Re: Welding

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SpamTrapSeeSig

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• Aug 7, 2004

• #1

In article <[email protected]>, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> writes
>On or around Fri, 06 Aug 2004 21:30:29 +0100, Steve Taylor
><[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>Peter Seddon wrote:
>>> Get a 150 Amp fan cooled MIG, they will weld all you will need on a car or
>>> even a Disco
>>>
>>..and DON'T use C02 - use COOGAR or equivalent.
>
>mind, ISTR that CO2 is better on rusty stuff. COOGAR or such is brill on
>clean metal though. Bloody mig I have is being a pain at the moment, the
>wire's got slightly rusty and keeps sticking in the nozzle.

I've got a very damp garage/workshop, and get the same problem. Now I
always spray the spool with WD40 between uses. It helps, but probably
only slows the process down a bit. Doesn't seem to make the rollers slip
though. I wondered about the PTFE liner, bus so far no problems.


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EMB

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• Aug 7, 2004

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SpamTrapSeeSig wrote:

> I've got a very damp garage/workshop, and get the same problem. Now I
> always spray the spool with WD40 between uses. It helps, but probably
> only slows the process down a bit. Doesn't seem to make the rollers slip
> though. I wondered about the PTFE liner, bus so far no problems.

Take the spool out when you're not uising it, seal it up in plastic bag
and hide it in your airing cupboard.

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Steve Taylor

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• Aug 7, 2004

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EMB wrote:


> Take the spool out when you're not uising it, seal it up in plastic bag
> and hide it in your airing cupboard.

Where will we keep the welding rods ???

Steve

 

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EMB

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• Aug 8, 2004

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Steve Taylor wrote:

> Where will we keep the welding rods ???

Just throw more bedding and stuff out of the airiing cupboard to make
room (or build a welding rod cupboard). I've got a cupboard that I
knocked up out of some scrap aluminium sheet with a couple of 15W light
bulbs wired in series in the bottom. It keeps my welding rods and MIG
wire dry enough to avoid problems (even more important with alloy MIG
wire and expensive (couple of quid each)specialist rods.


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Austin Shackles

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• Aug 8, 2004

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On or around Sun, 08 Aug 2004 12:40:19 +1200, EMB <[email protected]>
enlightened us thusly:

>Steve Taylor wrote:
>
>> Where will we keep the welding rods ???
>
>Just throw more bedding and stuff out of the airiing cupboard to make
>room (or build a welding rod cupboard). I've got a cupboard that I
>knocked up out of some scrap aluminium sheet with a couple of 15W light
>bulbs wired in series in the bottom. It keeps my welding rods and MIG
>wire dry enough to avoid problems (even more important with alloy MIG
>wire and expensive (couple of quid each)specialist rods.

welding rods can be dried out in a warm oven, though, ISTR. drying our
rusty mig wire doesn't have the same effect. I thought the copper coating
on it was to stop the sod rusting... I think I'll spool a load off to see
if it's rusty all the way through or only on the top layer.
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• Aug 8, 2004

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On Sun, 08 Aug 2004 06:26:12 +0100, Austin Shackles
<[email protected]> made me spill my meths when he wrote:

>I think I'll spool a load off to see
>if it's rusty all the way through or only on the top layer.

I had this once, ended up in a right mess with wire all looping over
the place It was a real pain, wire was determined to kink and knot
up, had to take so much off I bought a new reel in the end. Keep it
wrapped in greasproof paper now when not in use.
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Steve Taylor

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• Aug 7, 2004

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EMB wrote:


> Take the spool out when you're not uising it, seal it up in plastic bag
> and hide it in your airing cupboard.

Where will we keep the welding rods ???

Steve