Parweld XTM201DI…challenges

[Masterplan]

Hi all,

I’m new to welding, but taken a few classes recently focusing on mig.

I’ve been doing some garage projects to practice, but admittedly struggling with my Parweld machine. I was bought a XTM201DI as a gift and expected the synergistic settings to help, but seems not.

I’m welding mild steel tubing with 2mm thick wall, and some mild steel ranging between 3-5mm. I’ve been using the synergistic settings and they just don’t seem right at all. Been using hobbyweld 5 gas and 0.8mm wire.

Most welds seem cold, sit on top of the metal and spatter a lot. I then need to use what basic knowledge I have to try and figure out what the issue is.

Has anyone found the standard settings to be off? It feels like wire speed is a bit fast and voltage a bit low, but that’s just me guessing.

Would it be easier to actually go into manual mode?

I’ve spent waaaay more time grinding than welding so my advice would be very welcome

 

[eddie49]

Some info in this earlier thread may be helpful:

Amp range and machine set up Parweld XTM201i

So I recently bought my first welder, a Parweld XTM201i, and I'm a little confused by the amp range. I'm almost definitely just unfamiliar with what i'm looking at, but bare with me, totally new to it. all the websites and spec sheets from Parweld I saw when buying it put the range at 30-200a...

www.mig-welding.co.uk

 

[Lee Wire]

Hi all,

I’m new to welding, but taken a few classes recently focusing on mig.

I’ve been doing some garage projects to practice, but admittedly struggling with my Parweld machine. I was bought a XTM201DI as a gift and expected the synergistic settings to help, but seems not.

I’m welding mild steel tubing with 2mm thick wall, and some mild steel ranging between 3-5mm. I’ve been using the synergistic settings and they just don’t seem right at all. Been using hobbyweld 5 gas and 0.8mm wire.

Most welds seem cold, sit on top of the metal and spatter a lot. I then need to use what basic knowledge I have to try and figure out what the issue is.

Has anyone found the standard settings to be off? It feels like wire speed is a bit fast and voltage a bit low, but that’s just me guessing.

Would it be easier to actually go into manual mode?

I’ve spent waaaay more time grinding than welding so my advice would be very welcome

Hi
I have this welder and you are correct to say the settings are way off, I started off by increasing the volts to I got a nice weld. Sometimes it was too hot for the thickness materials so I’d leave the volts alone and drop the wire speed down. It really was just playing with the settings till I got used to the machine.
It was even worse on aluminium it was really cold and way too much wire speed but now I’ve got it dialled in its great at welding 5mm aluminium all day long, no bird’s nesting of the wire at all but I do get through a lot of tips with it.
All in all I think it’s a cracking welder that I use every day in my workshop and probably would get another one if needed, just a little tip is to get a permanent pen and write down on the inside of the wire feed door what settings work for you on different thicknesses materials as it makes it easier to set it manually next time.