My 1st. 3 Beads

[jake98]

I think I'm gonna love this Hobart Ironman 230 welder..

 

[crash325]

Looks Great - too good for a first time welder. :laughing:

 

[brin]

I think I'm gonna love this welder..

Jake , have you never welded before ? I ask because I have not..and I have thought about getting a welding outfit but have been skeeeered of electrocuting myself..LOL - I was going to just get a little HF buzz box to start out with...but those beads look great.

 

[two_bit_score]

Jake , have you never welded before ? I ask because I have not..and I have thought about getting a welding outfit but have been skeeeered of electrocuting myself..LOL - I was going to just get a little HF buzz box to start out with...but those beads look great.

Just get a small mig and go at it. Pretty soon you'll be pricing a Ranger 225.

 

[jake98]

I've done a little ac and then some dc arc welding, but this new mig unit seems like it's gonna be too much fun..

 

[jake98]

Just get a small mig and go at it. Pretty soon you'll be pricing a Ranger 225.

I totally agree with this Bob. But I don't know what order to go with, lots of people start with a stick welder, those can do thick stuff.

 

[LD1]

So, what welder did you get???

It is also hard to judge a mig bead just laid on top of a peice of steel.

If you have some scraps, try sticking a few together. You will get a MUCH better feel for the machine and what heat/wire settings to run, as well as get good practice working on getting GOOD penetration into BOTH peices of metal.

But it does look good for a first ever attemp at welding:thumbsup:

 

[jake98]

I brought this plenum box home to practice on. Went down the outside (I guess a little too hot) and had a whole lot of penetration inside.. How long till I die from the fumes? Who cares, this thing works good! :thumbsup:



I didn't clean this at all figuring it's galvanized, but I guess maybe it wouldn't have hurt to brush it off first.

 

[Shield Arc]

jake98 you might want to turn that machine up on your flat welds, you're running too cold. Need to get into the habit of running Mig as hot as you can handle it. Try pushing the weld, if you're right handed, move in the direction from right to left. With the nozzle pointing forward just a touch.

 

[jake98]

jake98 you might want to turn that machine up on your flat welds, you're running too cold. Need to get into the habit of running Mig as hot as you can handle it. Try pushing the weld, if you're right handed, move in the direction from right to left. With the nozzle pointing forward just a touch.

Wire speed and voltage both? I was trying to get the feel for what voltage increase did, but didn't quite get it. Wire speed it's pretty noticeable..
Pushing really makes you feel like you're flying blind, with that big nozzle blocking the view, huh? Thanks for the tips.