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So with 75/25 gas, crank the 252 up as high as it will go and adjust wore feed speed accordingly. What is the maximum settings on the 252 for voltage-maybe I'm not reading it right, but it says 38VDC on the 252 page from Miller. https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/w ... der-m00218
So realistically it may work with this machine and we'll play it as time goes. Thanks for the answers.
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Farmwelding wrote:So with 75/25 gas, crank the 252 up as high as it will go and adjust wore feed speed accordingly. What is the maximum settings on the 252 for voltage-maybe I'm not reading it right, but it says 38VDC on the 252 page from Miller. https://www.millerwelds.com/equipment/w ... der-m00218
So realistically it may work with this machine and we'll play it as time goes. Thanks for the answers.
The Miller is rated at 250 amps at 28 volts.
Weld voltage is not the same as open circuit voltage.

If I was your teacher I'd tell you to go try maxing out your own machine.
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I should point out that I only use machines over 300-400 amps, even at Tradeschool. But theroretically, yes. If you have access to .045 wire, that'll help as well.
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Would using 100% argon be a better way to achieve spray transfer. I have that as my other option as well.
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Farmwelding wrote:Would using 100% argon be a better way to achieve spray transfer. I have that as my other option as well.
Page 14 and 15 of the document I linked to you will answer this for you :)
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Thanks for that link Dave I spent an hour reading a lot of stuff I didn't know about Mig that I wish I had read a long time ago.
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Poland308 wrote:Thanks for that link Dave I spent an hour reading a lot of stuff I didn't know about Mig that I wish I had read a long time ago.
You're very welcome - Lincoln puts out some quality literature in my opinion :)

...now if I could just remember all of it I wouldn't have to re-read it every so often :D
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Poland308 wrote:Thanks for that link Dave I spent an hour reading a lot of stuff I didn't know about Mig that I wish I had read a long time ago.
You're very welcome - Lincoln puts out some quality literature in my opinion :)

...now if I could just remember all of it I wouldn't have to re-read it every so often :D
Yeah I see Lincoln does a lot of educational stuff. Videos, literature, training systems the whole works. They have the upper hand for sure on that page.
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Well I talked with moser fab and he runs spray with 75/25 with his 252 often. I gotta wait antiher week because of ACT testing and my teacher going to a conference. And of course we have had its just that our welding supply store dropped the gas off at the bus barn and not our room so they have to come pick up the empties still and then somebody has to move 200 yards on a cart.
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200 yards. That's a small job site. Wait till you get on a average one where they leave the bottles at the front gate and you cart them a 1/4 mile through mud, and the rock they put down on a construction site that's somewhere in size between your head and your fist. Oh and the cart always has one flat tire when you need it.
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Hah. This is at my school so it's blacktop but usually they ring them at least to the door to pick them up. My teacher told me where they were, we were doing the ACT at the time so nothing I could have done anyways, and when he told me I immediately said that there is no way in hell in bringing down by hand. Cause I'm sure I couldn't use a cart because it isn't safe for me. I am sure our schools safety coordinator, who we got along fine without for 50 years, would find it unsafe
Funny part is by me taking a safety test and my local tech school I am pretty much more qualified for his job than he is. I guess good safety coordinators and inspectors are like good weld inspectors
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Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.
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We have these "safe" trollies that have a winch on them to lift the gas bottle up to the back of the welder. problem is they were designed by a ham fisted mong. They have almost no leverage and almost no ground clearance. Didn't stop them costing about a K i reckon.
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MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.
Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap :lol:
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MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.
Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap :lol:
Who knew the hyphen had so much power :D
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MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.
Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap :lol:
Who knew the hyphen had so much power :D
The English language has so many issues. So many weird rules and words that can be so close
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MinnesotaDave wrote:Nothing wrong with a 2 wheel cart. They roll fine - put a strap on it.
Be advised...he didn't tell you to use a strap-on..he said to use a strap :lol:
Who knew the hyphen had so much power :D
Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble :lol:
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Who knew the hyphen had so much power :D[/quote]
Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble :lol:[/quote]


Not to mention what a pain in the ass that mistake can be.
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Poland308 wrote:Who knew the hyphen had so much power :D
Pointing that hyphen out might have just saved someone a lot of trouble :lol:[/quote]


Not to mention what a pain in the ass that mistake can be.[/quote]
Pun intended? :lol:
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:lol: Man that dolly just got way more dangerous! The safety director would be jumping all over that.

There are some things that you just can't let slide.
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For everyone's conscience. To no degree did I even notice the phrase strap on in that light. Jeff, you have a mind like a lazy Susan. You'll get back to the actual meaning of something but you have to think everything but the original meeting. :lol:
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Farmwelding wrote:For everyone's conscience. To no degree did I even notice the phrase strap on in that light. Jeff, you have a mind like a lazy Susan. You'll get back to the actual meaning of something but you have to think everything but the original meeting. :lol:
:D It's part of my charm 8-)
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PeteM wrote::lol: Man that dolly just got way more dangerous! The safety director would be jumping all over that.

There are some things that you just can't let slide.
:lol: :lol:
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Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.
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Poland308 wrote:Making pun of something like that is a common trait among 99% of all welders.
Its like a secondary work skill. Measuring, torch cutting, fitting, making horrible jokes that get people laughing...

What would work be without it? :)
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