by emptyglass » Tue Mar 19, 2013 7:53 pm
You read the panel from left to right, thats how the weld goes.
Arc force. Leave it set in the middle untill you want to play with it.
Pre flow will purge the area of atmosphere. About 1/2 to 1 secs is enough. When you hit the trigger, gas will start before the current starts, by how much you set.
Pulse freq. The oscillation speed of the pulse.
Peak current is just that. Thats the max current through the weld process.
Pulse duty is how long the oscilation of the pulse takes
Base current is the lowest current the pulse will reach before ramping up again.
Clean area, not sure. Might use some arc to help clean the weld?
Down slope is a gradual taper down of power after you take your finger off the trigger.
To start off, leave things set where they are pictured, except for the peak current. Set that according to the job.
From there, start playing with the foot pedal, you might need to muck with the settings to get it working.
Pulse is fantastic once you get it set right for the job, it ramps the current up and down, giving the metal a chance to solidify before the next puddle forms. Also gives a clean weld.
You can get a longer back cap for the torch, this save having to snap the tungstens in half.
You will also need a ceramic gas diffuser, they screw on the front of the torch.
You got a pretty good machine there mate. Hot start and self darkening sheild, the bloody thing will do the welding for you! I can't comment on how it would go in a workshop with rough guys throwing it around, but it should serve you well on the bench.
Oh yeah, your rear is pretty plain. :handgestures-thumbupleft: