Mig welding set up Part 1 Volts/power and wire speed Tips and Tricks #45
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So useful thanks Trev, your blogs like a 1 stop shop latley👍
Very nice instruction/explanation of the mig process.👍👍👍
This is just awesome Trev, thanks! Sure could have used this 2 months ago when I started to learn? Ha ha. I'm getting better now but this vid really explained what I hadn't quite figured out. Thanks!! About to put in the quarters now...the final part of my sheet metal repair on the 68 Firebird.
Very informative Trev, this helps me! Cheers, Doug
i was looking for puppy training videos and i ended up here and now im considering buying a mig welder
Thanks Trev good informative video in layman's terms 😀
spot on, looking forward to seeing tips on grinding the welds flush.
Buy a grinder, grind them flush. No need to listen to a true expert, they'll only baffle the hell out of you!
I can't wait for #3 as that is the most confusing thing I have found while trying my hand at mig welding. With regards to volts,my confusion comes from having 240 volts house power (USA has 110 120) and I can't work out what volts are in a welder when they talk about 60 volts eg. against what I thought voltage is. This is going to be a great series.
Brilliant, this helped so much and all within 30 minutes, cannot wait for the 2nd and 3rd videos.
I have a similar R Tec welder. I am not a professional but my welds were acceptable. When teaching my son the basics of welding we found R Tec had a settings table that was downloadable from their web site. Then just a bit of fine tuning. The worst thing, My son had a natural flare for it , And shows me how to do it better. A great video and thanks for doing them.
For someone whose welding looks like a mad man's arse this is really great information; detailed and clear. Thanks Trev!
Trev your putting on weight you’ve got too much time on your hands boy ..or eating too many cakes🤣
Because of the collaboration with the BakingBird I guess ;-)
You are one of the best sheet metal mechanics I've ever watched. Thank you for making these videos!!!!
Hi Trev, with your R-Tec 180 Mig Welder having a No Gas Flux Core capability, would it be possible for you to do an episode in one of your future blogs on working outside of the garage/workshop in the open air doing Gasless Mig Welding and some of the magnificent bodywork fabrication that you do. The reason I ask for this is it’s not always possible to work in a limited space garage/workshop, and I feel a lot of other people besides myself would find this episode very useful and informative. I follow your blogs and I’am always amazed at your fabrication skills you are one of the best I’ve ever seen. All the best to you stay safe.
Best Regards
Russell Darlington.
I do admire the way that you take a fairly complex scenario and dumb it down to a straightforward level without sounding like a pompous ass ... nicely done sir!
Hey, I think at last I understand it! I’ll give it a burl tomorrow. Thanks Trev.
Despite a grinder and paint a welder I aint :). Inverter welders are the way to go - so much better control than transformer based machines. £160 - £230 (plus the cost of gas etc)will get the hobby welder something quite decent. Great stuff Trev.
Great advice as always, thank you
Absolutely fantastic information. Looking forward to watching the whole series. Thank you 🙏. 👍👍
I am a beginner welder and have watched a bunch of Beginner Welder videos. This video was way more helpful, and felt more like being in a welding shop and having someone actually explain what is happening with your fails and how to fix it; thanks Trev!
Great video, as always.
Actually I can hear if voltage and speed match.
There is the typical noise good MIG welding comes with...
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Something I think you forgot to mention that you probably should have, is mentioning that you use CO2 or CO2 mix (gas) to create an atmosphere that your weld metal can work in its molten state. Also maybe you should mention that using a thin wire such as .9mm copper coated solid wire would require far less heat than the likes of 1.2 or 1.6mm and is suitable for such work? I'm a boilermaker welder with 18 years of experience who's been asked to do a panel beaters/sheet metal worker job (replace a roof on a 70 Holden Torana), so thought I'd check out a video done by a panel beater. Otherwise it's a good video.
