Bravheart
"Tomorrow will be a good day"captain Tom1920-2021
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The more I find out the less I know.
Have been quite happily buzzing along performing "farmers" welds for quite a number of years now oblivious to the fact that there might be more to welding than a shower of sparks, dipping into these forums for a wee while opened my eyes to the science behind it all, so a few questions and apologies if they are covered elsewhere.
First one, never knew anything about wire speed creating the power requirement for the metal thickness and that I should find out the wire feed rate per minute so had a go measuring it.
Question , is the wire rate/minute the same for all thicknesses ie. is 315 feet/minute the same whether its 0.8mm or 1mm etc. wire and is there a link to a table I could use as a reference to multiply the wire thickness by to get the amps ie. read on here 0.8 has the wire speed divided by 2, what are the others?
Have been quite happily buzzing along performing "farmers" welds for quite a number of years now oblivious to the fact that there might be more to welding than a shower of sparks, dipping into these forums for a wee while opened my eyes to the science behind it all, so a few questions and apologies if they are covered elsewhere.
First one, never knew anything about wire speed creating the power requirement for the metal thickness and that I should find out the wire feed rate per minute so had a go measuring it.
Question , is the wire rate/minute the same for all thicknesses ie. is 315 feet/minute the same whether its 0.8mm or 1mm etc. wire and is there a link to a table I could use as a reference to multiply the wire thickness by to get the amps ie. read on here 0.8 has the wire speed divided by 2, what are the others?
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