100 PSI argon flo?????

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Mike.....Just north of Tampa....South of there....It gets crazy...lol..Wtya ya think of the 200....Im Totally impressed with mine...Oh an btw..You guys have a real cracker jack in the ware house....Andrews a dream to deal with.....That guys on it......

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Z...Im in Fla workin ..But the wife & I are from Ashville...How far down the mountain are you..??

About 70 miles in Sparkle city.

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OK..After stellar support from Andrew..The SG200 is back in action...Put in the new connector & rewired it .. .035 4043 lincioln...040 tip..21,5 & 360 (my start at work) 30/35 cfh......1/4" plate...First pull of the triigger.....It's real close...LOL..amazing what shielding gas will do....lmao I'll send more pics when I get it rollin....

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OK..After stellar support from Andrew..The SG200 is back in action...Put in the new connector & rewired it .. .035 4043 lincioln...040 tip..21,5 & 360 (my start at work) 30/35 cfh......1/4" plate...First pull of the triigger.....It's real close...LOL..amazing what shielding gas will do....lmao I'll send more pics when I get it rollin....

If you use any 5356 a picture of that along with settings would help me get motivated.... thanks.

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If you use any 5356 a picture of that along with settings would help me get motivated.... thanks.

OK Z...21,3...393...035 5356... .040 tip....35/40 cfh

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OK Z...21,3...393...035 5356... .040 tip....35/40 cfh

I've been trying again but I get a lot of white smoke and everything within a foot of the weld gets covered in white/grey residue. 1/4" 6061 plate, .035 5356 wire, argon maxed out at 31 cfh. Tested 20.5v to 21.5v in .2 steps. Voltage or wire speed made no difference in the look of the weld. Every bead looks a little colder than yours but covered in brown/white soot an lined with a million tiny BBs on each side. No cathodic etching. Last time I tested .045 wire I got the same consistent mess.
I think it'll be a while before I can get that stinking fog on me again. Thanks for your help.

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Been my exp...when ur throwin dust n BB's ...thats a gas problem..explain what you mean by MAXD out Z..Id check for a restriction...????...PLUS.....Stickout is critical....Change it up as ur running..and listen for it to change sounds & appearance..My settings yesterday had a workable stickout of an inch...give or take...Plus...I generally weld hotter than most....The pics I sent are border line TOOO Hot...For some reason my camera phone makes um look like crap....In person there much different looking.....The camera makes it look cold n lumpy...It really exaggerates the look.....Hope this helps

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Been my exp...when ur throwin dust n BB's ...thats a gas problem..explain what you mean by MAXD out Z..Id check for a restriction...????...PLUS.....Stickout is critical....Change it up as ur running..and listen for it to change sounds & appearance..My settings yesterday had a workable stickout of an inch...give or take...Plus...I generally weld hotter than most....The pics I sent are border line TOOO Hot...For some reason my camera phone makes um look like crap....In person there much different looking.....The camera makes it look cold n lumpy...It really exaggerates the look.....Hope this helps

I opened the flow meter all the way and that's all it would do. The bottle is at about 500 psi now. I tig weld from the same gas bottle with no problems and couldn't find any other restrictions.

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Here's a piece of scrap..I was training some of the kids..here's there piece...I show um how to set up..let um gt goin good..then turn the gas off on um while there under the hood......And they have to figure out what changed......The smoke is gone cuz its been raining like crazy here....Is this what ur talkin about with smoke & BB's??????

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Here's a piece of scrap..I was training some of the kids..here's there piece...I show um how to set up..let um gt goin good..then turn the gas off on um while there under the hood......And they have to figure out what changed......The smoke is gone cuz its been raining like crazy here....Is this what ur talkin about with smoke & BB's??????

No BBs on the bead it's self... my BBs are about 1/10th the size of those and only line the sides of the weld. The table, part being welded and spool gun get a heavy grey coating. The part was brushed after every test bead.
I wrapped paper around the junk nozzle to stop it from sucking air. Maybe I'm not holding my nose right.

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The BB's on the beads are from welds being made after the fact Z...That looks exactly like low gas scenario....You mentioned a zip tie chokin off ur supply line.....My flo meters go to 75/80 cfh...Urs is only "showing" 30 ?? Personally ..I would pull the sheath....disconnect my gas suply line and check it for leaks,pinches...Test all ur fittings with soapy solution....Id try to figure out Y 30 cfh is ur max... hook up ur tig torch n let it blow ur face....then hook ur spool gun back up...is the pressure the same....if 500 lbs is enuf for the tig torch..we assume It SHOULD be enuf for the SG..IF all thing were equal..Yes....But there not...Keep me posted man....I love a good mystery....Its probly gona be somethin just outa whack enuf to cause ur problem.....

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Sure looks like it's sucking in air somewhere.

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Sure looks like it's sucking in air somewhere.

...RAM.....Im bettin on a restriction of some sort....30CFH is tops according to Z...LOW or NO gas does exactly what he's showing.....Its looks like its TRYIN to get there.....Just a small adjustment and he'd be there..IMO....