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| | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 | I got a used Solar 2175 Mig Welder last year, and it had been sitting in a damp garage before i bought it. I'm getting it ready to put a floor in my '56. There is a big spool of wire in the machine which is is rusty on the out side--seems to me I should unspool the rusty wire down to clean wire and not run rusty wire through the machine. Thoughts? Also is there anything else I should check given its former dampness before I fire it up? It has been in a dry room for a year now.
Thanks,
Dave
Well, my time went so quickly,
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55.
As I pulled away slowly,
Feelin' so holy,
God knows, I was feelin' alive..... Tom Waits, Ol' 55
| | | | | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 Ex Hall Monitor | | Ex Hall Monitor Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 6,377 | Agreed, rust does not a good weld make.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 | Thanks, will get rid of it.
Dave
Well, my time went so quickly,
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55.
As I pulled away slowly,
Feelin' so holy,
God knows, I was feelin' alive..... Tom Waits, Ol' 55
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 3,596 | Another thing to do to keep your wheel/tips from clogging is clip a little piece of felt on the wire prior to where it enters the machine (using one of those lever type paper clips). I have also used ear plugs and cigarette filters it wipes all the stuff you can't see off the wire prior to it going through the roller, guides and tips. No contamination is the goal as far as welding goes.
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| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 | Thanx for the tip, joe- thats what I did and there is a lot of wire left. It works, but the feed works better faster- at speeds 1,2 3 it slows or stops. Any thoughts? The bearing might have a little rust and that may be catching at slow speeds....will clean it.
Well, my time went so quickly,
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55.
As I pulled away slowly,
Feelin' so holy,
God knows, I was feelin' alive..... Tom Waits, Ol' 55
| | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 99 | Joe- those icons capture my mental state about this. I will clean the wire feed bearing- some little grit/rust could be stopping it at slow speeds.
Well, my time went so quickly,
I went lickety-splitly
Out to my ol' 55.
As I pulled away slowly,
Feelin' so holy,
God knows, I was feelin' alive..... Tom Waits, Ol' 55
| | | | | Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 239 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 239 |
Just a thought, but is the roller tension set correctly. It may be too loose.
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