Table Of Contents - Sears MIG Wire Feed Welder Welding Instruction Manual

TABLE OF CONTENTS .... 2
INTRODUCTION ................ 3
SAFETY SUMMARY .......... 4
SAFETY INFORMATION .......... 4
SHOCK HAZARDS .............. 5
FLASH HAZARDS ................ 6
FIRE HAZARDS ................... 6
FUME HAZARDS ................. 7
COMPRESSED GASSES
AND EQUIPMENT
HAZARDS ........................ 8
ADDITIONAL SAFETY
INFORMATION ................. 9
PREPARING TO WELD ... 10
WIRE FEED WELDING
VARIABLES ....................... 10
SELECT THE WIRE ........... 10
Solid Steel Wire
Selection ..................... 10
Self-Shielding Flux-Core
Steel Wire .................. 10
Aluminum Wire Selection10
Stainless Steel Wire
Selection .................... 12
Silicon Bronze Wire
Selection .................... 12
SELECTING THE WIRE
SPOOL SIZE .................. 12
SELECTING THE WIRE
DIAMETER ..................... 13
SELECTING SHIELDING
GAS ................................ 13
Gas Selection For Steel
Welding With Steel
Wire ............................ 13
Gas Selection For
Aluminum Gas
Welding ...................... 14
Gas Selection For
Stainless Steel
Welding ...................... 14
Gas Selection For Steel
Welding With Silicon
Bronze Wire ............... 14
SELECT WELDING
CURRENT POLARITY ... 14
PREPARING THE WORK
AREA .................................. 14
SETTING UP THE WORK
PIECE ................................. 15
PREPARING THE JOINT ... 15
WORKPIECE CLAMP
CONNECTION ............... 17
Tuning In the Wire
Speed ......................... 17
GET TO KNOW YOUR
WELDER ....................... 19
LEARNING TO WELD ............ 19
HOLDING THE GUN .......... 19
Position the Gun to the
Work Piece ................. 19
Distance from the Work
Piece .......................... 20
LAYING A BEAD .................... 20
WELDING TECHNIQUES ...... 20
MOVING THE GUN ............ 20
TYPES OF WELD BEADS .21
WELDING POSITIONS ...... 22
MULTIPLE PASS
WELDING ........................ 23
SPECIAL WELDING
METHODS .......................... 24
SPOT WELDING ................ 24
SPOT WELDING
INSTRUCTIONS ............. 25