosity starts to show up then bump it up.
You can waste a lot of gas just going by settings.
I got a flow meter but it always used a lot more gas than my regulator.

I Agree..Truth be told, A Flow Gauge ( regulator ) is actually more accurate than a Flow Meter. I know I'll take heat for saying this but I'm a long time gas apparattus guy so I can take it. The best way to guage flow is at the end of the gun not at the tank. You can get a plastic flow tube from Binzel that slides over your nozzle and shows actual cfh at the tip. Gas is so over priced you need to conserve how ever you can.
 
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   / Gas settings for mig welding #12  
I Agree..Truth be told, A Flow Gauge ( regulator ) is actually more accurate than a Flow Meter. I know I'll take heat for saying this but I'm a long time gas apparattus guy so I can take it. The best way to guage flow is at the end of the gun not at the tank. You can get a plastic flow tube from Binzel that slides over your nozzle and shows actual cfh at the tip. Gas is so over priced you need to conserve how ever you can.
Could you please post more detail on the Binzel or equivalent. My feeble google search left me scratching my head on what you are talking about.
 
   / Gas settings for mig welding #14  
Could you please post more detail on the Binzel or equivalent. My feeble google search left me scratching my head on what you are talking about.

If you ask your Local Welding Supply for one of the flow meters they can get it. Also ESAB has the same one. Not sure who would be the best cost. They are a little more beefy than the Amazon ones. Years back Victor had a J shaped one for testing PSI out at the torch on oxy-fuel cutting tables.
 
   / Gas settings for mig welding #15  
my flow meteer says lpm not cfh what do i set it at sorry if dumb question
 
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   / Gas settings for mig welding #17  
Or if you work where I do, you grab the welder and it's set for 35, nearly every time with the tip melted to the nozzle and slag covering the diffuser. We only weld inside, doors usually shut, and it's a free for all as far as who uses the welding equipment. The mentality is squeeze the trigger and wiggle it around. I usually run at 20. I'm not a welder by any means though.
 
   / Gas settings for mig welding #18  
I've run low in the cost cutting (cheap) mode before myself. Just never worked out well. You get that puff of wind or breeze from nowhere and a bead goes all fizzy and bubbly then you got to mark it and go back and grind it all out and redo it later. I struggle enough as it is getting a decent bead, don't need to add low flow to the list. ;).
 
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single pass, decent penetration.
 

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