Re: Ready Welder... a comment from an Ebay purchaser

Jul 01, 2003 4 Replies
K


The only down side to the machine is the wire speed adjustment dial.


> It just moves too easily and has such a huge range of speed, that the
> tiniest movement changes the speed drasticly.

Could you maybe put either an O-ring or a felt/leather/rubber pad under the knob to add a bit of friction and keep it from changing so easily?


Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com


"The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." -Eden Phillpotts, A Shadow Passes, 1934

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E

I tried it, and it does help. I used a small O-ring. It adds just enough friction that the wheel doesn't move by just brushing it.

Not perfect, but better.

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D

Can I use a Ready Welder II 10250 as a spool gun for my Lincoln SP-175 Plus? Can the the trigger on the Ready Welder control the SP-175?

Ernie Leimkuhler wrote:

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I used a small O-ring. It adds just enough friction that the wheel doesn't move by just brushing it.

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Yes you can use it as a spoolgun on a MIG, but you will have to add a contactor switch, to turn the power supply on and off, and somehow disconnect the internal wire feeder.

I am not sure how Lincoln wires their machines, but it should be easy to trace the wires and add a switch that bypasses the gas solenoid and wire feed.

Easy enough to do.

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