Had a good play with the mig side of the transteel the last couple of days.
I've not done any welding in 10 or 15 years, and within 10 minutes of switching it on and playing around with it on thin plate, I was comfortable to plate up the chassis on my van.
Very easy to get to grips with, and managed to make a nice neat job of welding the van, apart from me not taking much care in making and shaping the plates, as it's just a run around van. Didn't blow any holes, and most of the runs look to be nice and neat. Worked flawlessly.
Next up is to have a go with the Tig side of things.
Technical Arc Multi 200i Multi Process Welder with HF TIG
And name are these inverters mig welders from Poland as now I'm wanting a lighter machine, thsnksI have had 2 r-tech machines - they're not bad, but they're not the best either. My biggest bug-bear with them was the quality of the fit and finish on the panel work. I like to blow the dust out of my machines fairly regularly and it was always a total pain getting the metal covers back on the R-Tech machines because the chinese build quality is a bit naff.
I now have a Ukrainian multiprocess inverter which I like very much. I have also imported one for a friend and he is happy with it too. I buy them from Poland and they turn up with UPS.
Been looking at the powermat 210s but only do mig and stick but have u heard of them they Chinese I think,I am indeed... Paton VDI-250p is probably the best value of their range, if you can live with an externally powered feeder.
Enjoy your purchase however the list is really dependant on what your main process will be as if you want a good tig side then nothing on that list will beat the Jasic 200 synergic model. Not so sure why Jasic dont push it more as its worlds apart from Esab rebel in a good way despite the price difference
No.Would you need to go any lower than 20A on mig? That is the only potential issue doing very thin material as I see some of the other sets I mention go down to 10A......But I'm pretty set on this machine now.
So what u saying is wire speed control ampageNo.
Anyone that thinks they MIG weld at under 40 amps, is fooling themselves. Amps are controlled by wire size and speed, anyways. The lower "limit" quoted is often a stab in the dark.
So what u saying is wire speed control ampage
Yer true, reason I ask I thought it my self u only get your ampage to weld good by getting wire speed spot on wire speed is most important as I remember I turned up power but lower the wire speed all it did wad gived a big build up then I turned it up wow it sure did penetrateYes. Always. It's an easy mistake to make, lots of people think that volts = more power but voltage has next to nothing to do with amperage, instead it just affects the weld puddle and arc length.
Amps give you penetration, so wire speed is your primary variable.
I include myself in that group - I used to always set my voltage first, and then adjust wirespeed - wrong way around.
You set wirespeed and then set voltage to suit. Cheaper sets with badly stepped voltage controls might need the wirespeed trimmed to find the "sweet spot" for how the weld lays and reduce spatter.
the only time that wirespeed isn't directly proportional to amps, is on pulse MIG.