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Wow. I was running down at 3 at about 35 wire speed. My travel speed was very slow but I was getting decent penetration from the looks of the discoloring on the backside of the work piece. I guess I can turn it up like you said and increase rate of travel?

 

Holy crap! Yeah, a little too cold. Try those numbers and let me know how it goes. You’re gonna love the sound of the arc when you do it. Gonna sound like sizzling bacon and you’re gonna be able to tell he difference right away.

Just wondering since some don’t know but did you know your machine has a chart on the inside of the drive roll compartment that can help you get your machine close to dialed in for the thickness of material you’re using?

It tells you generally what your settings should be based on the wire size, material thickness, and whether you’re running flux core or solid wire. Then once you set it those settings you can fine tune things to your liking with the wire speed

 

Oh yeah. I use it quite a bit. When I do weld 3/16 I’m normally running much hotter. However even running it as cold as I did this evening, I was still getting undercut. Maybe I need to do a bit more experimenting with settings then.

 

For sure. Just making sure. Try those settings running downward and lemme know how things go

 

Will do. Now that I think about it, the undercut was occurring when welding up. So welding down, I very well could weld hotter and get away with it.

 

Stoked to see the results

 

The Hobart is a good starter welder !!

I used to be dead set against self taught welders but that was long before the internet.

If you watch enough videos so you understand what is happening in the puddle and what you need to do make it happen on a regular basis your off to a good start .

The trick is to know when you make a mistake and what needs to be done to correct it.

 

And don't be afraid of showing your work.

 

Even though you have the same model welder .

people weld different

input power differences even if your in the same building

then any welding machine can be plus or minus 10% of rated output and still be in factory spec .

Want to really see your progress weld tee joints then break them.

 

Can I get your guys opinion on this weld, not mine and I also don't recall where I found this picture but it intrigued me. It's the first time I've seen it done like this and to me it doesn't seem right...

 

Without really knowing just what that part is for and what it does.

Depends on who taught you and what type of work you do.

Looks like a wide weave that in most shops would get you one of those lectures if you don`t know what I mean your still young

Comes back to just how critical that joint is it might be just fine .

 

Looks nice, but it's a waste of time. Need more details to know for sure.

 

Looks to me like a link mount on a axle possibly, and yeah I've never seen a weld done like that and it looked to fancy.

That being said it is laid in there good and all, but I just wanted some clarification on to why I couldn't wrap my head around why someone would make a pass like that

 

It also looks like it was stitched and not a full weld, but the heat marks are pretty even so who knows

 

Not true. We downhill a bunch of heavy wall pipe. Just a matter of doing it right.

 

They walked the cup around some sort of flange. It's whatever.

 

My point was its easy to fuck up downhand. And im going to assume you are a pressure welder, so your welds are awesome. Most of us are not at that level.

 

Yeah no prob. Was just addressing this because it's not accurate

 

I used downhill all the time on thinner stuff less than 1/4". I was taught that with a thicker material, run it uphill. Aws d 1.1 or whatever its called.

 

Love benchmark flap disks. They seem to last a while longer than the expensive dewalt ones I get from tractor supply.