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Subject Author Date welding help wdaniels10 10-05-2007  Re: welding help stagesmith 10-06-2007  Re: welding help wdaniels10 10-06-2007  Re: welding help Phil 10-08-2007
Posted by on October 5, 2007, 7:28 am Please log in for more thread options What are the proper temperature/wire speed settings for a Millermatic 251 for welding .025 aluminum plate? I just can't seem to get them right. Posted by stagesmith on October 6, 2007, 12:58 am Please log in for more thread options On Oct 5, 4:28 am, wdaniel...@cox.net wrote: > What are the proper temperature/wire speed settings for a Millermatic > 251 for welding .025 aluminum plate? I just can't seem to get them > right. If you flip open the door on the machine you will see a chart. On the lower part of the chart you will see settings for the 30A spoolgun. Set the voltage on the machine. The wire speed is set on the gun. You will see a dial on the base of the pistol grip. The markings on the dial are in hundreds of inches per minute. So if the chart says 375 then set the dial to 3.75. Posted by on October 6, 2007, 1:46 pm Please log in for more thread options > On Oct 5, 4:28 am, wdaniel...@cox.net wrote: > > > What are the proper temperature/wire speed settings for a Millermatic > > 251 for welding .025 aluminum plate? I just can't seem to get them > > right. > > If you flip open the door on the machine you will see a chart. > On the lower part of the chart you will see settings for the 30A > spoolgun. > Set the voltage on the machine. > The wire speed is set on the gun. > You will see a dial on the base of the pistol grip. > The markings on the dial are in hundreds of inches per minute. > So if the chart says 375 then set the dial to 3.75. thx that's just what I needed Posted by Phil on October 8, 2007, 11:38 pm Please log in for more thread options Sounds like a job for TIG , 25/1000 of an inch is really sheet , will need TIG and some backup heat sink , Phil > What are the proper temperature/wire speed settings for a Millermatic > 251 for welding .025 aluminum plate? I just can't seem to get them > right. > Similar Threads Posted rich welder - sell Welding Equipment & Machines & mask,Power Tools,Motorcycle & Welding helmet,CUT,TIG,MIG,MMA,BX welder June 30, 2008, 2:20 am No Gas Welding March 29, 2007, 7:14 pm new to mig welding April 30, 2007, 8:29 pm old welding rod June 19, 2007, 1:35 pm Welding August 5, 2007, 6:42 pm welding weldING WELDING September 12, 2007, 7:59 pm ARC Welding: AC/DC vs AC? September 5, 2007, 6:36 pm What is Welding? November 9, 2007, 8:03 am Welding M3 HSS March 14, 2008, 12:04 am 1/16" welding rod April 24, 2006, 9:02 am