Whoopee feckin' dooooo ... 
Got me welder working spot on now! Been having trouble with intermittent feed rates which I'd put down to old mig wire .. black and rough spots all over it, causing the feed rollers to 'miss' every so often, giving a poor, pigeon-**** weld.
So replaced the wire and went up from .6 to .8 so it fed easier with more tension, but still it skipped every so often.
So stripped the head down, wires out, liner out, gas tube out, then at the welderiser end the same .... and it seems on further investigation that the liner had loads of kinks and holes in it so was also full of water, grit etc etc. So bought a new liner.
Transformed. Nice clean welds, excellent control on feed rates, and it all sounds nicer 'cos the motor doesn't have to work so hard pushing the wire through ..
I is happy ... I can now get on with finishing me bloody sills ... so long as nowt else screws up. Should have been finished weeks ago but couldn't figure out why the welds were coming out so badly!
Just shows I should have spoke and listened to me bro ... or paid more attention to reds website ..
Installing MIG Wire and Setting Wire Feed Tension
Got me welder working spot on now! Been having trouble with intermittent feed rates which I'd put down to old mig wire .. black and rough spots all over it, causing the feed rollers to 'miss' every so often, giving a poor, pigeon-**** weld.
So replaced the wire and went up from .6 to .8 so it fed easier with more tension, but still it skipped every so often.
So stripped the head down, wires out, liner out, gas tube out, then at the welderiser end the same .... and it seems on further investigation that the liner had loads of kinks and holes in it so was also full of water, grit etc etc. So bought a new liner.
Transformed. Nice clean welds, excellent control on feed rates, and it all sounds nicer 'cos the motor doesn't have to work so hard pushing the wire through ..
I is happy ... I can now get on with finishing me bloody sills ... so long as nowt else screws up. Should have been finished weeks ago but couldn't figure out why the welds were coming out so badly!
Just shows I should have spoke and listened to me bro ... or paid more attention to reds website ..
Installing MIG Wire and Setting Wire Feed Tension
