help with up hill mig setting on linclon 255xt
by frank
(san diego)
can you give me some heads up on the settings for up hill 1/4" I'm using a 255xt linclon. Thanks
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if you are using .035" er70s6 wire, you need somewhere around 230-280 inches per minute (ipm)...depending on the joint type..
a tee joint will handle more heat and wire speed than a lap or butt.
the best way to really figure ipm is press the trigger and count off 6 seconds, like thousand one...thousand two...
measure the wire that fed, round off to the nearest whole inch and add a zero.
24 inches equals 240 ipm.
then, adjust voltage to get a good bacon sizzling sound and a smooth arc with almost no spatter.
that will be around 18-19 volts most likely.
machines are different because they are not all calibrated to read exact figures for voltage or wire speed.
here is a video on welding vertical uphill that i hope you will find helpful