Miller Maxstar/Dynasty TIG settings cheat sheet

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Ethan Labowitz

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Jun 30, 2011, 4:08:41 AM6/30/11
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The following is probably only of interest to anyone who uses a Miller Maxstar or Dynasty inverter TIG machine.

The shop in which I teach has a Dynasty 200 that I've been practicing with lately in preparation for an upcoming aluminum welding job.  The Dynasty has a ton of options to help dial the machine in, but these features aren't very clearly explained in the owners' manual.  So I put together a cheat sheet compiled from several Miller publications.
I've got it up on Google Docs at

Comments are welcome as usual.

E

Ethan Labowitz
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Technology
Appalachian State University
Boone, NC
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/

Ari Rosenzweig

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Jun 30, 2011, 4:17:54 PM6/30/11
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Thanks Ethan. I have run more or less the same settings for the last 4 years. It works fine for me - don't know why. This info will shed some light on what I'm doing and what could be better. 
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dave bohm

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Jun 30, 2011, 5:32:01 PM6/30/11
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Ethan,

 

Higher pulse rates increase puddle agitation and release trapped gases.   You have that lower pulse rates do….Slight typo.

 

Dave B

 

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teryk

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Jun 30, 2011, 10:52:58 PM6/30/11
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> experienced welders: 4-130 PPS aluminum; 100-500 PPS stainless

I don't know of anybody welding bicycle frames at 100-500 pps. 1.2 - 8
is more like it. I never changed my pulse rate for stainless vs
chromoly but would drop it around 50% for aluminum. I've read the
Miller documentation and seems they advocate really fast pulser rates
which I never found useful for thinwall tubing.

Teryk

On Jun 30, 2:32 pm, "dave bohm" <daveb...@cox.net> wrote:
> Ethan,
>
> Higher pulse rates increase puddle agitation and release trapped gases.
> You have that lower pulse rates do..Slight typo.
>
> Dave B
>
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> On Behalf Of Ethan Labowitz
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> Subject: [Frame] Miller Maxstar/Dynasty TIG settings cheat sheet
>
> FBs-
>
> The following is probably only of interest to anyone who uses a Miller
> Maxstar or Dynasty inverter TIG machine.
>
> The shop in which I teach has a Dynasty 200 that I've been practicing with
> lately in preparation for an upcoming aluminum welding job.  The Dynasty has
> a ton of options to help dial the machine in, but these features aren't very
> clearly explained in the owners' manual.  So I put together a cheat sheet
> compiled from several Miller publications.
>
> I've got it up on Google Docs at
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a3KAF7Tul5YXwVHpqKbwlcklEuw0p47rx...
> OpA/edit?hl=en_US
>
> Comments are welcome as usual.
>
> E
>
> Ethan Labowitz
>
> Graduate Teaching Assistant
> Department of Technology
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, NChttp://www.tec.appstate.edu/
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