Hi Team. I own a Lincoln V160 DC Tig. Cant seem to get it going properly. All it does when touching metal is light up to a brilliant glow then completely burns out tungsten to nothing. Anyone know what heat settings i should use!
saki,
Jan 15, 10:34pm
Are you using the thoriated electrodes those look like use for ally.they ball up.
correction, not touching but close arc [without touching]
sfw4,
Jan 15, 10:39pm
the young guy at Shop reckons yeah these are the ones. they had red tip at other end which i think is theoriated. alloy is zinctheoriated!
sfw4,
Jan 15, 10:42pm
#5 yeah good link. alot of info. cheers
saki,
Jan 15, 10:42pm
alloy is lathiated from memory, what gas are you using
sfw4,
Jan 15, 10:44pm
BOC pure argon. plenty coming thru when pushing button on handle
sfw4,
Jan 15, 10:46pm
photo 3 no matter what heat settings I try [trial & error] it still burns tunstan out. Im dam sure ive been sold the wrong Tungstan tips by young fella
saki,
Jan 15, 10:48pm
I would say they are the wrong tips
NZTools,
Jan 15, 10:49pm
Can the polarity be reversed!
sfw4,
Jan 15, 10:52pm
Lol got me. wouldnt know how to do that. any hints would be great
saki,
Jan 15, 10:57pm
Was the tip sharpened !
mrcat1,
Jan 15, 11:18pm
Swap your hand piece to the other outlet, have your handpiece in the negitive outlet, this from memory is straight polarity. I have the same machine but with pulse and not a bad little machine.
sfw4,
Jan 16, 12:15am
thanks i'll try it now.
sfw4,
Jan 16, 12:16am
yes. and sharpened in vertical position too
paull,
Jan 16, 1:03am
is it set with positive hand piece or negative hand piece,
michelle322,
Jan 16, 1:14am
output looks to be set at 130,drop to 40.tungsten sticking out to far from shroud,no more than 5mm.
woodsy2,
Jan 16, 1:19am
Wrong polarity I would say. Swap leads. Try about 40 amps heat range. A switch at the top must be turned to tig.
sfw4,
Jan 16, 1:31am
photo 23 typical man-cave. Bar, piss fridge and couch to crash out on. thanks again lads. im away now.
wellabolla,
Jan 16, 2:15am
Id try shapening the tungston a little bit more.ya get a slightly finer weld lookin good though.
sfw4,
Jan 16, 3:15am
yep. am heading down to buy new bench grinder wheels. others worn. plus a few more tungstan's
mrcat1,
Jan 16, 3:22am
You want to sharpen them chemically rather than with a wheel, unless it is a dedicated wheel just for tungstons, get some Tung-sharp if u can, its in a little glass jar, its sort of like white power/granules, works very well.
toppo1,
Jan 16, 3:30am
My guess it that you have the hand piece and the earth lead round the wrong way. Try earth lead on the possitive terminal(+)and the handpiece on the negative(-)
toppo1,
Jan 16, 3:31am
Duh, just read whole thread and see you have your answer.
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