Totalnoobster2000
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Hi all.
For some reason I acquired a 93 ford transit in the summer which apparently(according to everyone on the internet owning old cars) means that I have to learn welding now
So for some other reason I, bought a pretty random welder - not much choice in a hurry where I am at - the sherman mig 200hd synergic.
Just had my first day of practice on 1mm sheet with 0.8 wire and it was a lot of fun experimenting! Managed to run some 10cm beads that looked nice and smooth and fully penetrating. Doing burnthroughs went even better of course
The problem is that Im still a bit stupid about welding and the machine didnt come with a manual so I cant figure out how I can set the wire speed. I have 2 settings. Voltage and amperage, which I can adjust separately. The wire speed icon seems to be next to the amperage display, but cant get this display to show anything but amperage. So Im wondering if they are somehow the same thing on this machine or did I buy a really weird machine?
I set the voltage to 17.5 and amperage to 54 to get the best beads on 1mm steel. Cranking the voltage higher starts to burn through too quickly as does upping the amperage. Do those numbers make sense?
Sorry if stupid questions. Ive been searching and reading a lot but still a bit confused. Maybe I should return the machine on the basis of no manual (even though it actually seems to work quite good in the hands of a total noob)
For some reason I acquired a 93 ford transit in the summer which apparently(according to everyone on the internet owning old cars) means that I have to learn welding now
So for some other reason I, bought a pretty random welder - not much choice in a hurry where I am at - the sherman mig 200hd synergic.
Just had my first day of practice on 1mm sheet with 0.8 wire and it was a lot of fun experimenting! Managed to run some 10cm beads that looked nice and smooth and fully penetrating. Doing burnthroughs went even better of course
The problem is that Im still a bit stupid about welding and the machine didnt come with a manual so I cant figure out how I can set the wire speed. I have 2 settings. Voltage and amperage, which I can adjust separately. The wire speed icon seems to be next to the amperage display, but cant get this display to show anything but amperage. So Im wondering if they are somehow the same thing on this machine or did I buy a really weird machine?
I set the voltage to 17.5 and amperage to 54 to get the best beads on 1mm steel. Cranking the voltage higher starts to burn through too quickly as does upping the amperage. Do those numbers make sense?
Sorry if stupid questions. Ive been searching and reading a lot but still a bit confused. Maybe I should return the machine on the basis of no manual (even though it actually seems to work quite good in the hands of a total noob)