MIG Settings for any Thickness

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[Thanos-icki]

*For All The People Trying To Write it Down What Settings For What gauge I have Typed It All Down For Yall.*
*FEED WIRE GUAGE* - 0.030"
*Material Thickness* - 22 Gauge | *Volts* - 18v | *Wire Feed* - 110 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 18 Gauge | *Volts* - 18.3v | *Wire Feed* - 149 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 16 Gauge | *Volts* - 18.5v | *Wire Feed* - 149 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 14 Gauge | *Volts* - 18.5v | *Wire Feed* - 160 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 1/8" | *Volts* - 18.9v | *Wire Feed* - 188 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 3/16" | *Volts* - 19.5v | *Wire Feed* - 240 IPM
*Material Thickness*- 1/4" | *Volts* - 19.5v | *Wire Feed* - 252 IPM
*Material Thickness* - 3/16" | *Volts* - 19.5v | *Wire Feed* - 240 IPM

[chinokyo]

If it sounds like bacon, you’re welding
If it smells like bacon, you’re on fire

[malcolmmutambanengwe]

I appreciate your help with these videos. Am a newbie welder and this journey can get expensive. Tips from pros go a long way. Love and respect from Zimbabwe, Africa.

[robertblackshear]

Great video as usual. I used to take scrap pieces and place them near my mig box and weld while slowly adjusting the wire speed to tune it in. That works exceptionally well.

[SnowyOwlPrepper]

Great video production and camera work. The instructions were very good. Coming from a stick and TIG background I needed this help. Now to pick out a machine for an upcoming project.

[PJ-eemc]

Great video and absolutely the BEST video quality I have see. Your exposure is perfect which is very tricky with welding of any kind. Great work. Thank you!

[Doc]

I learned more in 5 minutes here than 4 years of HS. Teacher was clueless. I remember asking him about the “bacon” sound in 1980.

[allansmifff]

Brilliant video with you being able to see the welding first hand and what realy stood out was the BACON sound. Thanks alot.

[keithlucas]

The newer machines are "conversational" where you are "asked" what process, gas or flux core for MIG, type of material and thickness afterwhich it sets everything for you.
You can adjust feeds & speeds from there plus put them in memory.
It also helps having Lincoln/Miller's little slide rule setting charts that were passed out back in the day 20 years ago.

[OperationRV]

I’ve watched plenty of Mig videos and must say I enjoyed this one. Thanks for the pointers.

[erikandersen]

This is hands down one of the most informative videos I’ve seen on setting my mig welds correctly. Thank you!

[davidkeppler]

This is exact what I needed to see. Great information. Thanks.

[timothyberry]

I have a weld test tomarrow for a new job I haven't welded in over a year thanks for reminding me a close estimate for what settings I'll be needing I feel much more confident passing now

[dekebell]

What a great video! This will save tons of dialing-in time, thanks for sharing!

[nebbia]

Lots of welding videos out there. But this is one of Mancubs best. I used this to dial in my cyclone 200e

[bddemers]

I was waiting to take a screen shot of your final list of settings for my reference. But great vid anyway.

[ellsworth]

So very helpful. Thank you. I've done a wee bit of welding on MIG and TIG machines I'm allowed to use, but have just acquired the first machine I can call my own -- a three year old, never even turned on, Everlast i-MIG 200. Your video gave so many good hints and explanations.

This machine came with a small spool of 0.023, and a smallish 84cf bottle of 75/25 argon/co2. Two questions: (#1) What is main impact of using straight CO2 (or you said 90/10) vs. 75/25 Ar/CO2? (#2) Can I use this i-MIG 200 (with heavier wire) for t-joints on 3/8 bar? or 5/16?

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

[socks]

that was a fantastic video. the camera capturing the weld puddle so clearly, the bacon sound, that all helped me understand so much. and on top of that some great settings to use. too bad i have a gassless mig and only two settings for wire speed etc. but still very helpful nonetheless.

[ralphwaters]

The last project I did with square tubing taught me that the type of joint affects heat requirements as much as the material thickness. e.g. A Tee joint needs more heat to get decent penetration than a simple butt joint. I made up a table of settings that included the number of legs in the joint. Butt = 2, Tee = 3, two tubes together = 4...

[marcogarcia]

Awesome video mancub...very helpfull indeed .