Craig Ramsey ruclips.net/video/5yY7pz2knbg/видео.html 👍
Trev your work is absolutely amazing love watching this
Thank you for not assuming that we know anything about welding. You make so clear and understandable.
Just watched your vid Trev and I'm looking forwards to the next instalment. Got the same RTech welder and have found it to be excellent, so far. One thing that helped me to get the right settings has been to keep any sections I've cut off the car to 'test' for penetration and how fast to move.
I should be in a position to start on the body work of my project next week, so your timing is as excellent as the video. 10 out of 10 as usual.
Hola saludos desde Argentina. Alguien podría traducirme que es lo que explica a partir del minuto 11:37 ??? Con que parámetros suelda en cada chapita? . Entiendo que la del medio es la que esta bien .muchas gracias
La soldadura del medio es correcta. la izquierda demasiado lento. la derecha demasiado rápido. La penetración es perfecta por el medio y pobre a izquierda y derecha.
If only I could understand one word he says.
Trev, always explains it so good!! Cheers Mate!! Thanks for the help!!
But with the inverted welders I was told when welding you can adjust the current/wire feed but not to adjust voltage when welding
The best thing to do is what you consider to be the right thing 👍
Yeeees, I just bought a new mig welder jajjajaj
Thanks you have helped me more than you can imagine!
Great video Trev. Some good information there and well explained. I always wondered the switches on my welder was for lol.
Cheers, Jeff.
Thanks Trev! This will be useful with the amount of rot I have on my mini! I’ve never welded before but I better learn fast! 😂😂
Dear Mr Trevor ,I am having trouble with my slapper,I just can't make her work ,I wonder if French slappers are different to English slappers apart from the language barrier of course ,a hammer and dolly no problems but when it comes to slappers no joy ,in my youth I had no problem with the local slapper but I suppose that's different any tips would be highly appreciated
Many thanks
GRIZLUM
hey Trev, do you take requests ?
I have English wheeled a door skin and its come out ok,
But now I have to put a hip line (swag line?) horizontally across the door, I can figure out how to do it without collapsing the crown?
Any way you can show us how to do that ?
Sammy are you using a bead roller to put that line in?
@@trevsblog I had a couple of goes at it. I made 2 door skins. The first I tried a bead roller , the next an English wheel, but they both worked in creating the line but tend to flatten the panel a bit. I tried to use (what I call ) a chaser (like a very blunt chisel) and tap it from the back along the swag line to stretch it back to a crown , but I wasn't all that successful so I thought seeing pro like your self do it would be great.
Its an old Alfetta Sedan. If you search for a picture on the net , about hip height there is a line going horizontal across the door. I started by wheeling the skin to the right crown but getting that hip line in causing me grief
any chance you can do a video doing something similar or provide any clues ?
Hi-kan-you-show-as-how-to
Wild-Alumniem?
I’m working on it, hopefully soon 👍
Excellent video !
Thanks for your analysis. Experiment. Do something different. Throw something at it. Ruin it, bust it up. Five in, three out, you'll get it right, Trevor will NOT steer you wrong. Make a donation please. I'm working on it. PB
Awesome Video thank you Trev
Thank you 👍
Thanks for this video Trev, tried out bit of welding yesterday and got it looking and penetrating so much better and at lower power settings as well - going to help no end towards my next project which is a heavy restoration 👍👍
Another good video Trev. I need to watch it a few more times. Hey I was watching a youtube video of Red Bull Soapbox London 2019 and was surprised to see you were a commentator. A second look and I could see it wasn't you but sure looked like you. I bet you could build a great soap box racer.
Like the music!
Let's say you have to do a vertical uphill or downhill weld on an A pillar in the car, relatively thin steel still. Should you change the settings you use on the welder compared to a horizontal weld?
