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Does that come on a plastic reel? Photos seem to show a wire-frame drum. Is that just a stock photo of the very large reels or something?
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I don't think it's the wire either TBH. Small reels always have more spring in than larger ones, generally. It should still work well enough to weld with, anyway.
But once you've faffed on with sorting the problems you've created to start with, you may as well have a fresh reel lol
But once you've faffed on with sorting the problems you've created to start with, you may as well have a fresh reel lol
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Yup, and Inverter Fusion are selling them for a bonkers (in a good way!) price on eBay!
Lincoln Supramig Mild Steel MIG Wire - 0.8MM - 5KG | eBay
Better bead profile and appearance. Solid wire for welding of structural steels. Ultimate GMAW wire for robotics and hard automation. Shielding Gas. Suitable For All Welding Positions.
www.ebay.co.uk
When last on their website, they were £16. Buying four reels qualified for free delivery.Yup, and Inverter Fusion are selling them for a bonkers (in a good way!) price on eBay!
Lincoln Supramig Mild Steel MIG Wire - 0.8MM - 5KG | eBay
Better bead profile and appearance. Solid wire for welding of structural steels. Ultimate GMAW wire for robotics and hard automation. Shielding Gas. Suitable For All Welding Positions.www.ebay.co.uk
Only on ebay now...
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I've only ever seen the 15kg reels with the wire cages, so I'd be surprised if a 5kg reel had one. I'd still be happy buying online; especially from Inverter Fusion as everything I've bought from them from home or school has been very, very well packed and protected.
Edit; forgot I have some of the 1.0mm in the playroom - 5kg, plastic case and survived the journey from Devon to Fife!
Edit; forgot I have some of the 1.0mm in the playroom - 5kg, plastic case and survived the journey from Devon to Fife!
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Definitely looks like a dodgy spool, which is unusual for Parweld stuff. Send me your address in a message, i'll get one sent out to you FOC 
We've got plenty of them knocking about in the warehouse.
We've got plenty of them knocking about in the warehouse.
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Definitely looks like a dodgy spool, which is unusual for Parweld stuff. Send me your address in a message, i'll get one sent out to you FOC
We've got plenty of them knocking about in the warehouse.
Ooh, amazing, thanks very much. That's really kind and generous of you.
Thanks again
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aw come on, it's clearly labelled back to front! I've fitted as per the setup instructions!
It does explain why, as I said earlier in one of the many videos, despite the wire being criss-crossed overlapped on the roll and stuff, I was still able to pull it slowly and consistently off the spool by hand.
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I will say I thought the same thing when I put a small 5kg reel of stainless on mine the other day - it's bonkers that the spacer doesn't have a drive lug on it so you can use it on the backside, and bring the spool in line with the wire drive, instead of being offset to the back.
I'm printing an adaptor for mine to do just that, save it pulling sideways over the edge of the spool all the time.
I'm printing an adaptor for mine to do just that, save it pulling sideways over the edge of the spool all the time.
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Yeah. Had I actually thrown the first spool away, I was going to keep the reel and make it into a spacer.
As it is, I'm still using that reel.
Will do it when it runs out though.
