Anyone have a portamig 215 manual (digital)?

[julianf]

I have just taken delivery of a 215.

From searching the forum, a digital copy does exist - any chance someone could attach it to this thread?

Im more interested in how the case is supposed to be than wire speed settings. Here is a photo -

See that joint at the bottom, between the machine, and the bottle tray?

The machine is bending there. Im sure there should be more to it? Seems a lot of weight on, what is effectively, a hinge?

Also, all the other photos i see have big wheels on the back, closer in. This one has little castors.


No big deal, but i wanted to know what the manual said.

 

[pondy]

I have a manual for a 185, it's very basic and I never used it, don't think it had any assembly instructions. It's a paper copy, didn't no about a digital version?

I do remember the back tray was only held on with a few bolts. You are meant to have an axle with large wheels. Some one may have fitted castors to make it easier to wheel about

 

[cumbriasteve]

Looks like your axle is missing and someone has bolted on a set of small castors, perhaps they wanted it to slot into a specific space.

Or if it is a new machine, they are cutting back by fitting cheaper options

 

[the snooper]

just looked on their web site, I see they keep it upto date

 

[Robotstar5]

just looked on their web site, I see they keep it upto date
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Some one else who forgot to put the clocks forward Sunday?

 

[malcolm]

I think they started bolting on the rear tray because the original fixed tray was being bent by couriers. Mine (a new 216) has the bolts on the outside edges like yours and also a couple of bolts vertically through the tray positioned forward of the bottle but behind the main case of the welder, possibly to tackle instances where the welder is sold second hand and the couriers get another chance to bend it.

The rear wheels on yours don't appear to be standard.

 

[cumbriasteve]

Also the reason the plate is bending is that the weight of the bottle is not over the missing axle, my 235 had the large wheels and the axle on that was dead centre of the bottle, those small one's are nowhere near.

 

[the snooper]

I think they started bolting on the rear tray because the original fixed tray was being bent by couriers. Mine (a new 216) has the bolts on the outside edges like yours and also a couple of bolts vertically through the tray positioned forward of the bottle but behind the main case of the welder, possibly to tackle instances where the welder is sold second hand and the couriers get another chance to bend it.

The rear wheels on yours don't appear to be standard.

I would imagine to save money on packaging and space when transporting aswell

 

[julianf]

I considered the placement of the axel - its pretty much on the center line of the bottle.

Still a fair bit of off-set weight from the welder on the base join though.

Anyhow, looks like i should accquire an axel for the rear.

 

[the snooper]

I considered the placement of the axel - its pretty much on the center line of the bottle.

Still a fair bit of off-set weight from the welder on the base join though.

Anyhow, looks like i should accquire an axel for the rear.

contact the seller and ask if they still have the original parts

 

[MoreWellie]

I have found the rear axle stickout to be a pain when manoeuvering the welder as it sticks out quite a way, this looks like someones attempt to get around this

 

[the snooper]

I think Julian's neighbor's need to keep an eye on their wheelie bins, I can see one turning into just a bin

 

[Wallace]

My 215 when it was new.

I would say poor positioning of the castors is causing the tray to bend under the cylinder weight. The original axle should support a full size W cylinder but with those castors fitted the machine would be unstable.

I agree with morewellie about the axle stick out when manoeuvring the machine about in a confined space, probably why the castors were fitted.

 

[Robotstar5]

The Murex industrial welders have the wheels at the back of the welder body and a separate bolt-on bottle tray which we never used we had plumbed-in gas. The unused trays were normally re-purposed into brackets etc. as they were made of a decent bit of steel

 

[500e]

Moveing the castors forward will help

 

[gaz_moose]

my 216 came with a 215 manual and it has no info on how to assemble the thing. its just full of scaremongery about the dangers of welding etc..