Welding Tips and Tricks

So, bought the lincoln 210 mp with hopes of eventually repairing the upper front diff mount bracket on my truck and doing other chores around the shop.

1st weld.[img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0672_zpsqa20kgbr.jpg[/img][/img]

1st weld settings[img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0673_zpsikivodbq.jpg[/img][/img]

2nd weld [img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0675_zpsicsbvjzm.jpg[/img][/img]

will post more later. I have worst inter net thingy connection.

I'd be more like 19v 220ipm....

Thanks AK.

once I get the rest of these pics up I will try to explain what i did and was trying to do. please comment again after I get this photo bucket thing to work. I appreciate all help and tips.

Unfortunately I barely have the band width to post these photos let alone to watch the tutorial videos on the site. It would be a full day road trip to get to a library with the bandwidth I need. I live in the Northern Michigan sticks!

2nd weld settings
[img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0678_zpsmcf3nyib.jpg[/img][/img]

So, the first weld was a piece of slight less than 1/16" steel welded to the backside of a piece of approx 3/16" tread plate. I am trying the upright vertical position. on this first weld I held the mig gun at just less than 90 deg to the work and 45 degrees between the two pieces. it was a 90 degree joint I created.

The second weld was a piece of just more the 1/16" tread plate to the same 3/16" inch piece tell in the same vertical upright position. On this second piece I tried to do more of an inverted V pattern than the side to side pattern I did on the first one.

In both cases I paused a little longer on the thicker piece than on the thinner.

2nd weld different view[img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0676_zpszkwyd9dt.jpg[/img][/img]

3rd weld[img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0680_zpszho1rnnc.jpg[/img][/img]

3rd weld settings [img][IMG]http://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y477/mothernatureontherun/IMG_0681_zpsg54oqbbx.jpg[/img][/img]

On the third weld I upped the settings one step and concentrated more on the iverted v pattern. That is tricky and got away from me a little in the first inch or two.

I am starting from the bottom on each of these and welding upwards.