Hi Jake,
I'm using a cheap chinese inverter (hate myself for that, but what do you do?!),It's 180 amp pulse machine, and it needs about all of it's amps for welding this 1.5mm copper.
I don't want to display too much of my ignorance here, as I'm working it out as I go along, but I think the copper's a bit weird to weld, as although it's got a comparatively low melting point, it transfers the heat away from the weld area very quickly?
I've got upslope and downslope controls, but a footpedal would really help to continually vary the amps according to how preheated the bit I'm welding is by the bit behind it(if you know what I mean ? That said, a footpedal's not so practical away whe you'refrom the bench, clambering over a tree!
Having said that, now I've experimented and found the right settings on the welder, and got used to it, I'm getting reasonably neat weld in all sorts of positions - so I think it's pretty intuitive !
Hi Jake, I'm using a cheap
Hi Jake,
I'm using a cheap chinese inverter (hate myself for that, but what do you do?!),It's 180 amp pulse machine, and it needs about all of it's amps for welding this 1.5mm copper.
I don't want to display too much of my ignorance here, as I'm working it out as I go along, but I think the copper's a bit weird to weld, as although it's got a comparatively low melting point, it transfers the heat away from the weld area very quickly?
I've got upslope and downslope controls, but a footpedal would really help to continually vary the amps according to how preheated the bit I'm welding is by the bit behind it(if you know what I mean ? That said, a footpedal's not so practical away whe you'refrom the bench, clambering over a tree!
Having said that, now I've experimented and found the right settings on the welder, and got used to it, I'm getting reasonably neat weld in all sorts of positions - so I think it's pretty intuitive !
Will Jones, www.ironwill.org.uk