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pedrobedro
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Make sure you keep hold of the end when it comes out of the rollers as well or you will have a panic situation on your hands 
Secure it in the hole in the reel side and bend it back till you need it again.
Secure it in the hole in the reel side and bend it back till you need it again.yes true, make sure you catch the other end of the wire as it
happend to me, i mist it when i was reeling it back it went
haywire went every where, main problem is you got to
take your empty spool of then pull out a metra of wasted wire,
its a shame we cant collect so many then return it for a free spool,lol....
happend to me, i mist it when i was reeling it back it went
haywire went every where, main problem is you got to
take your empty spool of then pull out a metra of wasted wire,
its a shame we cant collect so many then return it for a free spool,lol....
I just bought a GYS Smartmig 162 and am delighted with it.. It has a Eurotorch and cost me £350 delivered. Slightly more than your budget perhaps, but after buying a budget MIG myslef, and living with the problems, i figured it was worth paying a bit extra. I now wish i had spent more in the first place, rather than buying a cheap model.
+1. Very happy with my GYS 162.
I always remove the torch for storage, due to space issues. I just disconnect the torch and cut the wire and leave it protruding by 10mm. The wire left in torch is either discarded or saved for hanging parts for spraying etc.
I would have thought the cost of waste from a 5kg reel is minimal for anyone other than heavy users, who I would have thought wouldn't be removing the torch every day.
I always remove the torch for storage, due to space issues. I just disconnect the torch and cut the wire and leave it protruding by 10mm. The wire left in torch is either discarded or saved for hanging parts for spraying etc.
I would have thought the cost of waste from a 5kg reel is minimal for anyone other than heavy users, who I would have thought wouldn't be removing the torch every day.
Thats actually a very good idea. I am not keen on the way that the Euro torch protrudes from the front of the welder and in my crowded garage, mr clumbsy is bound to snap it off one day. I think the loss of a few meters of wire is better than the cost of damage IF i snagged the worch when moving around the garage..
zardoz
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Never thought of that. I'll bet that adds up to a few miles of wire over the years, for those that MIG a lot.
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My Father was even more frugal, our original Cebora Mig only took 5kg drums and once we had 3 spare he started rewinding them from a 15kg drum by hand on the lathe!
madkayaker
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My Father was even more frugal, our original Cebora Mig only took 5kg drums and once we had 3 spare he started rewinding them from a 15kg drum by hand on the lathe!
Tried that but just made a mess! Perhaps needed more tension when winding it
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My first MIG was a little 100 amp one, used small reels. Since I couldn't buy them where I lived, I used to load them from a 15kg. Used a variable speed drill to power the little drum and braked the big one with a gloved hand. It only went wrong a few times.....
Finally rigged up an external mount for a 5kg reel, which I could buy.
