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11th August 2020, 10:10 PM #1Most Valued Member
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Wire spool friction spring/"brake" too tight - Cigweld Weldskill 185
Hi all,
I've just bought my first welder (Cigweld Weldskill 185) and I'm setting it up for the first time with a mini 100mm 0.9kg spool. The instruction manual states to install the minispool, then the spacer, spring and finally nut. The problem I've encountered is that to get the nut threaded on even in the slightest I have to compress the spring so much that the wirespool is held in too tight. Apparently the spool is meant to be loose enough to rotate a fraction after the mig trigger is released so as to not provide too much resistance to the wirefeed rollers. But this is literally impossible as there isn't enough thread on the roller stem to loosen the nut that much without it popping off.
Has anyone else had this problem? Any possible solutions? Last thing I want to do is wear out wirefeed components before I even teach myself how to weld properly!
Thanks in advance!
Dan
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