Setting Wire Speed On A Mig Welder To Match Voltage, Must See For Beginners Learning Welding 

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I describe it as a steady crisp noise.

A old timer told me it should sound like your ripping a bed sheet real slow. I pay attention to sound as well

Funny all I’ve ever heard are young timers saying an old timer told them that. If frying bacon and mig welding ever sound the same then you’re doing one or the other very wrong

I’ve learned from some good welders. The “smooth” sound is the sizzling bacon. You just know when it’s right after a while.

hope it helps!!!!

I hope it helps!

Find another learning spot. I promise you, all of those welds were made to look pretty, not be as functional as possible. Very little, if any penetration on the root.

@@elimgarak1127 wrong bud.

Thank you. Hope it helps!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

Many thanks!

You will be. It will just click one day. Just remember, clean metal will be consistent, and you will actually learn faster without all the variables caused by rusty or dirty metal. Even when practicing.

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Thank you. Hope it’s helpful

I ordered some lenses that should make me able to do a better job filming the details. Then I can start popping out some better videos. I still remember trying to figure this stuff out myself 25 years ago. It’s crazy how much it just becomes second nature.

Thanks! Hope it helps!!!

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Lol. Yeah it’s a challenge. You guys with your logical units of measurement. 😂

Right on!

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No problem! I am going to make a few more of these that may help. I have lenses for my camera now that I’m eager to try out. Should be able to see and hear then. 😂

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Best of luck! Don't get discouraged! 20g can be tricky with blow through.

Yeah 20ga. is very tricky to weld. If you have room enough to clamp a piece of heavy bar stock behind your seam, try it. It'll absorb the heat n help reduce blowing holes to often. Helps out to to patch blow outs. Keep everything cold before starting another weldment. Tight fitups will make a ton of difference on ( minute to no gaps ) thin gauge metal. You can do it 💪 💪

Thanks. I’m working on a follow up now and have a cameras that seems promising

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It’s all in the lips!

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75% argon, 25% co2. I believe that was .035 wire. It’s been a while since I made that. I am going to do a few more now that I have a better camera for it.

Short answer, no. Some older commercial welders have adjustable inductance using a knob, but I haven’t ever seen it on smaller machines. I’ve seen it a lot on old Linde machines.

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Glad it helped!

Flux core is a lot different. It’s also very frustrating to try and learn, especially on thin metal. Here are a couple of tips. First, don’t be afraid to “6 shoot it” just so you can get done. This will be just tack welding all the way around instead of a constant weld. Second, setting your wire speed to the sound of more of a hiss. So have your speed down and start a weld and keep turning it up while welding until it starts to spatter, then back it down just until it’s a hiss again. I’m going to send you a link to another video that will also show you a few tricks on welding exhaust that may help.

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@@DeathTollRacing Thanks for the tips! I'll go look at your exhaust video I'm sure it will have a bunch of great tips.

@@DeathTollRacing Thanks for the link!

You're very welcome! Hope it helps!

Those are great welders!

I did not here but you can. Usually though you would do one (root pass) and 2 on top (cover pass). Otherwise you’ll be weaving to cover. As you learn though, just do it however you can. Learning the rest of the techniques can come later.

All the welds were basically straight to slightly dragged. Yeah, field welds bend a lot of rules to get it done!

Dirty Welds you say? lol

@@DeathTollRacing Reason for dragging opposed to the normal pushing with mig??

@@misplacedcaper9662 there are situations for every position. Dragging penetrates better, but can make the weld profile “humped”. There’s a lot more to it, but that’s that main pro and con

The gasless wire will be different than what I did. On the small cheap welders, usually you will crank the voltage all the way up and then dial in your wire. You won’t really get the sound I got with it, but basically if you start with the wire slow, start turning it up until it starts sputtering, then back it off just until it quits. One last thing, you won’t want to weld down with gasless. Weld going up, always keeping your arc in the puddle. I will do a video on this soon. I think it could be helpful.

@@DeathTollRacing thanks for your reply! Looking forward to watch your upcoming videos!

Sometimes depends on the situation, but usually I would be set up for the thicker material and try and keep the heat on it. If it’s a butt weld however, that may be difficult to do and you may want to be set up for the thinner piece.

I prefer non foam ear plugs since sparks go right through them and bring with them molten foam. an ear pod or something similar works well.

