A Biginners MIG Adventures

[steamin10]

It looks like no cover there. Did you purge the regulator and lines? It takes a minute or two to get the atmosphere outta the hoses..

Otherwise I dunno what is wrong, polarity, wire, What? did you atart with a listed speed-feed on the dials and go from there.

[randyc]

I think Dave is correct. Making sure that the gas is on, lift the tension bar and hold down the trigger for ten-fifteen seconds then latch the tension bar down. Everything should work fine at 20 cfh using the Autoset. I haven't done much with my 211 yet (230 VAC wiring not done) but the Autoset works fine on anything from 24 AWG to 3/16 on 120 VAC. (And as Ken mentioned, keep the gun close to the work and oriented almost vertical to best flood the puddle area with gas.)

Cheers,
Randy C

[EdK]

It looks like no cover there. Did you purge the regulator and lines? It takes a minute or two to get the atmosphere outta the hoses..

Otherwise I dunno what is wrong, polarity, wire, What? did you atart with a listed speed-feed on the dials and go from there.

Big Dave,

That was my thought when I saw the results, no cover. I did not purge the regulator and lines. I did lift the tension device like Randy suggested and held the trigger to get the gas flow set to 20CFH but maybe I need to do that again to make sure it's purged. I'll give that a try. I do have the polarity set correctly and used Millers recommended speed-feed.
Per Ken's suggestion I may have had the nozzle too far away from the weld puddle also. So I have a few things to try. My guess is that it's a combination of all of the suggestions given.

Thanks guys! I'll give them a try and go from there.

Ed

[machineman007]

EDK:

Use a backwards rolling C gun movement when stab(foreward) welding or

drag(backwards) welding and your beads will improve to professional

quality.Hint! C clamp two pieces of 2x2 angle iron on detail to be welded

on(1/2 inch distance on each side of bead),and use as guide. Keep your

gun tip distance 3/8"-1/2" From base metal and set your regulator

(flowmeter) to 25lbs and try to use 0.35 wire as much as possible.

Using as large as a spool as possible will save you money!

Good Luck! Machineman007
Castle Rock, Colo.U.S.A.

[EdK]

Thanks machineman.

Welding season doesn't start until it gets into the upper 40s so it'll be awhile before I get back to some welding practice but I'm looking forward to improving my success rate this spring.

Ed

[Mike-]

I was enjoying this thread, and then it just up and stopped ;(

[ken572]

I was enjoying this thread, and then it just up and stopped ;(

Mike,

Lets See

Fri Mar 11, 2011 4:57 am
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Fri Mar 11, 2012 4:57 am
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Fri Mar 11, 2013 4:57 am
Mon Dec 30, 2013 3:30 pm PLENTY GOOD BY NOW.

Ken.

[Mike-]

I was reading the content, not the time stamps or gaps in them.

[racer-john]

Remember to open the valve on the cylinder completely. They only seal completely open or completely closed.

[spro]

Foundation.