Thank you everyone for all the help working through my problem. We had a huge snow storm overnight, so I couldn’t get to the steel yard today, and my consumables didn’t show up either.
That means this rusty scrap of 16ga I found was cut on those same wasted 60amp (1.1) consumables shown in my previous post. Far from ideal, but I was eager-beaver.
This time I used Primeweld’s box stock book settings for 16ga (30a, 55psi, 110ipm). The things I changed from my failed cuts on 3/8” material are as follows:
#1) Attached Work Clamp to the material
#2) Installed swirl ring correctly
#3) Used Feedrate Optimization value of 60%
#4) Eliminated the 0.020” backlash setting
#5) Used less IHS Springback (dialed in 0.015” since this was only 16ga material).
The cut went flawlessly. The minimal backside dross knocked off easily. A couple of the cut lines are a tiny bit jagged. But I think this could totally be due to the wasted (or too large) consumables. I’m confident the next time I try 3/8” I’ll be able to nail it.
Thanks Again!
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