Hi all
So I did a welding night class at the local agricultural college about 10 years ago and got myself a parweld xtm 171c through this very site I believe. The plan was to fix up my Hillman imp but then kids happened and I never had the time. Fast forward to now and the imp has long gone to be replaced with my 94 VW Polo which due to flooding and old age now needs to be fixed.
Much like with myself and the Polo, time seems to have affected my welder which doesn't seem to be running as I want it to with the wire seemingly not feeding consistently. Also I can't seem to dial in the settings to get a decent weld to join bits of metal which amounts to much frustration and lots of bad welds.
Anyone got one of these machines and could give me some advice on where to start getting it running better? Or point me in the direction of where to post on your site would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jim
So I did a welding night class at the local agricultural college about 10 years ago and got myself a parweld xtm 171c through this very site I believe. The plan was to fix up my Hillman imp but then kids happened and I never had the time. Fast forward to now and the imp has long gone to be replaced with my 94 VW Polo which due to flooding and old age now needs to be fixed.
Much like with myself and the Polo, time seems to have affected my welder which doesn't seem to be running as I want it to with the wire seemingly not feeding consistently. Also I can't seem to dial in the settings to get a decent weld to join bits of metal which amounts to much frustration and lots of bad welds.
Anyone got one of these machines and could give me some advice on where to start getting it running better? Or point me in the direction of where to post on your site would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers
Jim