Sputtery Lincoln Mig Welder

[brucer]

have you checked the polarity yet? my 180c was setup for flux core from the factory.. for solid wire the gun is positive, ground is negative... look at your manual for info on switching this..

check your your wire, make sure the wire has no rust on it... also make sure the ground clamp and the area where its clamped is clean

check gas flow at the gun... i run 25cfh on my flowmeter/regulator.

off the top of my head with 1/8" steel with .030 wire you should be around 125 amps, and 250 ipm wfs..

i edited this in... heres a simple refence chart

[matteh99]

I haven't check yet. I haven't been back to my Dad's shop to try things yet.

I did try switching the polarity a while ago when I was trying to weld really thin stuff. I read some where that it would help. I switched it back from were it was.

[matteh99]

I did some checking and found out that the welder was trying to be to smart for my own good. The welder has presets for different wire sizes, gasses, metal types etc. Some one had messed with the settings so it was set to be welding stainless steel with some weird gas mix and wire size. It made all of the presets for metal thicknesses wrong. I went throught and set it up the right way and it welds much better. I also put some more oil on the felt cleaner thing but I don't think that made much difference.

[Gadget]

Glad you got it figured out Eric.

[KHK]

Glad to hear of your success.