rangerenthiusiast
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Hey, folks.
Trying to make my first foray into welding, since the Ranger I bought turned out to be a lemon (rotted out floorboards, damaged body mounts, etc). I bought Lincoln’s HandyMIG, hoping it would fit my needs (here’s a link with all the stats offered by the retail store I bought it from: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lincoln-Electric-120-Volt-Mig-Flux-Cored-Wire-Feed-Welder/999972168?AID=10935405&PID=6148022&SID=jk5l44zohc00071b00e43&cm_mmc=AFF_CJ-_-6148022-_-2470763-_-10935405). I also purchased a tank of AR/CO2 shielding gas.
While trying to set up the welder for the first time, I ran into a snag. The welder came with a regulator, but unfortunately, it turns out that it contains NO gauges. This came as a big surprise, since every video I’ve watched on welding from the likes of Eastwood and others talks about the importance of setting the pressure of your shielding gas between 12-15 cfh. I’ve read all of the manuals that came with the welder and the only entry that even mentions anything to do with setting up the shielding gas just says the following:
“The preset regulator supplied with the machine is designed for use with argon blend gas... Open the cylinder valve slowly a fraction of a turn. When the cylinder pressure gauge pointer stops moving, open the valve fully.”
Am I reading this wrong, or is Lincoln trying to say that the gauges should somehow be on the tank instead of the regulator? My tank certainly didn’t come with any gauges, nor has any other tank I’ve ever seen. I feel like if I can even get someone at Lincoln to talk to me, they’ll probably say to take it up with the tank supplier, while the tank supplier will say to take it up with Lincoln or tell me that I have to buy another regulator, this time with gauges.
Can anyone please help me figure out what to do? Sorry to be such a newb. Thanks.
Trying to make my first foray into welding, since the Ranger I bought turned out to be a lemon (rotted out floorboards, damaged body mounts, etc). I bought Lincoln’s HandyMIG, hoping it would fit my needs (here’s a link with all the stats offered by the retail store I bought it from: https://www.lowes.com/pd/Lincoln-Electric-120-Volt-Mig-Flux-Cored-Wire-Feed-Welder/999972168?AID=10935405&PID=6148022&SID=jk5l44zohc00071b00e43&cm_mmc=AFF_CJ-_-6148022-_-2470763-_-10935405). I also purchased a tank of AR/CO2 shielding gas.
While trying to set up the welder for the first time, I ran into a snag. The welder came with a regulator, but unfortunately, it turns out that it contains NO gauges. This came as a big surprise, since every video I’ve watched on welding from the likes of Eastwood and others talks about the importance of setting the pressure of your shielding gas between 12-15 cfh. I’ve read all of the manuals that came with the welder and the only entry that even mentions anything to do with setting up the shielding gas just says the following:
“The preset regulator supplied with the machine is designed for use with argon blend gas... Open the cylinder valve slowly a fraction of a turn. When the cylinder pressure gauge pointer stops moving, open the valve fully.”
Am I reading this wrong, or is Lincoln trying to say that the gauges should somehow be on the tank instead of the regulator? My tank certainly didn’t come with any gauges, nor has any other tank I’ve ever seen. I feel like if I can even get someone at Lincoln to talk to me, they’ll probably say to take it up with the tank supplier, while the tank supplier will say to take it up with Lincoln or tell me that I have to buy another regulator, this time with gauges.
Can anyone please help me figure out what to do? Sorry to be such a newb. Thanks.
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