Quote Originally Posted by performance View Post
Jay,
No offense, but those welds need some work. What gas and gas rate are you using?
What wire? There is too much spatter. That could be from too long of a stick out or too high of voltage. The arc should be stable and try the arc force about 3/4 of the way to the right. The sound should not be unlike a bumble bee or a mosquito like whine. Move your gun to about 1/2 inch off the metal to weld right now. A good point to start is probably about 18.5 volts with a wire speed a little over 200.
The wire speed feed is a relative number like 0 -10. Actually to convert to a close wire feed in inches per minute, multiply by 1.92 and will be close to ipm.
No offense taken Mark. Other than watching some videos and maybe 30 - 45 minutes cumulative weld time I'm as green as they come.

I'm using a flux core mild steel wire .030". Voltage for the above welds was set at 18V and wire feed speed was at "4" on a 0 - 10 dial scale. The material thickness was 3/16".

Dumb question I'm sure but what did you mean by "try the arc force about 3/4 of the way to the right."? You mean how far I'm leaning the gun?