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Any idea how to fix my welder?
« on: 19 March 2017, 18:37:52 »
I have the Clarke t135 mig welder. Haven't used it in ages as I have one at work. But it's been at mummy's all that time so today brushed the grime off it and gave it a go. Just pulling the trigger to get the wires to go through it's fine. However as soon as I try to weld and the wire starts to make an arc against the workpiece it seems to birds nest at the motor near the spool. Any ideas  :-\
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #1 on: 19 March 2017, 18:39:44 »
Sounds like low electric power at the tip.
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #2 on: 19 March 2017, 18:41:12 »
Cheers mate. Does the copper coloured "tip" help with this. Cos got a feeling I didn't have one on  :-[
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #3 on: 19 March 2017, 18:41:25 »
Has it been stored anywhere even slightly damp? .the wire can oxidise and this maes it have a bad contact on the tip where it gets its power from. I would reccomend removing the tip and fitting a new one and a new reel of wire if even slightly suspect.
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #4 on: 19 March 2017, 18:43:01 »
nah it's not damp or anything and wire looks good. I've got a feeling I forgot to put a tip on it  :-[
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #5 on: 19 March 2017, 18:46:27 »
Yeah its got to have a tip on .otherwise it will spark up inside the shield and either bung up inside there or seize and keep trying to feed .hence the twisted mess at the other end !
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #6 on: 19 March 2017, 18:49:52 »
Quote from: cam.in.head on 19 March 2017, 18:46:27
Yeah its got to have a tip on .otherwise it will spark up inside the shield and either bung up inside there or seize and keep trying to feed .hence the twisted mess at the other end !

Got ya. Cheers  :y

Can u mig weld without a nozzle tho?
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #7 on: 19 March 2017, 18:55:43 »
I take it you mean the screw-on shroud ? . You must have that on as it directs the gas around the weld site. Without a shroud or gas the welds will be very poor and spattery ! .
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #8 on: 19 March 2017, 19:06:37 »
Quote from: cam.in.head on 19 March 2017, 18:55:43
I take it you mean the screw-on shroud ? . You must have that on as it directs the gas around the weld site. Without a shroud or gas the welds will be very poor and spattery ! .

Nice one thanks for explaining that  :y
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #9 on: 22 March 2017, 13:55:35 »
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 19 March 2017, 18:43:01
nah it's not damp or anything and wire looks good. I've got a feeling I forgot to put a tip on it :-[

 ::) ;D

Didn't you get some replacement tips  :-\
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Re: Any idea how to fix my welder?
« Reply #10 on: 22 March 2017, 20:32:46 »
Quote from: EMD on 22 March 2017, 13:55:35
Quote from: Webby the Bear on 19 March 2017, 18:43:01
nah it's not damp or anything and wire looks good. I've got a feeling I forgot to put a tip on it :-[

 ::) ;D

Didn't you get some replacement tips  :-\

I've lost all my consumables. God knows where I've put them. Still they're cheap on the welding site.  :y
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