Hi,
Just joined today and will soon be seeking help.
I was gifted a SIP Migmate 130 a couple of years ago by a friend in England during a visit. It is a basic machine with 3 switches for power High/Low Med/Max and Med/Low plus a variable knob for wire speed.
It had sat in his garage for a few years, then in my barn for 2 more. I now have a need for it, I had to drill the head off an inaccessible bolt. Now I have lits of access and want to weld a nut onto the remains to try to unscrew it.
I have read a lot here and elsewhere but there is nothing like practical experience.
I fired it up last night and found it much harder than I thought. I know a bad craftsman always blames his tools but I do think there may be a few issues. Wire feed being the main, once as the arc struck the wire would burn back to the nozzle. Wire speed made little difference, whwn no wite was visible, if I moved the trigger assembly some wire would appear even though the trigger was released. Ut seemed like the wire was caught somewhere in the feed, and would be freed by the hise movement. It also seemed that if the wire did feed then after releasing the trigger it would atill feed a bit more.
My guess is that after a few years of neglect the wire feed and wire nozzle need a clean, which I shall do before posting any direct questions.
Wow, that was a long "hello" wasn't it ?
Just joined today and will soon be seeking help.
I was gifted a SIP Migmate 130 a couple of years ago by a friend in England during a visit. It is a basic machine with 3 switches for power High/Low Med/Max and Med/Low plus a variable knob for wire speed.
It had sat in his garage for a few years, then in my barn for 2 more. I now have a need for it, I had to drill the head off an inaccessible bolt. Now I have lits of access and want to weld a nut onto the remains to try to unscrew it.
I have read a lot here and elsewhere but there is nothing like practical experience.
I fired it up last night and found it much harder than I thought. I know a bad craftsman always blames his tools but I do think there may be a few issues. Wire feed being the main, once as the arc struck the wire would burn back to the nozzle. Wire speed made little difference, whwn no wite was visible, if I moved the trigger assembly some wire would appear even though the trigger was released. Ut seemed like the wire was caught somewhere in the feed, and would be freed by the hise movement. It also seemed that if the wire did feed then after releasing the trigger it would atill feed a bit more.
My guess is that after a few years of neglect the wire feed and wire nozzle need a clean, which I shall do before posting any direct questions.
Wow, that was a long "hello" wasn't it ?
