MM211 Voltage & wire speed dials?

[jessinak]

I just got this welder and i like it very much, however, i am use to dialing my own settings. I would like to be able to dial a setting without having to calculate the settings every time. is there a chart or overlay for the dials?
thanks,
Jess

[Diversion180beads]

There should be a parameter chart on the inside of the machine on the door...

[jessinak]

The settings on the inside of the door are great, however, they correspond to the dials. They still do not indicate amps which is what I am use to. I just thought there would be a supplement I could find that would show the amp correlating to the voltage & wire speed dials. Thanks for your reply.

[Rezeppa]

Great idea and i would love one for my 211 but I think there are to many variables than just amperage and IPM so layover charts wouldnt work

[caddidaddy55]

The MM211 is a CV, constant voltage machine, you set the voltage, the amperage is controlled by the wire speed. I agree though, it would be nice to have a volt setting like my CP-200 does. Figure it this way since your voltage dial goes from 1-10 and the max open circuit voltage is 30V with 120V input, figure 3 volts per #, so 5 would = 15 volts etc. On 230V input the maximum open circuit voltage is 34V so figure 3.4V per #, or 5 would = 17volts. The wire speed dial is from 10 to 100 and the feed range is 60-440 IPM when feeding wire so figure 1=60 IPM and add 42 IPM for each additional factor of 10, so 30 = 144 IPM approx. Hope this helps.

[Thrutraffic]

Yeah, I'd really like to be able to know, at least close, what the dial settings are telling me in WFS and voltage. Just what is 5/40, in real terms??

I like to use the Miller settings app as a learning tool but it's useless to me with my 211. I often find using the auto set feature ends up being too hot and I get burn through. So instead of knowing how much I'm cranking things down I'm reduced to guessing as I have to take it off auto set or home that just reducing the voltage knob is the right thing to do.

Unit specs are:
- 60 - 460 IPM
- There are 9 increments of ten on the dial
- Does that equate in any way to each increment being an additional 51 IPM?

I have no idea what the voltage increments would be.

I guess marketing decided that if we really want to know that kind of stuff we'd fork over the big bucks for a digital display??

How about a chart Miller?? Surely y'all have someone in the office withnothing else to do and Excel on their workstation. :-)

[eecervantes83]

I like the idea.
Is there an aftermarket digital display that would work + look good. like it belongs with the machine.

[Broccoli1]

What would it matter on this machine?

Turn it up, Turn it down

[big mike]

Come on Ed let's not confuse the issue with common sense LOL.

[dondlhmn]

Yeah....when I first got my 211, this kind of bothered me, too. But...I got over it. Now, I just give whatever scraps I have from the job at hand a quick zap or two and adjust up or down from there. Works good. Lasts a long time. Tastes great!