@@DeathTollRacing ive never had a spark melt my ear plugs and I used to do production mig but I guess its possible, we arent allowed music because its a structural shop and it can be a bit hazardous

@@natenate2280 i wouldn’t recommend it. We used primarily 1/16 dual shield in all positions, so bb’s were real big. 😂

@@DeathTollRacing oh ok I was just running some vertical 3/32 dual shield today at work for awhile without any problems because I think the 1/16 hobart wire we got runs like shit and didnt have any problems but ill keep that in mind for tomorrow

.045 my bad not 3/32

I presume the metal you are using is the same that you intend to weld? ***roughly the same thickness would be preferable. Or is that irrelevant? ***not irrelevant, but you can fudge it a bit. When you are performing this, do you just let the weld pool build and build in the joint, or do you need to move side to side? ***when you are new, do whatever you are comfortable with, then, once you are more confident, you can start adjusting technique. I wouldn't stress too much over this part yet. Just get the welds to lay in there for now. And lastly, is there any reason not to do it the other way around? ***Set wire speed, and adjust voltage. You can, but I think it's a bit easier this way. plus a lot of machines have "clicks" on voltage that sometimes are fairly large jumps between voltages.

Flux core is a bit different. In my opinion, It’s harder to learn with because it’s much more difficult to see the workings of the weld puddle. I will be doing some videos on it soon. But once you get the hang of it, transitioning to mig will be a breeze.

That one was just stepping, no weave. But if you’re just beginning, do whatever you can repeat, then once that’s easy for you, adjust then. Stepping is my preferred method though.

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I’m not familiar with that term.

Thank you! I have one set up now on using the gasless (flux core) wire since I know when I bought my first welder it's what I was trying to learn on. I have a new camera setup so I'm hoping I can get much better video.

Fantastic! That’s what I’m working with right now. Should I assume that the “sound” adjustments are the same as the MiG? Thank you for the reply, it is much appreciated. I build high performance & repair of motorcycles. I do my own boring, valve grinding, etc. and I have a old SuperFlow 110 machine updated with Performance Trends computer software for my porting. The software is so confusing that I just use the old SuperFlow manual controls. Maybe one of these days. I need to build a wheelie bar for a 1976 Yamaha RD400 2 stroke. Motors done and fired up with an auxiliary gas bottle. I’m in the middle of sanding and painting the tank and fiberglass body kit. Fingers crossed on that. I hope to run it on the drag strip but I know I won’t be able to keep that front end down and I’m to old to crash and recover. Thank you so much and I look forward to your next video. Didn’t mean to ramble on. What kind of racing are you building?

@@richardbartlett4075 the sound with the flux core will be smoother. If it starts crackling, back it (wire speed) down just to where it quiets down. I’m doing street car drag racing builds currently. I’ve done off road, and hobby class rally in the past. I’m focusing on street car / trucks that you can take to a track or off-road park on my RU-vid channel.

No. Aluminum is totally different. It’s going to be more of a hiss type sound. I need to do a video on aluminum, but I’m not nearly as proficient at aluminum.

it is. Learning that sound and how to correct for it is so helpful!

That’s a procedure thing not a set in stone thing. It is possible to downhill with joint penetration. There’s about 2 ways to do it right and 1,000,000 wrong. Most do it wrong because it looks smooth.

Yea fair. We had a guy get written up for doing a down hand. Not saying you’re doing anything wrong but young guys just starting…. I’ve been a journey man for 11 years. Worked on some cool projects in the past. If I ever got caught downhanding. Especially “new” guys. It’s frowned upon in some circles. But (DH) it could be “enough” in some situations.

@@jeffbarker3001 yes, it required pre authorization where I was too. We rarely even used “hard wire” anyway. We were 99% dual shield. Mostly 1/16. That you don’t run downhill ever.

I remember having that problem when I was younger and getting extremely frustrated.

Yes! However if you do flux core, you should not be welding downhill. You will weld that one uphill. I really need to make a few more videos now that I have a better camera and hit a couple new scenarios

@@DeathTollRacing Do you mean push the bead and not drag it?

@@drewchambers9132 there’s situations for both. I prefer a slight drag

@@DeathTollRacing Can we please keep it on the subject of welding..lol jk haha

@@drewchambers9132 😂

No pulse. Just steps. I don’t have a pulse machine unfortunately.

down, pause, down pause. Don't let the puddle get ahead of you. If you can't keep up with the puddle, turn the wire UP or the voltage down.

