Nebraska Welding CDE SMAW Setup Video
Southeast Community College
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Southeast Community College instructor showing how to set up for SMAW welding.
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- [00:00:00.460]Okay, we're going to talk about
- [00:00:02.300]the stick welders.
- [00:00:03.880]This is the Flextek 450.
- [00:00:06.760]It's a multi-process machine
- [00:00:07.910]that can be used for MIG or
- [00:00:08.880]stick welding.
- [00:00:09.680]We're going to use these for
- [00:00:11.380]stick.
- [00:00:12.000]And I guess first off, we turn
- [00:00:13.870]the machine on there, make sure
- [00:00:15.900]this says SMAW, shielded
- [00:00:17.640]metal arc welding.
- [00:00:19.500]Amperage adjustment is right
- [00:00:21.330]here with this knob.
- [00:00:22.760]I'm at around 100.
- [00:00:24.320]Depending on the electrode that
- [00:00:26.060]you use, you're going to be
- [00:00:27.520]somewhere probably 75 to 120.
- [00:00:32.620]The other controls will be set
- [00:00:34.650]where they need to be.
- [00:00:36.340]The polarity may need to be
- [00:00:38.100]changed.
- [00:00:38.920]If it does, this is our
- [00:00:40.530]electrode, is in the positive
- [00:00:42.750]terminal, or the red one.
- [00:00:44.880]There's the positive terminal.
- [00:00:47.820]That's reverse polarity, or
- [00:00:49.250]electrode positive.
- [00:00:50.500]The ground will be in the
- [00:00:51.700]negative, and that will be
- [00:00:53.080]straight polarity.
- [00:00:54.280]That's polarity, or electrode
- [00:00:56.880]negative, okay?
- [00:00:58.580]The electrodes, these are three
- [00:01:01.450]that are possibly used, a 6010,
- [00:01:05.140]6013, and a 7018.
- [00:01:08.620]Put those in there.
- [00:01:12.860]Make sure that your ground
- [00:01:14.240]clamp is hooked to the table,
- [00:01:15.810]and it should be on there.
- [00:01:17.360]We'll put those on there for
- [00:01:18.370]you.
- [00:01:18.680]You'll get your packet of
- [00:01:20.300]material if you can adjust your
- [00:01:22.320]amperage on a piece of scrap
- [00:01:24.240]material, and then run your
- [00:01:27.880]weldment out.
- [00:01:30.040]Fairly simple machine.
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