I've done the beginners mig class and am shortly going to do the intermediate.
The machine I was learning on was a big 350 industrial thing. It had separate controls for the wire speed and amps. I read the instruction manual for my new machine and it seems to be different and I'm wondering if I have less control with my unit. It isn't an ebay cheapo special but it's inverter type which the college one wasn't.
Mine has a knob for weld current/wire speed and another for arc control and another for voltage adjustment.
I'm am thinking maybe I bought the wrong welder if current is tied to wire speed.....aren't they two things which you ideally want separate control over? And in what way will arc control or voltage adjustment change things if I don't have separate control over amps?
Thanks
250i
https://www.welding.com.au/assets/docs/Manuals/CP137-40_RevC_Weldmatic_200i-250i_email_F.pdf
The machine I was learning on was a big 350 industrial thing. It had separate controls for the wire speed and amps. I read the instruction manual for my new machine and it seems to be different and I'm wondering if I have less control with my unit. It isn't an ebay cheapo special but it's inverter type which the college one wasn't.
Mine has a knob for weld current/wire speed and another for arc control and another for voltage adjustment.
I'm am thinking maybe I bought the wrong welder if current is tied to wire speed.....aren't they two things which you ideally want separate control over? And in what way will arc control or voltage adjustment change things if I don't have separate control over amps?
Thanks
250i
https://www.welding.com.au/assets/docs/Manuals/CP137-40_RevC_Weldmatic_200i-250i_email_F.pdf