I'm pretty sure he has a video showing it plugged directly into the wall. The factory cord on a welder is something like a 12/3, maybe 10/3, even on a 220v machine. 4/3 is way way over kill and expensive, especially for 110 unit. For making an extension cord that's not crazy long, 8/3 would be more ...

Yes it's a balance when you turn down both a little at a time. I would just try more practice before you start changing your settings much. If your getting good welds sometimes but not others then you just need to practice till you get more comfortable. Thank you. So far the overhead have never bee...

Yes it's a balance when you turn down both a little at a time. I would just try more practice before you start changing your settings much. If your getting good welds sometimes but not others then you just need to practice till you get more comfortable. Thank you. So far the overhead have never bee...

Looks like you are closer than you think to good looking welds. Over head is tricky till you learn to watch the puddle. After some more practice you will learn how to vary the speed of your weave pattern based on when it looks like it's about to drip. Maybe that's one of the problems, I don't actua...

The overhead I thought you were too far away. But as Poland said its about to drip. I'd turn the machine down when doing over or practice some over head first. I feel like I have the nozzle pushed up close, but the position feels very awkward. The fact that it gets droopy probably makes me speed up...

Some look too, too fast, too far away from the weld. You look like you aren't bracing against something to steady yourself. Are you using both hands. Do you know what the piece is use for? Wich ones look too too fast and far away? Honestly the ones on the top I can live with but would love some sug...

Poland308 wrote:Drive rollers do wear out. If the flats on the wheels bottom out on each other before they grab the wire it can cause feed issues. But pictures of the finished weld will help you get the answers you want.

Pictures are up.

One more from a different angle.

But why are you welding it out? It doesnt look like it needs it. The manufacturer intends it to be, every photo I can find of others, are fully welded. Unfortunately the straight runs are giving me even more difficulty than the circles did. The bottom side especially, with the nozzle pointing up. I...

Damn, that's some crazy info. Thanks

Make sure rhat you have adequate tension on your drive rollers. This video will show you how to tension them: Watch "Mig Welding Basics" on YouTubeMig Welding Basics: http://youtu.be/5KrwmK7df-s I want to try that technique but I'm concerned about shock. It's not possible get shocked doin...

How did you test the regulator?

But why are you welding it out? It doesnt look like it needs it. The manufacturer intends it to be, every photo I can find of others, are fully welded. Unfortunately the straight runs are giving me even more difficulty than the circles did. The bottom side especially, with the nozzle pointing up. I...

But why are you welding it out? It doesnt look like it needs it. The manufacturer intends it to be, every photo I can find of others, are fully welded. Unfortunately the straight runs are giving me even more difficulty than the circles did. The bottom side especially, with the nozzle pointing up. I...

I don't have any more circles on this side to do, the whole outside edge to do though. I'm going to give it another try tonight, I put a new contact tip on and I'll try maneuvering the lead like you described.

For someone who doesn't know what he's doing - that looks very good. No cold lap, fairly even travel speed through a radius. Nice. Thanks, that's good to hear. If you saw the other circles you probably wouldnt be saying that. The first circles didn't look like that haha. At first I had tried runnin...

I didn't realize it was that touchy considering all the odd locations one might need to weld. I did move the machine after first experiencing this and welded another hole with similar results, both directions. The best I can describe it is like the voltage being turned down while welding. More spatt...

I just watched a trouble shooting video from miller, they said if the wire ever burns back to the contact tip to replace the tip. I had that happen but just freed up the wire from the tip. Do you think that could be the problem? Unfortunately I can't remember if that happened before or after this is...

Go easy on me, to be blunt, I don't know what I'm doing. This is the hole I first noticed the arc sputtering, losing power. I ran it top to bottom, right side then left. The right side seemed to be run fine, the left is when it started falling on its face. http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y130/yamah...

Is there any strategy to placement of tack welds? Do you put them at start and/or stop points and weld to them? Do you put them wherever and weld over them? I'm going to be weldind a long, narrow, 3/16 plate to another and would like to tack it well. Lap joint. How long is long and how wide is narr...

Your wire speed could be too high as well. What's strange is that it just started doing it while welding, wasnt happening the other day or even earlier today . I actually quit now because it's falling on its face. I'm afraid that something is wrong with the machine or worse, my house wiring. It's a...

What would cause my wire to stick sometimes to the tack weld when finished, and other times it doesn't? Ive tried to notice what I'm doing different but haven't figured it out. Another strange thing happened, I ran some beads in the small circle cutouts of this plate, the last bead I ran, the arc st...

Thanks Dave.

Is there any strategy to placement of tack welds? Do you put them at start and/or stop points and weld to them? Do you put them wherever and weld over them?

I'm going to be weldind a long, narrow, 3/16 plate to another and would like to tack it well. Lap joint.

I tried prying up on the top piece to see what would happen. I knew the tie in looked questionable on the 10g but I didn't expect that the weld would lift completely off. It wasn't very easy to pry it up but definitely didn't penetrate. The little glob that stuck might have been a tack weld, not sur...