Chris Eckert in general welding uphill results in fighting gravity, increase the wire speed to rectify the problem. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Thanks Trev
Actually Trev I thought I had the RTech TIG 200 - I dont. My setup is exactly the same as yours in the video. TIG 161 & MIG180. Brilliant kit
I think it's very good video Trevor. I allowed myself to share it with one of FB groups for metalworking. Hope you don't mind. You keep uploading them videos, great job pal :-))))))
Great content!
Well put across Trev , I don't have to bother with all that as I have a GYS smartmig - dead quick and simple set up - what I would mention is the importance of a good earth/ground/return MIG can be sensitive to that and have you fiddling with wire speed etc , when in fact its the the naughty little ground connection .
Trev you're a bleeding marvel - I just got a MIG welder for restoring my old Hudson and now look what you've done. You've gone and helped me set it up!!!!
If you can afford it buy a machine with actual voltage and wire speed numbers. Makes life a lot easier
I do very little body fabrication work but I just love watching skilled people make things! That’s why I’m in the process of watching all your videos. I volunteer doing woodwork to restore old railway carriages. Great to hear a Gloucestershire accent, like the one I’ve got! 😀
Very helpful .Ive got an older flux core welder and it's always been a challenge . My welds are "Butt-ugly" ... but they don,t break
Trev, loving your videos and easy explanation. Cheers Sean
Another great video Trev. But I didn't see you stick your sausage in. Like Matt urch😬
Okay, I had to come back and thank you again. That technique of adjusting the wire speed in realtime is a total game changer for me!!!
I finally get it. I appreciate you Trev!
Excellent explanation and very nice graphics!
I would say that your drawings are better for explanation. This is how a practitioner who has no idea about current and voltage understands it much better.
Trev, I have been worrying myself senseless in trying to be taught welding. Being on the Isle of Wight, there is nothing but between you and Matt's channels, I have learned a great deal, from you the basics up to intermediate and with Matt, the little tricks to get a job done. I hope that you are keeping safe and are not bored in this dreadful lock down but you have your workshop as an outlet. Thank you so much. David
Thanks. Fantastic video. Should help my welding no end. Really looking forward to the next couple of vids.
Watching this awesome video is the best thing that has ever happened to me! I've never seen such good penetration! Love your channel, thanks man.
You solved my two years of welding problems in 30 mins. night and day difference, many thanks.
Hi Trev! Do you still have your donation page? Your videos are so informative you answer the questions I have without me asking them lol. Also for the R tech welder do you have an affiliate link as if I buy one and its possible for you to get a commission as such then I'd prefer to do it that way! Currently have a sealey supermig 200 but after watching this video I may sell it and get one of these to complete a restoration im doing
xiG0DSB3A5Tix my donation link is in the video description, I haven’t mentioned it lately as people don’t like to hear about it, they want free videos but don’t want to think the person providing it could be making something out of it. Strange but true. I don’t get any commission from R-tech, the equipment used in the videos was donated to myself, I was very pleased about that as I was going to buy the TIG welder anyway. If you get paid for promoting equipment then it can effect the ad revenue. Incidentally I get nothing but complaints about the ads on the videos even though they can be skipped. I could do more to try and squeeze money from the channel but it’s all time and energy and there is only so many hours in a day. I enjoy making videos and helping people out with the info. The positive reaction I get from the majority of subscribers certainly outweighs the negative. All the very best Trev 👍
Very descriptive and clear. Thank you.
Fantastic Vid Trev! Hope you and the family are well mate? Thanks...
That graph provided the proverbial lightbulb moment for me. Thanks Trev!
my dad used for ages a old transformer mig with 2 switches for power and a feed setting and never got gas and wondered why his welds sucked and sat on the surface. iv just got a inverter mig and this is mega helpful as my dad and I got a mk2 ford consul and it deserves good welds thanks Trev your hole channel is helping me out massively to get my dads darlin on the road
Looking forward to watching these. I've got this welder and as a beginner, have managed to make quite a few tables etc using box tubing
Great video. Really informative thank you.