@@DeathTollRacing ah thanks. I do some that’s in all positions including upside down but I always bump my speed half a point but didn’t know you could turn the voltage down and get the same effect. I’m new at it and my job requires so any info helps.

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Material is .095 or 2.4mm

What settings? I didn’t see him show any. Are you just trying to sound smart?

It doesnt take a genius to listen to the arc and know he is using dip/short arc transfer and in the downhand positions 3 to 4 mm is the max you would apply to ensure good root and side wall fusion - do yourself a favour before making inane stupid comments learn something about welding.

@@davidrichards3605 so yeah, just trying to sound smart. Didn’t work. Sorry

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Hahaha. It’s not flux core bud.

@v.simonson5170 can you only wrld upland with flux core ? Or only heavy plate I was thinking just 1/4 =1/2 plate can it be done downwards ???

@@mickridley4409 without a pulse machine uphill mig on steel isn’t really a thing that’s done commonly. Not saying it can’t be done on heavier pieces, but commercially, they would use another method. Flux core on the other hand it is preferred to go up 99% of the time.

Sorry. Maybe you cook bacon wrong? LOL

1-Root penetration 2-that’s a good rule for an amateur welder.

@@DeathTollRacing do you have any proof that doing dimes gives better root penetration cuz the way i see it, its only use is to make the weld look prettier but its not any stronger than running a straight line.

@@anatude1 I did destructively test and weld procedures for 15 years. There’s a lot more to it than just “stacking dimes”, but just riding a puddle is the worst method, especially down hill.

@@DeathTollRacing thwn why doesent every welder out there stack dimes if its so much better?

@@anatude1there’s a lot more to it than that. You’re way over simplifying it.

This is short circuit, you are quoting spray arc. completely different worlds. You should withhold giving advice until you are more familiar.

@@DeathTollRacing oh sorry didn’t want to shake the boat. Short Circuit process is what I was referring specifically. The sound of bacon is a misnomer. In this process you cannot get a constant sound as in frying bacon. The arc is extinguished and reignited 60 times a second on AC 60 hertz. The sound of bacon frying is subjective at best’s as we all have different levels of hearing. Your bacon sizzling might be my steak frying in a pan. Just watch your puddle and stick out as that control your heat. You young guys buy a Harbor Freight welder and your instant popcorn welders. Keep your ears and mind open and your mouth shut…..BUT I did enjoy your video there was some great information there. Stay Well!

@@carolynbatta9525 I only care to argue because I really don't like people giving bad advice, or conflated advice that confuses people. I've hired over 1,000 welders in my career and a lot of the time would rather hire someone completely green than someone with minimal knowledge that they found in the comments or on reddit. I'm not sure we are on the same page here. If you think I need to turn the wire speed (amperage) down, you couldn't be more wrong. If you are just arguing my descriptive words of the sound, then "okay" I guess. Now for the 60 hertz. Unless you are running a transformer welder with a bad, or VERY crappy transformer, DC current output is 0 hertz. Yes, it's plugged into an ac outlet that is 60 hertz if you are in the US or Canada.

Ummm, okay. I’m sure your the expert.

A noob knows you're not supposed to

@@jonathanarango4610 remember this moment once you learn. There are many types of welding. Non pulse mig is downhill, and it must be set and run properly hence the video showing how to set it up. Try asking questions instead of pretending to know something you don’t.

Dont change the wire speed.. you're calibrating and finding your parameters.. so you set a wire speed your comfy with and if it's running cold you turn up the voltage..

When you down hill pass you dont penetrate the metal the same.. its actually illegal in big welding companys.. you get fired bro

Good luck to you

The video is about setting the welder. Nowhere in the video does he mention what he is welding, what the material and thickness is or even what are the requirements are. So your comment is just rude and unwarranted.

@@user-fc7li1tu5e He probably works somewhere where he can't be trusted to weld downhill and was instructed to never do it. That comment is always funny and would love to see someone weld uphill on .065 tubing without a pulse welder. 🤣

With mig, and without pulse, it’s very difficult to go up hill without overheating if the material. If using self shielding wire, you will go up. Flux core, dual shield wire is also up only, and some of those are actually a flat / horizontal only.