Argon or Co2 Gas Flow Tester / Meter Peashooter Mig Welder, Tig Welder

[johnakay]

Highly recommended.
my gas regular was way out.
put the peashooter and the ball nearly shot out of it even at what I thought low pressure.
set at 5 on the peashooter and it weld much better.
welding for 40 years and your never too old to learn so thanks to who ever put me onto this.

 

[skotl]

Good to hear - which one did you get?

 

[johnakay]

this one...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argon-or-...699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25989a47c3

 

[pedrobedro]

You can get the one to leave on the cylinder regulator so you see it all the time as the cylinder pressure drops.

 

[500e]

Mate bought one said it does not work, Had no hole to let the gas through
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argon-or-...699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25989a47c3

 

[norlander]

I got mine from weldequip, good bit of kit to have, my regs are spot on with the Pshooter, and so they should be at the price I paid for em!

 

[johnakay]

Mate bought one said it does not work, Had no hole to let the gas through
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argon-or-...699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25989a47c3

what a load of b*ll*cks. you mate must be short in the grey matter area.
if there is no holes just make one.oh and tell him to turn the wire feed off if he can find the knob with out looking in the mirror!!

 

[backpurge]

The hole would need to be the right size in order for the flowmeter to be accurate, where on the flowmeter exactly is the hole blocked, on the rubber cup part or the clear plastic tube

 

[500e]

JK
Would not have thought he is short of grey matter Excellent machinist builds & designs complex mechanisms, use to repair typewriters, made spectical frames to order for stage & screen stars, plays numerous instruments, & is a chiropodist to list a few of his attributes.
He is really nice person as well. (always makes me feel I should try harder)
I turned up just after he unpacked it & he had turned off wire feed so please be as polite as he would rather than the rather snide comments.
There are people here who have No previous knowledge of welding so my comment was a simple pointer that if you had a ps that did not work check this first.
BP
Don't know if the hole really matters we cut out the hole to 3mm in rubber cone & it reads the same as my flow-meter

 

[Paul.]

JK

Don't know if the hole really matters we cut out the hole to 3mm in rubber cone & it reads the same as my flow-meter

It sounds like you had a faulty one, the hole in the cone is bigger than the bottom of the plastic tube on mine, so I guess its the tube that's calibrated, you can see it in this picture

 

[500e]

Yep that's what we ended up with, only ever had flow-meters on our kit.
Thanks Paul

 

[Bill Edwards]

Logic would suggest to me that the clearance of the ball in the tube, and weight, would be the calibration.
Therefor the hole at the end has to be large enough to cause no restriction, while making sure the ball cannot escape.

 

[500e]

Bill. logic is good the rubber is just the seal an 1/8 hole was ok made no difference if 1/4
Looking at the rubber it looked like the punch to clear the passage, either was not cutting or it was done manually & it got missed

 

[johnakay]

can't believe how much gas I've wasted over the years just relying on the gas regulater reading.
according to my gauge the bottle is empty and has been since asking where to get a refill etc.
been welding all week and it still read empty!
I was expecting it to run out after a few welds.
now I'm thinking that I could've gotten 2 years out of on big bottle instead of one.
wish I had bought one of them peashooters years ago.

 

[langy]

this one...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Argon-or-...699?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item25989a47c3

Blimey they have gone up in price, you can get a flowmeter for a fiver !!!