Matt, You can use smaller spools on your machine. All you need to do is make a small spool holder from a 2-1/2 to 4 inch rare earth magnet with a small hole in it (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.), a all thread bolt, washers, a spring for tension, a spacer that fits the bolt and spool and a few nuts. Works great for me!!
I just purchased the Eastwood Mig 180. It operates off dual voltage. I’m working on my 79 F150 with sheet metal replacement. Which should I use… 0.30 or 0.23?
On our MIG 180 ball park settings for .030 wire would be 19V and 354 Inches Per Minute to get started. You can always reference the chart inside your Eastwood Welder and adjust from there.
@@justinsteele8399 Thanks. New to welding but want to weld up a stainless mapling evaporator pan and I don't want to invest in a TIG right now.. Maybe some day. The wife wouldn't be too happy right now though.
@@peterholtman1532 it can be done mig. Your local welding supply will have a tank of tri mix gas and just tell them you want to weld stainless. They’ll know what your talking about. 304/308 wire depends on what type of metal you purchase. With stainless, it produces hexavalent chromium. Wear a good respirator under your hood. Plus all the appropriate Ppe Gases for mig welding: C25 is most common. (75/25 mix). That’s for short circuit mig. Aluminum mig (with a spool gun) 100% argon. Any questions feel free to ask I’ve welding for years and MIG or tig every day.
What is sad is they won’t answer a simple question like if you’re welding a 16 gauge metal with a Eastwood MiG 140 30 gauge wire with 25/75 argon , what is the wire speed and heat settings. The chart on the door doesn’t say and they don’t know.
There are settings for 17 and 14 gauge metal so we can split the difference and use that as a starting point for 16 gauge. With that in mind we suggest starting at 17.0 Volts/196 Inches per minute.
Matt, You can use smaller spools on your machine. All you need to do is make a small spool holder from a 2-1/2 to 4 inch rare earth magnet with a small hole in it (Home Depot, Lowes, etc.), a all thread bolt, washers, a spring for tension, a spacer that fits the bolt and spool and a few nuts. Works great for me!!
Thank for taking the time , your video was of a lot of help for me as a beginner in welding.
Will the flux core wires rust as the basic w/o flux?
What size of FLUX CORE WIRE for welding 1/8 - 1/4 inch steel ? Thank you.
This was super helpful...thank you!
You're so welcome!
I just purchased the Eastwood Mig 180. It operates off dual voltage. I’m working on my 79 F150 with sheet metal replacement. Which should I use… 0.30 or 0.23?
thanks a lot for sharing your in-depth knowledge
What wire size and tip would you recommend to weld DOM 1 3/4 .120
On our MIG 180 ball park settings for .030 wire would be 19V and 354 Inches Per Minute to get started. You can always reference the chart inside your Eastwood Welder and adjust from there.
Thank you for the info. 👍
We're glad you found it helpful!
Great information Matt. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Great info, thank you!
What kind of gas should you use for stainless steel?
Trimix. It will have helium in it. MiG welding stainless is much harder. I prefer to tig stainless.
@@justinsteele8399 Thanks. New to welding but want to weld up a stainless mapling evaporator pan and I don't want to invest in a TIG right now.. Maybe some day. The wife wouldn't be too happy right now though.
@@peterholtman1532 it can be done mig. Your local welding supply will have a tank of tri mix gas and just tell them you want to weld stainless. They’ll know what your talking about. 304/308 wire depends on what type of metal you purchase.
With stainless, it produces hexavalent chromium. Wear a good respirator under your hood. Plus all the appropriate Ppe
Gases for mig welding: C25 is most common. (75/25 mix). That’s for short circuit mig.
Aluminum mig (with a spool gun) 100% argon.
Any questions feel free to ask I’ve welding for years and MIG or tig every day.
What is sad is they won’t answer a simple question like if you’re welding a 16 gauge metal with a Eastwood MiG 140 30 gauge wire with 25/75 argon , what is the wire speed and heat settings. The chart on the door doesn’t say and they don’t know.
There are settings for 17 and 14 gauge metal so we can split the difference and use that as a starting point for 16 gauge. With that in mind we suggest starting at 17.0 Volts/196 Inches per minute.
Dude is on a job interview and needs settings asap 😂😂😂
Apparently so!
why do I have to sit through you telling me 3 times about what size of spool to use?
Dude just repeats the same useless info about spool sizes and rust over and over again...