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The pot that I have on order is indeed a Miller part. Still not sure when I would have hit that knob hard enough to break it. Of course, theres a lot of moving, heavy objects in my shop. There's no telling.

 

I'm not more than a beginner, but that go looks much more consistent. Nice work! I think you could go a bit slower and/or weave tighter circles to burn it in a little more. Maybe slower and less wire speed?

 

Does anyone have the Vulcan Arcsafe welding mask from Harbor Freight? I’m going to start doing some mig and stick classes, just welding as a hobby. Not looking to spend a ton, so the Vulcan looks like a pretty good deal compared to millers. Also looking at the HTP striker supreme, but the headgear looks better on the Vulcan.

Any input would be appreciated!

 

I think it looks pretty good. I don't think you can get much better with a 120volt rig. You consistency is pretty decent. If you had a machine with more power, there would be nothing you could do better.

Slowing down with less wire speed will help, but it will also make it easier to kill a contact tip. It's a trade off.

I like a flatter weld, but that's just me. Once you learn how far you can go on a spool of wire, you learn how to extend that spool.

 

I just saw that add an hour ago. I was going check it out tomorrow when I run up to Traverse City. I'm gonna look at it closely.

 

thanks! much happier with that one. ill give a little less wire speed a try on the weld. trying to keep enough to not burn have the wire burn back

 

glad to hear im on the right track. been following this thread long enough i picked up a few things.

id like a 210v machine but itd require running a new feed line to the garage. i have a whole pack of contact tips. no worries there.

first solid wire spool in this welder and a 40lb tank. see how far they both go this time.

 

You will be surprised how long that can will last.

Just keep turning down the flow until the weld looks bad.

 

That's what I use, I as well am a hobbyist welder. I use it for grinding, plasma cutting and mig welding.

 

@Jeff350

 

With all that said, I used the $49.99 HF autoshade for years. I still have it for when I'm welding in odd positions. If it falls off my head, I never think "that's gonna be expensive" when it hits the floor. For a hobbyist, you can't really do better.

 

i have it set to 20scfh right now. tried the slower wire speed on a few test pieces and couldnt get as clean of a weld. just not the right sizzle for my skill level.

 

My buddy and his kid want to make a small little forge to make knives at home so he had some pieces of 1/4” plate plasma cut out and asked me to weld it together for him. Got a 6 pack of Mountain Dew and some ribs that he smoked as my payment.

 

Ribs and dew

 

Exactly! Was better than cash!

 

Ups finally came through at 9pm lol

 

I am curious how your killing contact tips by reducing wire feed speed unless your dropping quite a lot to the point your getting burn back constantly .

 

.375" x.028" tube w/ .035" sleeve fillet weld, zero burn through.

Ready for bed haha. My eyes are tired

 

Any of y’all live and work in Virginia?

 

Flux core is my favorite. 25-30+ volts with 300+ WFS is so much fun.