[TheForge] Trouble shooting welder

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Don:
Extra friction from the wire spool diameter diminishing as the 
end of the wire comes up adds drag. Drive roll wear is to be 
suspected too...Pete F

george rousis wrote:
> hey don,
> it could be as simple as a new tip, or your line may have dirt/ a kink in
> it...
> 
> goodluck
> george
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ron Lass" <rllass at hotmail.com>
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> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:15 PM
> Subject: RE: [TheForge] Trouble shooting welder
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>>Don,
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>>I had a similar problem when I got a little wear in my cable liner.  I
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> found
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>>out that I was pulling the wire out a little when I cut off the end and
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> that
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>>caused a little delay before the wire started moving, and that caused the
>>wire to weld to the tip.
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>>
>>
>>Ron Lass
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>>>Subject: [TheForge] Trouble shooting welder
>>>Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 14:00:12 EST
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>>>Hoping for some advice on a problem with my very old, much used Hobart
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> 250
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>>>mig welder. Whenever I pull the trigger the wire burns right up to the
>>>nozzle
>>>with a flash of blue light. I have tried making sure I have a good ground
>>>and
>>>filed clean the copper grounding clamps. But that didn't help.
>>>
>>>Kindest thanks for any suggestions.
>>>
>>>Don Plummer
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