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Settings for welding 3/16 steel plate

brans87

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I have never welded the thicker stuff and curious What you guys would set my Miller 215 settings at using .030 wire and gas 75-25 mix.

I know it should sound like bacon cooking in the pan but figured a few of you guy's here might be able to throw down some realistic #'s out there for me.
 
isn't there a settings table on the inside door of the unit? I find those settings to be pretty damn close most of the time. Or is the 215 one of those autoset machines?
 
also a good V grove to get a good burn in .

i just turn it up till its cooking and let it burn in . i dont pay attention to the settings to much but more my ear tells me were it sould be .

and try the chart to get you started . flip the lid on most machines were the wire goes for a chart .
 
Agreed. It should be more of visual/audio decision than picking a number. I'd much rather start on the hot side and then adjust down as needed. It's pretty easy to tell where you need to be once you start
 
The biggest mistake I see when people go to thick material is, turning the speed up to much. Then you get the popping and massive splatter.

I always start with the settings chart on any welder I don't use on a regular basis. It is a good place to start, but always needs to be adjusted.
 
Those setting seem off the recomm found that out with sheet metal . This welder burns hotter then the old Hobart 140 I had while back. I was working on a fender in really good shape from a K5 and had to weld with set to sheet inside welder to 22 gauge.

So guess I will play around more with it. Guess least with 3/16 your not going to blow through it like sheet metal.
 
sweetk30 said:
also a good V grove to get a good burn in .

i just turn it up till its cooking and let it burn in . i dont pay attention to the settings to much but more my ear tells me were it sould be .

and try the chart to get you started . flip the lid on most machines were the wire goes for a chart .
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Agree with you there Wade. My buddy taught me the bacon trick. Yes will do the V always on thick metal if I can cause it does burn in better.
 
yup learned over time to start low and on heat can always be turned up.
 
Miller 215 I have to run in 110v and have it turned down on heat almost all they way on old metal. now if doing new 16 gauge/18 gauge it seems fine.
 
That's a given! They charge you high for good metal and give you nothing for scrap.
 
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