Article And Photos By: Clinton Wallace
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his month I’m going to do some aluminum welding to test out the AC function on the Lincoln Square Wave 200. First off, let me state that I do not consider myself to be a proficient aluminum welder. I have done it once before with a different machine, and it was only to make a small repair. So, this will be my first real attempt at doing any AC welding of any size. The first thing to do is to figure out the settings on the machine. Until I get all the settings figured out I will start by making some passes on a 1/8” piece of flat bar, one of the things that I liked about this machine, is that the settings are simple. On the
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AC function, the first setting is the amps, which, to start, I set at 120amps. The next function is Pulse which I set at 1.5pps. The third function is AC Balance, which I set at 73. And finally, the last setting is Frequency, which I set at 120. These are just some basic settings