Trev - you have so much knowledge. Great video, thanks for sharing
I am new to MIG and very inconsistent. But this year I am going to practice a little every day. Love your content as usual.
Fantastic video as always trev this guy rocks man keep up the great work I suppose I’ll have to get more metal now to practice on lol
this is the duck's guts for newbie's like me, I am now going to watch the rest of the series
Great job explaining this problem.
Good vid' for the learners , one other thing i used to say is the skill dont come in the box with the welder '
I have been using mig for a long time and this video is one of the best that I have seen yet. ❤
Very informative, seen where I'm going wrong now, thanks Trev
Absolutely nailed the coaching on this . Love it !!
Far better than other welding videos I've seen.
This is a super helpful video. thank you!
Really good. As always. Spot on as mentioned. Great!
I’m on flux core at the moment till end of lockdown in NZ but I’m getting some nice flat lines, but not always like vertical
Brilliantly explained, thanks Trev.
Trev, thank you for that. Completely brilliant. I’ve been MIG welding for years, and built a sports car chassis using it, but never had such a clear explanation. It made me want To ruń out to the garage and try it straight away (I didn’t, as I’m busy). Tomorrow I’ll be giving this a go. Tips on wire diameter might be useful some time. And I’m also hoping you’ll do a similar “series” on TIG welding too... as I’ve just bought one of those!! Thanks again. Les
Leslie Austin I’m glad you found it helpful. Here’s part 1 of three videos done on TIG more to follow in the coming months ruclips.net/video/HGnjolz5s_Y/видео.html cheers Trev 👍
I knew you would be the one to properly explain where I have gone wrong.
this will be a good series. i hope you'll show some of you using your spotter soon.
Brilliant video, Trev. Thank you.
Another great video, Trev! This couldn't have come at a better time. I will be putting these techniques to work on my project this weekend! I'll post the results on my Instagram. Thank you, Trev!! 😎❤👊🏻⚡
Jack Hammer thank you buddy I’m looking forward to seeing your finished project 👍
Great video. You should teach
Thank you for sharing! Great stuff
If welding say 6mm how would you know what setting is best. I’m assuming you won’t see penetration on the thicker metal ?
knockdolian12 most of this comes from experience, once you can identify what a good weld looks like on the surface you’ll have a good understanding as to how well you are welding. If I was attempting to weld 6mm I would know that the welder needs to be set on pretty much the highest setting as it’s only a 180 amp machine, I would then match the wire speed by listening to the sound of the arc and viewing the quality of the weld. Cheers Trev 👍
Thanks TREV, iLL stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!
Decent info as always Trev!
hi nice work trev's
Thanks Trev very helpful.
that is some class graph work ;)
Love it, so useful. cheers Trev.
bloody good video. cheer's.
Hi, I see you have a flow meter on your bottle,green knob, what do you have it set at for body work please.
Colhonk 6 lpm works for me. Cheers Trev 👍
Fantastic! Thanks Trev for this series as it’s perfect timing for me as I’ve just started welding and have an RTech 180. I have a Datsun 240z and my aim is to do the welding work required if I can become proficient enough in the next year or so... will you talk about travel speed? Thanks again!
Jon H as far as MIG welding is concerned on car bodywork the techniques are more about doing a short blast of welding opposed to laying beads due to the heat distortion issues. Travel speed on bodywork is more relevant to TIG welding. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog Hi Trev, what can you tell us about cold welding machines, I saw some videos recently with impressive results on thin sheet.
Regards.
Mike
FINALLY someone explains in easily understood terms the "mystery" of MIG settings. THANKS! On a different subject- are you able to use your coffee van nowadays?
Jeffry Blackmon unfortunately due to the virus all of our events have been cancelled for the foreseeable future. We’re currently looking into doing some kind of takeaway coffee service outside other businesses. Cheers Trev 👍
@@trevsblog May success be yours!
some great advice here.