welder

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Practice is everything with welding. I do so little these days that I run a couple of metres of wire on some scrap before I start the job. I have a 240v. CIG Transmig 195. A very good bit of kit. When new this was the biggest machine you could get in 240v. Uses a 15 amp outlet & takes standard 15kg. rolls of wire. Came with transport wheels for .6, .8, .9, & 1.2 wire. I do resent paying the bottle rental. Why can't we be allowed to own them? When I empty this one I am currently using, I will be looking at the disposable ones. Also have a CIG Transarc 240v 160 amp stick welder for outdoor use.

Rangieman, you can weld in either direction, if you are pointing into the bead you get a heavier weld. Quite normal practice.

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NO Argument the guy is a novice and i was giving advice to a novice :p

I've got a WIA (Welding Industries Australia) Weldmatic 120G which takes 0.9 and 1.2mm self-shielding wire. It operates on a standard 10A power outlet.

OUTPUT RATING 100 Amps, 22 Volts, 25% Duty
MINIMUM WELDING CURRENT. 35 Amps
MAX. WELDING CURRENT 120 Amps, 17% Duty Cycle.
(Duty cycle is defined in Australian Standard AS1966.1 as the ratio of arcing time to 5 minutes in any 5 minute period, expressed as a percentage.)

I'd like to modify it to be able to use gas. With the right wire, I could possibly weld aluminium.

Ron

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Originally Posted by p38arover

I've got a WIA (Welding Industries Australia) Weldmatic 120G which takes 0.9 and 1.2mm self-shielding wire. It operates on a standard 10A power outlet.

OUTPUT RATING 100 Amps, 22 Volts, 25% Duty
MINIMUM WELDING CURRENT. 35 Amps
MAX. WELDING CURRENT 120 Amps, 17% Duty Cycle.
(Duty cycle is defined in Australian Standard AS1966.1 as the ratio of arcing time to 5 minutes in any 5 minute period, expressed as a percentage.)

I'd like to modify it to be able to use gas. With the right wire, I could possibly weld aluminium.

Ron

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G'day ron u can mod em easy enough to run gas all u need is the elec gas solinoid and switch it with a relay from the trigger wires that run from trigger.
I have an old cig auto linx 100 huge unit takes 15kg spools and runs on gas weighs about 100 od kg is perfect for light work as it only has a max continious output of 85 amps and will do 100 amp spots it's old and still works quite well only runs on .6 wire and was only made for light welding with a 85% duty cycle flat out will lay about 1 m of weld before thermal cut out on 1.6 steel great for little jobs and will run fine on 10 amps.
As i have updated to a migomag i dont need old one any more and need to find a new home for it any body interested can pm me for more details can supply it ready to run all u need is power and gas best offer :D:D:D

cheers

chris

Thanks Chris. I suppose I'll need a new handpiece, etc. for the gas feed.

I should have bought the 150S model. :(

Ron