Miller A/BP or another range select machine? Spreadsheet for exact amperage settings!

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I've been roughly figuring out my max amp setting on my Miller A/BP by just roughly dividing the ranges apart. It's sort of annoying to not have a quick idea what my amperage is when I'm trying to learn to TIG and don't have any real reference for what a given heat setting looks and feels like. Fairly unimportant when you're actually talented, but it's nice to hang onto when you're new to TIG.As an example the DC ranges for TIG on a 330 A/BP are 5-50, 15-260 and 180-460. The actual adjustment is just 0-100.I'm sure this isn't perfectly accurate, I doubt the dial is a totally linear relationship to the amperage range, but it's a bit nicer than guessing. I know I can't figure out what 35 on the dial in the 180-460 range is very quickly.So, here's a spreadsheet with settable ranges, that spits out it's relationship to a 1-100 scale.https://www.dropbox.com/s/ofas4owbbj...esoldexcel.xlsI think it works correctly. No promises Last edited by hypnolobster; 01-24-2013 at 08:54 PM.
Reply:I run mine on kill 90% of the time..It's all in the pedal....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterI run mine on kill 90% of the time..It's all in the pedal....zap!
Reply:Originally Posted by hypnolobsterTragically, I'm not nearly that awesome. I'm more on the level of a confused 3 year old with a really big scary toy that does totally unfathomable things.
Reply:Originally Posted by zapsterAhhhhh don't be scared of it..Play with it.It won't bite.
Reply:Originally Posted by DSWSounds like something you tell the young lady you have in the back seat of your car on the 1st date when you were 16.
Reply:I made a similar set of 6 tables for my 1963 Airco to print out and keep on the machine. (attached)6 of them because the stick ranges differ from the tig ranges slightly.However, I only included settings 0, 1, 2, 3, and so on to keep the tables short - fits on one page that way.Tapes nicely on the inside of the front panel. I made tables and taped them on the the Miller Dialarcs for the students at school as well.Dave J. Attached ImagesAirco current settings AC DC TIG.pdf (147.1 KB, 18 views)Airco current settings AC DC SMAW.pdf (134.0 KB, 16 views)Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.