Tebbsjeep

Troubleshooting like this is about 25% of my job. Find a known good component, swap it with the bad one, see if the trouble follows the...

So no welds before paint pictures, but we got my issue figured out. Turns out there was something wrong with the gun lead. It was either...

At this point my TIG welds look better than my MIG welds do, and I've only done TIG a handful of times.

My mig used to be dead reliable. Ever since I got back from CT it will randomly do a porosity bead. (I got a new bottle of gas when I...

That's a good call right there. I was gonna say the next step would be either different gas bottle or wire, but like Hickey said it...

That's probably the cheapest fix. Hopefully we get it figured out

Could be that the regulator is faulty.

I had a buddy come over who is a more competent welder than I am, and he had the same issues. So I'm going to take my setup to his house...

Here's how the polarity is set up. I believe it's correct.

That Hobart 175 is a good rig, I've always had good luck with it. It welds most anything I need on '3' but when I need that extra burn...

I checked the polarity map in the machine and I'm pretty sure I have it correct. I'll double check it.

This is actually your old machine Shane. I can't remember what settings you had told me works the best. My bottle is C25, and it's hit...

I moved the gas to 23cfh, and used the 3rd power "tap" and 70"/min wire speed. This is what I got. Still not consistent but better. I'm...

My personal preference is 25 CFH while the trigger is pulled. If mine says 20 without the trigger engaged, it will drop to 15 when I...