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28th June 2009, 07:30 PM #46
The whole point in the development of the spool gun was to overcome the near 2 metres of soft wire being pushed ahead of the drive wheels.
This is the cause of all the grief.
If the existing set up runs steel wire why not use it it?
Grahame
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28th June 2009, 07:37 PM #47Novice
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Thanx Grahame, but will it run steel?
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28th June 2009, 09:32 PM #48
I have no idea.In any case if you wanted to do so I think you will find yourself winding wire on your own spool.
Given that the unit is dedicated to welding aluminium there is room for things to go wrong.
Its a lot of fluffing around for little obvious return.Do the instructions give any indication of being able to run steel?
Grahame
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28th June 2009, 11:32 PM #49
my understanding of the lincon spool gun thig is that the spool gun replaces the standard handpiece and hose set up.
to change from steel to aly you would just untread the steel filler wire from the drive gear, uncouple the standard gun and couple up the spool gun.
that is the beauty of the system, you don;t need to clean anything or change liners.
or is the problem that you didn't purchase a standard handpiece with the unit?
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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29th June 2009, 07:13 AM #50Novice
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29th June 2009, 12:11 PM #51
One thing you need to be very aware of is the need to keep the feed path uncontaminated when using aluminium.
So unless you want to clean out the spool gun and possibly change some items in the feed path...using steel and aluminium in the same gun isn't all that good an idea.
As I said all you should need to do is wind back the steel and change the handpieces, which looks very easy....I've been lookig at one of those machines too.
Apart from the wire feed issues one of the bigest advantages is you don't have to clean or change liners going from steel to ally and back....you just change the handpieces.
you should be able to leave the spool gun fully loaded and ready to go and the spool of steel wire in place in the main unit.
cheersAny thing with sharp teeth eats meat.
Most powertools have sharp teeth.
People are made of meat.
Abrasives can be just as dangerous as a blade.....and 10 times more painfull.
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