Mig welding set up Part 1 Volts/power and wire speed Tips and Tricks #45

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4 жыл бұрын

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@chrisllemay 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@caryford560 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for not assuming that we know anything about welding. You make so clear and understandable.

@simoncarney9944 4 жыл бұрын

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! 😀

@DaveSender66 4 жыл бұрын

You are one of the best sheet metal mechanics I've ever watched. Thank you for making these videos!!!!

@goatie1822 4 жыл бұрын

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

@alainmoran8560 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@larkhill2119 4 жыл бұрын

You solved my two years of welding problems in 30 mins. night and day difference, many thanks.

@philiplimerick2794 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@anthonyscott16 3 жыл бұрын

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!

@anthonyscott16 3 жыл бұрын

That graph provided the proverbial lightbulb moment for me. Thanks Trev!

@ShedTV 4 жыл бұрын

For someone whose welding looks like a mad man's arse this is really great information; detailed and clear. Thanks Trev!

@gracht24 3 жыл бұрын

Far better than other welding videos I've seen.

@russelldarlington5223 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@CulinarySpy 4 жыл бұрын

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!!!!

@popo5413 3 жыл бұрын

this is the duck's guts for newbie's like me, I am now going to watch the rest of the series

@Don14320 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, this helped so much and all within 30 minutes, cannot wait for the 2nd and 3rd videos.

@johnserou6466 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you have helped me more than you can imagine!

@bryancromar623 4 жыл бұрын

Trev, always explains it so good!! Cheers Mate!! Thanks for the help!!

@tomthumb3085 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliantly explained, thanks Trev.

@classicminiworkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Great advice as always, thank you

@Jten12 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely nailed the coaching on this . Love it !!

@mully89 4 жыл бұрын

So useful thanks Trev, your blogs like a 1 stop shop latley👍

@Evolve_windows 4 жыл бұрын

Trev your work is absolutely amazing love watching this

@joell439 4 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic information. Looking forward to watching the whole series. Thank you 🙏. 👍👍

@jeffsnyder2051 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks TREV, iLL stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!

@MegaCountach 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative Trev, this helps me! Cheers, Doug

@mickles1975 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant video, Trev. Thank you.

@claymaster567 4 жыл бұрын

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

@danielford7377 3 жыл бұрын

Very descriptive and clear. Thank you.

@shahriariran44 4 жыл бұрын

I have been using mig for a long time and this video is one of the best that I have seen yet. ❤

@ryandavis7593 4 жыл бұрын

Great job explaining this problem.

@paulmcdonald3570 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice instruction/explanation of the mig process.👍👍👍

@michaelschuenemann3505 4 жыл бұрын

FANTASTIC VID !!!!

@88Frank 4 жыл бұрын

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

@Pgsa79 4 жыл бұрын

Really good. As always. Spot on as mentioned. Great!

@CrispysProjects 4 жыл бұрын

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 👍👍

@alanwells382 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Fantastic video. Should help my welding no end. Really looking forward to the next couple of vids.

@bigbearvenom6145 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent video !

@sgillespie1190 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! Great stuff

@garysteele9141 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@jonathanpalmer5505 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@dougwernham5209 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trev very helpful.

@harveymushman8569 4 жыл бұрын

Love it, so useful. cheers Trev.

@messenger8279 4 жыл бұрын

some great advice here.

@joshparry6123 4 жыл бұрын

Decent info as always Trev!

@BMCWorkshop 4 жыл бұрын

Trev, loving your videos and easy explanation. Cheers Sean

@weswright3187 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, I think at last I understand it! I’ll give it a burl tomorrow. Thanks Trev.

@kilohertz684 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@deeiks12 4 жыл бұрын

This is a super helpful video. thank you!

@Echolimabravo321 3 жыл бұрын

Great content!

@humblekind4857 4 жыл бұрын

spot on, looking forward to seeing tips on grinding the welds flush.

@tomcollier2444 4 жыл бұрын

Buy a grinder, grind them flush. No need to listen to a true expert, they'll only baffle the hell out of you!

@brianclaridge7695 4 жыл бұрын

Very informative, seen where I'm going wrong now, thanks Trev

@user-fy7gt6ev5u 4 жыл бұрын

Great vid Trev!...👍

@britjamaine9229 4 жыл бұрын

I knew you would be the one to properly explain where I have gone wrong.

@hornetboy3694 Жыл бұрын

Awesome Video thank you Trev

@trevsblog Жыл бұрын

Thank you 👍

@bobvansand6346 4 жыл бұрын

Thx brother!

@fambuild 4 жыл бұрын

Good stuff!

@gabifilip9976 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍❤

@Caledfryn 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@yvonnebelcher5575 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. Really informative thank you.

@richardwalker5906 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Trev good informative video in layman's terms 😀

@olafdossier7897 4 жыл бұрын

that is some class graph work ;)

@cliffwill 4 жыл бұрын

this will be a good series. i hope you'll show some of you using your spotter soon.

@cabdriveruk 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Trev. Some good information there and well explained. I always wondered the switches on my welder was for lol. Cheers, Jeff.

