dubCanuck1
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Hi all,
I'm kind of new to welding. I've taken a couple courses in which I used a O/A setup to get the fundamentals. I bought myself a DecaStar 130E last year and picked up a bottle of Argon/C02, which I must say is much nicer on the welding front.
I was just curious what pressure of gas to use when welding automobile sheet metal. I'm doing a lot of fixing of some of my car projects and am burning through a lot. I had a chance to take a MIG for Automobiles course, but had to cancel out due to a conflict with something else (my marriage ).
My particular welder has only one amperage knob. I would suspect it's somewhere between a course and a fine amp adjuster as it has got 5 or 6 positions on it. The manual said to adjust the flowmeter to about 5 PSI, which I've done (right near the bottom). Do I have to increase the gas pressure for thicker welds, such as 1" square tubing, which I use in a lot of my projects?
I read through the DIY's and they were a great help. Good to see there's a site for folks who want to weld better.
I'm kind of new to welding. I've taken a couple courses in which I used a O/A setup to get the fundamentals. I bought myself a DecaStar 130E last year and picked up a bottle of Argon/C02, which I must say is much nicer on the welding front.
I was just curious what pressure of gas to use when welding automobile sheet metal. I'm doing a lot of fixing of some of my car projects and am burning through a lot. I had a chance to take a MIG for Automobiles course, but had to cancel out due to a conflict with something else (my marriage ).
My particular welder has only one amperage knob. I would suspect it's somewhere between a course and a fine amp adjuster as it has got 5 or 6 positions on it. The manual said to adjust the flowmeter to about 5 PSI, which I've done (right near the bottom). Do I have to increase the gas pressure for thicker welds, such as 1" square tubing, which I use in a lot of my projects?
I read through the DIY's and they were a great help. Good to see there's a site for folks who want to weld better.