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Check your manual or the welding rods data sheet. The settings depend on what you will weld. Consult online manuals and welding charts. These will help you a lot.
If you have the user's manual there is some rudimentary information there. If you have a local welding supply company, their catalog may contain general information.
The short of it is you will need to develop a feel for your machine. When you start with scrap of the same size as what you will be welding on, select your heat setting for the matel thickness, and strike an arc- nothing fancy all you are going to do is adjust your wire feed rate until the weld sounds like fring bacon only as quiet as you can make it.
once you have that setting run a bead on a corner weld or a **** weld and look at the back side- if it the weld achieved full ***********, and looks like the top side- you have it set right. Ideally the weld pool will only be twice in width as the thickness of the metal to be welded in most situations. Neithert undercut nor excessively proud of the surface.
if you have the model number and make, find the homepage of the manufacturer (except Century) and download their user manual for that make and model of yours.
Try to find the manual from your local tool trader, or go to the manufactures website and give them the serial # and and you can print a manual. I've done it with heavy equipment. To buy the quick connects, just look up welding supply in the yellow pages. Always buy your welding tools and supplies from a lisceansed welding supply. And yes you can weld with 1/8th rod, but you have to turn it up to 140 to do so, and use a 7018 rod
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