@johnvickers5750 4 жыл бұрын

YES!❤

@GMan-ym9xl 3 жыл бұрын

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.

@ashc5728 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man im looking forward to this

@ashc5728 4 жыл бұрын

Trev: Sorry if i missed it but are you using .6 or .8 wire? Im using .6 doing an early japanese car and i have been unable to get penetration like that. 16V with 8M/minute wire speed seems to be where i can get a nice looking weld and you can just see it coming through the back - not as complete as yours

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Ash C provided its penetrated through to the other side it’s good 👍

@leslieaustin151 4 жыл бұрын

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

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

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 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fq2endKd35vXj40.html cheers Trev 👍

@bigfatpear 4 жыл бұрын

bloody good video. cheer's.

@aussiegeniusaffiliate 3 жыл бұрын

Like the music!

@jhammer929 4 жыл бұрын

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!! 😎❤👊🏻⚡

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Jack Hammer thank you buddy I’m looking forward to seeing your finished project 👍

@johnnorth9355 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@mcdowell356 4 жыл бұрын

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

@gregworkshop5713 4 жыл бұрын

hi nice work trev's

@MrDirkles 4 жыл бұрын

i was looking for puppy training videos and i ended up here and now im considering buying a mig welder

@katmandu8208 4 жыл бұрын

Good vid

@bigmacsnoobselectronicsrep8032 4 жыл бұрын

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

@berndb.5097 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@colinstables 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jaquesdaniels2964 4 жыл бұрын

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 .

@gordonclark7632 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@pipereed1 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Vid Trev! Hope you and the family are well mate? Thanks...

@leso204 4 жыл бұрын

Good vid' for the learners , one other thing i used to say is the skill dont come in the box with the welder '

@carstenfunk6075 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, as always. Actually I can hear if voltage and speed match. There is the typical noise good MIG welding comes with...

@ibana8449 4 жыл бұрын

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

@jakubkotula4957 4 жыл бұрын

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 :-))))))

@rsonweb2060 4 жыл бұрын

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.

@user-gb8jn8xo8g 4 жыл бұрын

Great video. You should teach

@marianotombetta4149 4 жыл бұрын

Yeeees, I just bought a new mig welder jajjajaj

@Ti13wyldcard 4 жыл бұрын

Really great video! As it happens, I received my new inverter welder today. It has got the regular current and wire speed adjustments as I would expect, but it is also possible to adjust voltage down by 10volts or up by 10volts. The manual say its an "Arc length adjustment" but I'm unsure of what effect this has on the weld. As you said in the video, my old transformer welder only had the stepped 1-6 "power" settings.

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

wyldcard I don’t know for sure but I would guess that it’s mimicking what your old welder would be doing by stepping up or down a setting. I’m going to try and explain the whole volts and amps confusion in part 3. Think of volts as being used by your welder to make internal adjustments to keep the weld running correctly, it’s monitoring a voltage drop then making internal adjustments in order to maintain the voltage you have set, and then think of the amps as the thing that creates the heat. As confusing as it seems volts don’t create heat amps do. Cheers Trev

@Ti13wyldcard 4 жыл бұрын

@@trevsblog thanks mate, looking forward to the next videos!

@craigramsey4371 4 жыл бұрын

Hi. 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.

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Craig Ramsey kzfaq.info/get/bejne/a9-JatOrl9HSkps.html 👍

@iantaylor7462 4 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back Trev. The tig turned up but I’m going through more tungsten than rods at the min but slowly getting there. Only used the mig a few times and didn’t realise the wire speed knob should roughly line up with the voltage knob. When’s part 2 out 😀

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Ian Taylor have you got the earth connected to positive on the TIG? If you’ve got it connected to negative you’ll melt the tungsten. Hopefully later on this week for part 2. Cheers Trev 👍

@iantaylor7462 4 жыл бұрын

Trev's Blog Hi Trev No thats fine it’s more of a dipping issue lol. Might try some reading glasses 🤓

@jonhaslam1999 4 жыл бұрын

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!

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@madkym 4 жыл бұрын

@@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

@jeffryblackmon4846 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@jeffryblackmon4846 4 жыл бұрын

@@trevsblog May success be yours!

@colhonk2916 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, I see you have a flow meter on your bottle,green knob, what do you have it set at for body work please.

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Colhonk 6 lpm works for me. Cheers Trev 👍

@ironhead320 Жыл бұрын

But with the inverted welders I was told when welding you can adjust the current/wire feed but not to adjust voltage when welding

@trevsblog Жыл бұрын

The best thing to do is what you consider to be the right thing 👍

@knockdolian12 4 жыл бұрын

If welding say 6mm how would you know what setting is best. I’m assuming you won’t see penetration on the thicker metal ?

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

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 👍

@micks72malibu 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video Trev. But I didn't see you stick your sausage in. Like Matt urch😬

@chriseckert5309 4 жыл бұрын

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?

@trevsblog 4 жыл бұрын

Chris Eckert in general welding uphill results in fighting gravity, increase the wire speed to rectify the problem. Cheers Trev 👍

@chriseckert5309 Жыл бұрын

@@trevsblog Thanks Trev

@paulbiegun 4 жыл бұрын

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