First of all i have never welded before so dont know all the correct names.
I had a idea to make a pot belly stove out of a old gas bottle so got one cut it up all ready to weld. Got a welder from work which has been their for about 5 years (company had some money to buy tools so got a welder to do small jobs save getting someone in, but no one knows how to weld). The instructions were missing but thought i could get them online but can not find them, did some searching and it looks easy so bought some gasless wire and had a go. but the machine does not spark. The machine runs, the wire feeds ive cleaned the area were the clamp goes but when you touch the wire to the metal no spark. The welder had a label saying to switch between gas and no gas to swap two wires ive did that and still it does not weld. the machine is a wilkinson star standard power sp150. Its probaly something simple so any help will be great.
I had a idea to make a pot belly stove out of a old gas bottle so got one cut it up all ready to weld. Got a welder from work which has been their for about 5 years (company had some money to buy tools so got a welder to do small jobs save getting someone in, but no one knows how to weld). The instructions were missing but thought i could get them online but can not find them, did some searching and it looks easy so bought some gasless wire and had a go. but the machine does not spark. The machine runs, the wire feeds ive cleaned the area were the clamp goes but when you touch the wire to the metal no spark. The welder had a label saying to switch between gas and no gas to swap two wires ive did that and still it does not weld. the machine is a wilkinson star standard power sp150. Its probaly something simple so any help will be great.