Dan, is this what you were wondering about the passport?

[Brand X]

Here is a weld with C-3 on .250 HR steel.
The wire feed was at #67 and the voltage was maxed. It was .030 wire.

[Mike W]

That looks good Brand X, how many amps do you think it was running at?

[Brand X]

That looks good Brand X, how many amps do you think it was running at?

Lets put it this way, with no meters to measure it would be a real guess.
It sure does not want to go much higher on the wirefeed speed without
getting bigger drops. It's a low level spray but a nice one.

[Planet X]

Liking that C-3 (aka stainmix) are we now

[Brand X]

Liking that C-3 (aka stainmix) are we now

Yes,
because I have have pulse now!!!!

[Dan]

Scott, I figured it was going to have some level of Spray transfer capability with the .030. I suspect it would be a safe bet to assume that you could have gotten more out of it yet with 98/2 oxy. If i had a second amp meter, i d send it to you, so we could get an idea of the unit potential. I suspect though, that you'll never really use this unit to spray arc with. After all, it was honestly designed to short arc .030 with CO2. This unit is definitely a step above the 175 amp units on its 230V side. It also looks like it will stomp all the 135/140 amp units in top end performance on its 120V side.

[Brand X]

It also looks like it will stomp all the 135/140 amp units in top end performance on its 120V side.

After using a Hobart 140 last month, the passport surpasses the 120 volt machines by way more of a margin then it does the small 230 volt machines (running on 230 volts that is). It's really is solid 120 volt machine!!

[Planet X]

Yes,
because I have have pulse now!!!!

This is true. Why dont you give her a go on some thin sheetmetal, and see how low on the volt spectrum the Passport can go

[Brand X]

This is true. Why dont you give her a go on some thin sheetmetal, and see how low on the volt spectrum the Passport can go

I was talking C-3 pulse with the Esab.
The passport fires down low but it's just not clean like a good rec. transformer or even a inverter like the Thermal-arcs on .030 or the esab with any wire. The Lincoln Powermig 300 semi inverter(chopper) was way better too. I still have no problem sticking body work type stuff with the passport, only that I prefer other machines in that area. When I turn it up, I like it a whole bunch.

[Planet X]

Oh yeah, figured you were refering to that yellow 'ultimate short arc' + almost everything else machine of yours.

You still got that stainless scrap connection, if you get some time knock some beads out on stainless with the c-3. I never have got around to messing with that metal, even though that was the main reason I picked up the mix in the first place. Ha,anyway just curious how she compares to your tri-mix'es you've used for stainless mig welding.

Thats a good looking pass by the way, Lincolns lucky I have no $ for another welder right know, because I could've used that Miller passport for a couple small offsite projects where welding would have been a nice option.

[Brand X]

I Oh yeah, figured you were refering to that yellow 'ultimate short arc' + almost everything else machine of yours.

I been through a few of them and that yellow one keeps raising the bar!!!
In some ways it's pretty similar to a 300 powermig. Lets just say it's
closer to that type of arc then a MM350P type of arc.

I did try a little pulse ss with C3 but I had the pulse settings in the wrong
wire size position. The weld bead in the short-arc was not quite as shiny
as the tri-mix. only ran about one bead and did not mess with it much.
I will chop up some coupons tomorrow and see what happens. I did
find out I really like the Avesta gas shielded 316L, .045 flux-core
about as well as anything. No fancy gas (75/25) or power supply
needed. It's like squeezing a tube of toothpaste in how it lays out.