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normspanners
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Having watched that vid again I agree about the wire going into the outer liner jumping but is that the reel or the wire stuttering back from the gun/tip its self. It reminds me of using ally wire on too small a tip, when the ally expands and 'nips' the tip fractionally, with ally best to go up a size .8 wire 1mm tip , have you tried another make of tip not all are equal whilst the wire is .8 the hole needs to be .9 ish imo too large and you loose direction too tight and you get stuttering which will feed directly back to the rollers.
BTW I use 5M lance on my 180 rtech and it runs beautifully. In fact had the apprentice running beads on old coated rusty exhaust the other day on co2 and it sounded ace btw it was his first ever time migging.
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Well if it make something that is usually 1/2 wide look a perfect 4" ...-------------
I best shut up I've been on the naughty step too much. 
Davek0974
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Yeah tips ok, while I've been testing its had probably 4 new ones and most likely from two batches so should be ok.
I'll do some more tests and get some more video.
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I have had (though not with the r tech) similar on long lances, and have run a drill (number ones )down the tips to acheive extra clearance aid the 'free flow' of the wire because the REAL width of some wire is a lottery.
arther dailey
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So you agree it shouldnt be "popping" like it is on the video ? as you have same machine would it be a problem to say what settings you are using on similar thickness material, i realise there is differance in brand wire etc,but wouldnt it give some idea if settings are in the right ball park?
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KIN EL---- sorry I wouldnt have a clue
I change settings by the second I am always up n down depends where n what I'm welding , I even adjust whilst welding, when I have a difficult spot, I used to be ambidextrous (but now find I have to use both hands)
I change settings by the second I am always up n down depends where n what I'm welding , I even adjust whilst welding, when I have a difficult spot, I used to be ambidextrous (but now find I have to use both hands)
arther dailey
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well just a thought, seems to me shouldnt be making that sound,sure some one on here must be close enough with similar machine..
Surely you want it the other way round
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my 180 is not here at the moment, It is locked in a unit where I am repairing a boat trailer and have just run out of .8 also,
mind you I have just bought a new clarke roll from M/Mart I could measure it.
right just measured it with dig vernier .77mm BUT only the end.
mind you I have just bought a new clarke roll from M/Mart I could measure it.
right just measured it with dig vernier .77mm BUT only the end.
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I had a play with the Miller phone app for settings today on a little steel sheet rack for the workshop - seemed a good thing to mess about on.
3mm steel on 0.8mm wire showed 18.5v and 280" wire feed, this is wayyyyy more than i normally run and almost as high as my machine will go.
It was damn hot welding, on a test it showed 130-140A, took some getting used to but lovely welds, totally different sound than usual - more of the sizzle than i usually get.
Then it had some stuttering and spitting - at this level it really spattered when it did this but then settled down again. I did some more video and caught it stuttering and its not a wire feed issue - you can see the reel at a constant speed when it happened. It also had a few bad starts where you could feel the wire hit the metal then arc then stutter and re-start over and over - maybe a bad ground?
I'm going to strip the ground lead and re-make the connections and also try grounding direct to the part then do some more tests. The clamp was a bit warm when i finished.
3mm steel on 0.8mm wire showed 18.5v and 280" wire feed, this is wayyyyy more than i normally run and almost as high as my machine will go.
It was damn hot welding, on a test it showed 130-140A, took some getting used to but lovely welds, totally different sound than usual - more of the sizzle than i usually get.
Then it had some stuttering and spitting - at this level it really spattered when it did this but then settled down again. I did some more video and caught it stuttering and its not a wire feed issue - you can see the reel at a constant speed when it happened. It also had a few bad starts where you could feel the wire hit the metal then arc then stutter and re-start over and over - maybe a bad ground?
I'm going to strip the ground lead and re-make the connections and also try grounding direct to the part then do some more tests. The clamp was a bit warm when i finished.
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should the clamp be warm to the touch mine is when in use
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Sorry mine is still locked in the unit the guy hasnt been available to finish the trailer as yet and I've been a little busy. but on 3mm box etc I would be virtually on max voltage, some of the box I was welding on the trailer was 3mm and she was still flat out from doing the 5mm.
funnily enough, the guy I am doing the trailer for, (he does a little welding but doesnt trust himself on summat impotant
) actually said 'that welder sounds lovely it just buzzes along '.
In fact it was only when I was joining onto the rusty original box, that I had to to reduce the power to save burning through.
funnily enough, the guy I am doing the trailer for, (he does a little welding but doesnt trust himself on summat impotant) actually said 'that welder sounds lovely it just buzzes along '. In fact it was only when I was joining onto the rusty original box, that I had to to reduce the power to save burning through.
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Thats the thing, the voltage was quite low but wire feed was very high - 18.5v and 280IPM feed.
I had some more of my scroll-work to do today and couldn't risk this setting so i refitted the 0.6mm wire, 20.5v and 240IPM wire and got some excellent results again - no spatter at all, just weld, degrease and powder-coat.
I still don't understand the differences between combinations of high/low volts and slow/fast feeds though.
I had some more of my scroll-work to do today and couldn't risk this setting so i refitted the 0.6mm wire, 20.5v and 240IPM wire and got some excellent results again - no spatter at all, just weld, degrease and powder-coat.
I still don't understand the differences between combinations of high/low volts and slow/fast feeds though.
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Will try and pick mine next week and do a few tests for you
would have thought a 5mtr lance would be handy for gates etc to I find mine invaluable.
would have thought a 5mtr lance would be handy for gates etc to I find mine invaluable.
What happened to the Cebora?
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think you after some one else?Nor me...i had a lot of variance in my welds over the last couple of days. I was not bothered as it needs seam sealing anyway. Its old painted metal so was always going to be a rough job.........just needs to hold together not look good to be honest.
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Right got the welder today but forgot top take the .8 I had a roll of .6 but was repairing a sump that had cracked so .6 was ok,
using co2 tried it on 3mm box, could run flat out voltage and flat out wire amperage was 90 /100 on the digi display but didnt quite go into spray, but strangely the welder didnt sound quite as sweet as before ???
