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I built a cable for my gen to run my welder off of. I found that the arc was much more stable and the buzzing sound much cleaner when running on the gen.I made some vertical down test welds on .083 mild steel and I wanted to know your opinions. Are the welds thick enough? Do they look strong? And whatever else comes to mind.My opinion is they are good to go. Lots of heat on the backside from start to finish and they appear to have good form and bite into the base metal. I had done a lot of these vertical down welds on .083 on house 220V, but I was not able to ever make a bead as nice as this. Usually more sporadic and flatter and the arc was less stable.Thank in advance!Mike Attached Images
Reply:That is as good as it gets.... Happy building......
Reply:Purdy!!Looks like you've got the hang of it.
Reply:Now if I was to get picky..... I'd say they're a little wiggly..... .... Just kidding. They look really good. I'd trust them. But you know.... if your looking for criticism. That's the only thing I can see. How long of a bead is that second weld, and what is the duty cycle on your machine? I borrowed a Lincoln weldpak 100 .035 flux core. she-ssh..... 20 % duty cycle, and it's driving me nuts. I had everything cut and laid out ready to go to town on the welding. made 12 short passes, 1.5" each, and the machine shutdown. I've been spoiled, always had the use of 100% duty cycle machines. So I don't think I want to buy one of these type. Once it got hot. I didn't have the patience to wait long enough for it to cool down. kept shutting me down after 3 passes. A Short 30 min job took over an hour. Looking for a better machine to buy, I like the flux core.... it's nice for the protable type work. No bottle to drag around. Packrat.Lincoln 225 AC/DC, Hobart 140 Mig. Oxy/propane Victor torch.(2) Makita 5" angle grinders one with zip disk, 14" chop saw. and just about every other tool you can think of. Whoever has the most toys when he die's ..... Wins!
Reply:Packrat,I would have to agree with you with them being a little wiggly. Other than that they should hold fine.The second weld is 3" long. My welder has a 30% duty cycle and I have never over heated it yet. I run a lot of short welds 3" etc. I am welding a sub frame into my car.I also have a Lincoln Pro Mig 135 which has a 20% duty cycle and have never maxed that out either. Maybe something is wrong with the weldpak 100?!?! Mike
Reply:You could be right. Yet...... the fellow who owns it. Say's he's never maxed it out either. But he isn't a welder, and doesn't use it a lot. Maybe it's just me. Longest weld I ever made. was 8 feet non stop. That was 20 years ago in a fab shop I worked in. We were building a 20' X 8' grain box. The boss said. "I want a non stop weld along the floor" Had to where knee pads, and get real comfortable for that weld. He hated using a grinder. So I had to learn to do the same. Guess I'll have to get use to it. But maybe should get the machine checked out too. Thanks Lincoln 225 AC/DC, Hobart 140 Mig. Oxy/propane Victor torch.(2) Makita 5" angle grinders one with zip disk, 14" chop saw. and just about every other tool you can think of. Whoever has the most toys when he die's ..... Wins!
Reply:An 8' weld...I would have to say you are a power welder and the weldpak 100 may know this and fears you may make another weld of such length.lol!Just kidding... I could not resist. Hope you figure it out.Mike |
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发表于 2021-9-1 00:20:24