Thread: welder

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

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

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

cheers

chris