Reply to "Newbie with many questions"

Todd M

DannyP posted:
Any weld is cleaner with gas, even when you dare to use both for better penetration on too-thick materials for your 110 volt machine.

The voltage is 240. Even getting the right outlet and amperage to the garage was a journey. Nothing is ever simple.

I was turning up the amperage until I hit about 110, and that is where it seemed to make a nice puddle. It appears to me a real trick to get the amperage correct and move the torch at the right speed and feed the wire at the right speed. And if I change the thickness of the material, everything changes again. It ain't simple. Tomorrow I am going to start practicing on stainless, since my frame is stainless, and the first weld I need to make on the car itself will be stainless. Wish me luck.

9/21/196:39 PM

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