[TheForge] Sidearm Burner Parts - orifice sizes and comments

[Dave Brown]

At 09:30 01/17/03 -0600, you wrote:
>At 20:37 01/17/03 -0800, you wrote:
>>Is the marking on a mig tip for the tip hole size or the wire size, the
>>clearance for the wire to run through might mean they are bigger than we
>>think.
>
>A Tweco .035 tip has hole .041 diameter.  An .023 has a true diameter of .031.

I've added a chart (scanned from Tweco catalog) showing the different wire 
sizes and the inside diameters of their related contact tips.  Sizes range 
from .023/.031 up to .045/.051.  The chart can be found in the photoaccess 
site in the Anything Else folder.


Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG