Yesterday, I did some finish welding on a fence project. I welded on some
latches and tabs, and then changed two Bommer springs on my pool gates.

I haven't welded with this Lincoln 175SP+ for a while and forgot I had put
.023 wire in it. I usually always have .030 in it.

Well, obviously, it wouldn't work well at the normal .030 settings. So, I
opens the door, notice I have .023 on it, look it up on the chart on the
door. The settings were waaaaaaaaaay off what I would have set it on if I
had been guessing. I was going to try by guess, but these were the final
visible welds, and I wanted them to look pretty.

When in doubt, there's nothing like RdingTFM, or just going by the chart.
It's just that now, there seems so much to know and to learn and to
remember that stuff gets pushed out of the brain to put new stuff in, and
every once in a while you have to pull out the ..........
accckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ....................... DIRECTIONS.

Steve

Or- "If it sounds like cookin' bacon, It's a weld your makin." To quote
the old fart who taught me how to MIG as a kid. Or just watch 5 minutes of
the Discovery Channel and your a instant pro! (Ha!) I have a manual that
came with the new pulser I blew up in my AeroWave.. Funny thing is I never
opened it. It's right on top of the welder waiting for me to fry this one
too..... Guilty too. I think I'm gonna grab it now..

Rob


Fraser Competition Engines
Chicago, IL.
"Steve B" <dsrttrvlr@aol.com> wrote in message
news:Fqrvh.3545$4W5.736@newsfe10.phx...
Yesterday, I did some finish welding on a fence project. I welded on some
latches and tabs, and then changed two Bommer springs on my pool gates.

I haven't welded with this Lincoln 175SP+ for a while and forgot I had put
.023 wire in it. I usually always have .030 in it.

Well, obviously, it wouldn't work well at the normal .030 settings. So, I
opens the door, notice I have .023 on it, look it up on the chart on the
door. The settings were waaaaaaaaaay off what I would have set it on if I
had been guessing. I was going to try by guess, but these were the final
visible welds, and I wanted them to look pretty.

When in doubt, there's nothing like RdingTFM, or just going by the chart.
It's just that now, there seems so much to know and to learn and to
remember that stuff gets pushed out of the brain to put new stuff in, and
every once in a while you have to pull out the ..........
accckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ....................... DIRECTIONS.

Steve

Steve B wrote:
Yesterday, I did some finish welding on a fence project. I welded on
some latches and tabs, and then changed two Bommer springs on my pool
gates.

I haven't welded with this Lincoln 175SP+ for a while and forgot I had
put .023 wire in it. I usually always have .030 in it.

Well, obviously, it wouldn't work well at the normal .030 settings. So,
I opens the door, notice I have .023 on it, look it up on the chart on
the door. The settings were waaaaaaaaaay off what I would have set it on
if I had been guessing. I was going to try by guess, but these were the
final visible welds, and I wanted them to look pretty.

When in doubt, there's nothing like RdingTFM, or just going by the chart.
It's just that now, there seems so much to know and to learn and to
remember that stuff gets pushed out of the brain to put new stuff in, and
every once in a while you have to pull out the ..........
accckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk ....................... DIRECTIONS.

Yup. Other day I was aligning the pinch rolls on my Millermatic, so I cut
off
the wire inside and pulled out the rest through the gun. Then I monkeyed
with
the alignment and then put the wire back in the pinch rollers and barely
into
the gun and pulled the trigger. Not wanting to wait, I clicked it from low
speed
to high.

Two or three days later, I had to weld again. I set it to the settings for
.120" wall tube (which I have memorized) pulled the trigger, and POW it
melted right
through. I thought "Hmm" and tried again, this time really paying
attention. I
managed to get a bead run but it really welded weird.

You guessed it - I'd forgotten to click it back to low setting!

GWE

Yesterday, I did some finish welding on a fence project. I welded on some
latches and tabs, and then changed two Bommer springs on my pool gates.

I haven't welded with this Lincoln 175SP+ for a while and forgot I had put
.023 wire in it. I usually always have .030 in it.

Well, obviously, it wouldn't work well at the normal .030 settings. So, I
opens the door, notice I have .023 on it, look it up on the chart on the
door. The settings were waaaaaaaaaay off what I would have set it on if I
had been guessing. I was going to try by guess, but these were the final
visible welds, and I wanted them to look pretty.

When in doubt, there's nothing like RdingTFM, or just going by the chart.
It's just that now, there seems so much to know and to learn and to remember
that stuff gets pushed out of the brain to put new stuff in, and every once
in a while you have to pull out the .......... accckkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
....................... DIRECTIONS.

Steve

REAL MEN don't RTFM until after they've farked something up...

DJ

REAL MEN don't RTFM until after they've farked something up...

IdaSpode wrote:
REAL MEN don't RTFM until after they've farked something up...

REAL MEN don't OWN the manual!

On Jan 29, 5:19?pm, Grant Erwin <g...@NOSPAMkirkland.net> wrote:
IdaSpode wrote:
REAL MEN don't RTFM until after they've farked something up...

REAL MEN don't OWN the manual!

real men Drive with a Manual


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Big Ben
the "even if it is a footshift" Slug