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Old 10-15-2018, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by SSLance View Post
This is my first time trying 024 wire. It lets you move slower and be more deliberate and control the puddle better which is good for me right now welding on 0.120 steel.

One thing I don't like about the small wire is if you stick it to what you are welding, the pusher wheel will fold it almost instantly inside the welder and it's a pull, cut off and refeed deal before you can get started again. After about the third time doing that one gets MUCH more careful about what one does with the tip of his wire.

On the topic of creating a bird's nest in your machine. In the situation you are describing, it sounds to me like you need to back off the tension on your feeder wheel. A rule of thumb is that you should be able to pinch the wire coming out of your gun with your fingers and be able to stop the wire with your feeder wheel spinning without folding up the wire. Back off of your tension until this is possible and you will be golden. I've been using .024 wire for years and haven't had a single bird's nest issue for years either using this technique.


Hope this helps


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