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<blockquote data-quote="patooyee" data-source="post: 435659" data-attributes="member: 483"><p>I've watched every video he has, awesome guy. I wish I was friends with him.</p><p></p><p>I just called Miller to ask about my machine. They recommended I weld most aluminum around 7, roughly where the previous owner scratched the "A." I asked them why the machine and instructions would indicate to weld aluminum below 2 and their answer was basically, "I don't know. Just do what works."</p><p></p><p>I think the ultimate point is that even above 2 you have cleaning action. 2 indicating "balanced" means you get roughly 50% E+ and 50% E-. So above 2 doesn't mean no cleaning, it just means less than 50% and the knob isn't proportional. So 0 doesn't mean 100% E+ and 10 doesn't mean 100% E-. 7 could be 20E- / 80E+ and 0 could be 80E- / 20E+ even though 7 is 5 away from 2 and 0 is only 2 away from 2. Since there's no way to know, just do whatever works.</p><p></p><p>No wonder no machines today use a control like this. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I wish I would have snapped some pics of the aluminum welds I laid down yesterday. I'm proud of them. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="patooyee, post: 435659, member: 483"] I've watched every video he has, awesome guy. I wish I was friends with him. I just called Miller to ask about my machine. They recommended I weld most aluminum around 7, roughly where the previous owner scratched the "A." I asked them why the machine and instructions would indicate to weld aluminum below 2 and their answer was basically, "I don't know. Just do what works." I think the ultimate point is that even above 2 you have cleaning action. 2 indicating "balanced" means you get roughly 50% E+ and 50% E-. So above 2 doesn't mean no cleaning, it just means less than 50% and the knob isn't proportional. So 0 doesn't mean 100% E+ and 10 doesn't mean 100% E-. 7 could be 20E- / 80E+ and 0 could be 80E- / 20E+ even though 7 is 5 away from 2 and 0 is only 2 away from 2. Since there's no way to know, just do whatever works. No wonder no machines today use a control like this. :) I wish I would have snapped some pics of the aluminum welds I laid down yesterday. I'm proud of them. :) [/QUOTE]
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