I am hoping you can help me find a manual for a Dayton Welder

[mosesralph]

I am borrowing a friend's welder for which he has no operating manual--any leads as to where I might search to find one?


Dayton 3Z913F
Serial # HO 42530
dated 6/18/96
Model # 111 051-009

 

[clevinski]

I have a Dayton 6Z935C welder with manual. It's probably 10+ years old. The address on the back of the manual is

Dayton Electric Mfg. Co.
5959 W. Howard Street
Niles, IL 60714

Sorry, no phone number is supplied.

An attached list of US Authorized Factory Service Centers lists:

EMR (Electric Motor Repair)
2010 North 4th St.
Minneapolis, MN 55411
800-345-0198
612-522-3318

An insert with the manual also says you can call 800-328-2921 for the most current list of Authorized Service Centers.

Hope this helps.

 

[malcolm]

They've got a contact button on their website but no manual downloads that I can see. Could be worth asking them.

Failing that what is it you need to know? - we could tell you what the functions are if you sens a photo of the front of the welder, or could point you towards generic set up tips.

If anyone has a manual to scan I could add it to the manuals page.

 

[mosesralph]

Thanks-I'll check it out.

 

[malcolm]

This model Dayton Welder offers spot-stitch-normal mode choices. There are separate controls for MIG (normal) with Wire Speed and Heat Selector dials.

There are also dials for Weld Time and Stitch off Time.

It is possible to reverse the polarity between the ground wire and the wire feed gun.

That frames my core question-under what circumstances would you reverse the polarity?

Best to answer this on the forum as I keep getting this the wrong way around.

One polarity is for when you use flux cored gasless wire, and the other for using standard wire with a bottle of shielding gas.

I'll stick my neck out and say positive torch for when you have the bottle of shielding gas. I really must write this down somewhere

 

[shenion]

Yes,

Gas MIG - Electrode Positive
Gasless - Electrode negative.

 

[Vairspyder]

Were you ever able to find a manual for this? I am new to welding and just got this equipment and would like to get as much information as I can on it.

 

[mosesralph]

finding a manual for Dayton welder

I was not able to find one. I was directed by forum members to Graniger but could not get a response from them. I was borrowing the unit to MIG weld and wanted to know how to hook up the +/- leads to spot weld. You could ask that question of the forum. In addition to spot welding there was another alternative but I do not recall the description.

 

[eflash]

reply to manual

i have a copy of the 3z913f manual and parts list. i have this on an e-mail from grainger if you provide me with an e-mail address i will foward it to you.

 

[SSElectric]

i have a copy of the 3z913f manual and parts list. i have this on an e-mail from grainger if you provide me with an e-mail address i will foward it to you.

Hello could u e-mail me a copy of your manual 2 please as i have also lost mine and have started having trouble with it not welding correctly. My e-mail address is rgaemds@wildblue.net if you could i would appreciate it. Thanks Rodney G Smith

 

[simpl_as_123]

any one with any advice on a Dayton 6z935b 85 amp mig welder model number 117-050

 

[clevinski]

I have a manual for a Dayton 6Z935C 85 amp. Would that help?

BTW, I have one and used it for a while (until I bought a 180 amp Clarke), and it's a nice little machine for light duty. It's very easy to adjust wire speed and seems to be less sensitive to wire speed adjustments that some other MIGs.

 

[Rabbitt99]

Dayton 90 amp 6z935d welder

Hi
I have a dayton 90 amp 6z935d , it has no manual and it is hot at the stinger all the time even if you don't pull the trigger. It does not seem to have enough heat to melt material and wire? Any advise and comments gratefully accepted. I am not a welder but am learning . Thanks and God bless .
Rodd

 

[clevinski]

Well, I have a 6Z935C, and it IS hot all the time. This is a characteristic of some less expensive machines; they save a few bucks by leaving out the circuitry to remove voltage from the gun when the trigger is not pulled.

That said, mine works fine. I've welded steel up to 1/8 inch with it. It is more forgiving of speed adjustment that other MIGs I've used, including the Clark EN180 I use now.

I initially had some power issues with mine, but then I realized that I was:

1. Plugging it into an existing 15 amp circuit that also powered other loads in my house.
2. Running it on an extension cord.

I ran a dedicated 20 amp line for it, and it made a huge difference to the performance. Could it be that your power source is the issue?