flux core or solid wire?
that is weird, no instight here just more of a comment, hell i've got a lincoln 100 and all i've used is .035 flux.
are the wheels spinning but not pushing wire? change the tip, ive found that people who dont know how to weld (no offense intended) screw up tips very quickly. to check, take the tip off and try to feed wire.
I allways take the tip off to feed new wire. The wheel does not spin but it spins fine with .025 wire of a 2 lbs spool( came with it) I went and picked up a .023 11 lbs pound spool to see if that will work.Originally Posted by agjohn02
**** man give me a little bit of credit
i dont take the tip off when i put a new spool on... ive never seen one that the drive wheels wouldnt spin on. they always just spin but slip. sounds like a POS to me.
you may actually have the drive rolls to tight, lossen the dirve wheels up untill they spin on the wire and don't feed it.
See if that helps
Originally Posted by afroman006Originally Posted by afroman006
send it back and buy a Miller or Hobart
thats the best solution
PS. I have heard really good things about the new Hobart 187
Originally Posted by afroman006Originally Posted by afroman006
if its not bird nesting then i would say the drag is on the spool, not in the liner or gun. ive never seen one not able to make a sweet bird nest when it gets locked up in the gun.
regardless, your drive wheels are too tight like creighton said, they should spin.
I should be in tomorrow night through saturday so gimme a call and we will check it out.