Lowering your MIG amp even lower

[Rodsmachineshop]

hey was over at a old timers welding shop neat trick to lower amps on mig welder . he has a mig old miller mig and he figured out a way to lower amps for welding thin stuff . he told me it was a old welders trick he learned just with a piece of stainless steel welding rod . just don't touch wire after welding lol.

[Rambozo]

hey was over at a old timers welding shop neat trick to lower amps on mig welder . he has a mig old miller mig and he figured out a way to lower amps for welding thin stuff . he told me it was a old welders trick he learned just with a piece of stainless steel welding rod . just don't touch wire after welding lol.

Cool tip. I'll have to remember that. I bet an adjustable carbon pile from an old battery tester would work great for that, too.

[redbeard]

hey was over at a old timers welding shop neat trick to lower amps on mig welder . he has a mig old miller mig and he figured out a way to lower amps for welding thin stuff . he told me it was a old welders trick he learned just with a piece of stainless steel welding rod . just don't touch wire after welding lol.

Cool tip. I'll have to remember that. I bet an adjustable carbon pile from an old battery tester would work great for that, too.

Very nice trick, and here I was worried about getting an I-mig because of the high minimum amperage. I wonder if that would be an Everlast approved method for warranty purposes.

[Rodsmachineshop]

sorta same as putting your grounding clamp on dirty rusty metal , i have seen a big difference on amps when welding when not grinding a clean bare spot for your ground clamp or welding a very long thin piece of strip steel with grounding clamp at other end from were your welding .

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hey was over at a old timers welding shop neat trick to lower amps on mig welder . he has a mig old miller mig and he figured out a way to lower amps for welding thin stuff . he told me it was a old welders trick he learned just with a piece of stainless steel welding rod . just don't touch wire after welding lol.

Yeah, that's a pretty cool tip. Adds a bit of resistance to the circuit(?)

[everlastsupport]

Just need to label the turns and thickness for each turn. I might try that today on some sheet metal, have some 1/16 and 3/32 316L.

[Rodsmachineshop]

just mic it it .125 thickness rod . what i est only need like 12 inches long since when i put my ground clamp at the very way to low on amps . dont touch the welding rod gets hot lol

[redbeard]

just mic it it .125 thickness rod . what i est only need like 12 inches long since when i put my ground clamp at the very way to low on amps . dont touch the welding rod gets hot lol

I suppose if somebody was into the maths, he could calculate the resistance for a particular rod and get some semblance of accuracy.

I like Rambozo's battery tester idea, I'll have to be on the lookout for one of those.