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Posted by barry on May 5, 2008, 10:51 pm
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>I have a Lincoln 175 SP Plus. It has a regulator that is in PSI, not cfm.
>I usually set it for 10 psi unless it's a little windy then 15. What do
>you use? Is that anywhere near correct?
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> Steve
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> --
> "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
> critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and
> imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be
> done." Theodore Roosevelt 1891
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You should get a "puff" of gas when your push the button/ and release it.
I have a flow meter on mine, with a pressure gauge.
My flow meter reads 15 cmf at 30psi.
Stick out when pressing the switch is about 3/8"
to much gas, you can see, welds aren't that good, to little gas, weld is
difficult
xman
lincoln sp-85 mig
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>I usually set it for 10 psi unless it's a little windy then 15. What do
>you use? Is that anywhere near correct?
>
> Steve
>
> --
> "...the man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere
> critic-the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and
> imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be
> done." Theodore Roosevelt 1891
>