Thx for the link to the vid. I took a pic of the machine at the last class so I could get the model off of it and DL the manual. Just for giggles, I took a better look at it to see where the Inductance/Dig knob was set. It's right around 30 so I'm definitely going to dial it up on Tuesday night and see how it goes.aland wrote: Skiddz,
I was having an issue on my machine, and hadn't paid much attention to it. I realized the next day after thinking things through, and was looking in the manual. I saw the ARC Force and checked the setting, which was down around 5%. I was having problems with both 6011 and 7018...
Jody has an XLNT video you should watch where he talks about it. His numbers are almost exactly the same as what you got on the Miller forum.
Yeah, I can run fairly consistent beads flat and horizontal. With 7018 I can get the toes to flow out pretty good if I can get my travel speed "correct". Too slow and it tends to stack up and sometimes "roll over". Too fast and the beads get concave and it gets hard to fix that when doing stacked fillets. Like i said above, I'm definitely going to mess with the Dig setting over the next couple classes and see how it goes.Poland308 wrote:If you’ve been running consistent beads. Then you will notice arc forces biggest visual que is at the toes of the weld. The edges will flow and wet in different. More arc force will cause them to dig in / less will flow more. I tend to crank up mine if I’m welding on rusty or painted stuff.
I've almost talked myself into buying a Millermatic 210 so may be able to get in even more practice at home by this time next week.