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I really dig the interface as well. The knob for x, y, z is always in the same place and can be turned to a keyed reference point rather than digital menu diving. Comes with a lot for the price as well. I mostly tig, although have been (begrudgingly) been doing a lot of stick lately. I’m thinking this dedicated machine would be better than a multi process for my needs. Can always upgrade a peddle pretty easily as compared to what some welders (don’t) come with. Thanks for the feedback.

 

It comes with a finger trigger as well, actually.

 

Yes, there’s a brake as soon as I find the right bolt for the spring in the center. Funny, I was thinking about a pvc spacer myself. I’ll have to fab something to engage the pin in the hub. The drag issue seems to be related to the roll of wire and it’s misalignment as can pull the wire thru the cable pretty easily if I unwind the spool some.

 

I have the primeweld tig225x as well. It is my first tig machine so nothing to compare to, but I have been pleased with it. I know there have been alot good things said about primeweld and that helped steer me there direction. By the sound of it I need to try the arc welding side of the machine. I learned to weld on an old Lincoln 225 like i suspect alot of us did.

The primeweld cut60 is the machine I have my eyes on for the plasma table build, that is turning into a roundtuit project.

 

I put the spacer under the Hub or behind it depending the style of the feeder .

 

Funny how those Roundtuits increase as you get older .

I think I have enough to fill out the next incarnation .

 

Hey guys I took welding in high school (10 years ago) and decided to buy a titanium mig 170 to start doing truck projects. I did a little practicing yesterday and was wondering is this acceptable? And if not, is this at least a good starting point to build off of?

 

Good start but truck projects most often means out of position welding so refresh yourself with that as well.

In case you forgot the important things Be Comfortable and Be Able to see.

 

You’re gonna want to direct more heat into that base metal. You can see where the toe is rolling over, if you cut and etched it, you would see the weld is mostly sitting on top of your base metal. The base metal required more heat than the top material because the top material melts faster at a lower temp since your welding on the edge of the material, vs in the middle like your base material. Otherwise it looks ok, keep up the practice.

 

Cold lap is a very serious problem and gets people hurt or worse.

 

when you say more heat, are you saying cranking the voltage up some more?

 

Heat could mean travel speed, voltage, or even wire stick out. I’d start with focusing the puddle into the base material a little more than the top material which melts easier. You will probably end up bumping the voltage too, but I prefer to adjust one parameter at a time and see how it affects your weld. If you change too many things at once it’s harder to figure out how each adjustement affects the weld.

 

also when you crank the voltage you’ll probably end up raising your wire feed speed a little as well. I’m not good at describing it using words, it’s a lot easier to show a guy the relationship between the voltage/wire feed speed when you can do it in person and point out the difference in sounds and feedback you get from the gun when it’s in your hand.

if the wire feels like it’s poking the material than the voltage is too low or wire speed is too high. If it feels like the wire is melting before it hits the puddle then the opposite is happening, too high of voltage/ or low of wire feed speed, or a combo of both.

 

Thing is after years it is an automatic response Myself I seldom even take notice of the fine tuning .

So many things can effect the output .

One good one was after 1700 when the AC was turned down in the large office the input voltage increased enough to effect things

 

Looks good from my house. It ain't going anywhere..LOL
Zim

 

i appreciate y’all’s input. Is this looking any better or still not enough penetration?


EDIT : I think I have been moving too quickly. I slowed down and the welds seem to sink in a little more instead of puddling on top

 

That’s much better. I figured with directing the puddle a little more and adjusting travel speed you’d get it. I generally run the same settings for everything .095-.250 and just account for the differences with weld speed and puddle munipulation. Once you get used to it, it’s easy to make adjustments to your welding style on the fly mid weld if things don’t seem to be flowing right.

 

I agree. Muscle memory is very hard to describe. Like said above, I seldom change my settings. Most changed occur from speed of travel.

My opinion on those welds is you still have too much wire speed. I may be biased, I prefer a flatter weld than most.

You do have a handle on smoothness, though. Try a weld, pause weld pause to get that Tig welding look. When I say this, your travel is what I'm talking about, not the trigger.

 

thanks man , I’ll try cutting the speed down a little more and try to flatten it out. The less grinding the better haha.

 

when sleeving something what does everyone recommend? sleeving 2inch square tube into 2.5in square tube. so i was planning to drill a few holes and plug weld and then weld the overlap at the back also.

any recommendations on hole size? 1/2in is what im leaning. sleeved a total of 8inches.

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