Tag: wire feed
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Spool Gun Wire Feed Problems
Spool gun wire feed problems usually come from drag, tension, poor setup, or damaged consumables. Aluminum wire is soft, so small resistance changes can stop feed, cause birdnesting, or make the arc…
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MIG Contact Tip Keeps Burning Back
If a MIG contact tip keeps burning back, the problem is usually not the tip alone. Burnback happens when the wire melts back into the contact tip instead of feeding cleanly into…
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Lincoln Magnum PRO 100SG Spool Gun: Aluminum MIG Feed Fix
Soft aluminum MIG wire is hard to push through a standard MIG gun. It birdnests, shaves, slips at the drive rolls, and burns back into the tip right when the bead should…
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MIG Contact Tip Burnback: Why Your Tip Welds Itself (And How to Fix It)
Intro Your MIG gun stops feeding wire mid-weld. You power down, open the feeder, and find the wire welded solid into the contact tip. This is contact tip burnback—and it costs you…
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How to Fix MIG Contact Tip Burnback: Diagnosis & Solutions
Your MIG wire is burning back and fusing to the contact tip, stopping your weld cold. This happens when the wire arcs at the tip instead of at the workpiece—a sign of…
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Title: Worn MIG Contact Tips Causing Porosity? Here’s the Fix
Intro Your MIG welds look porous. You’ve checked your gas flow, cleaned the base metal, and verified your settings—but the problem persists. The culprit is often sitting right at the end of…
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Why Your MIG Wire Stops Feeding (And How to Fix It in 5 Minutes)
Intro Your MIG welder fires up fine, but halfway through the bead, the wire quits feeding. You hear the motor grinding. Nothing comes out. It’s frustrating, costly downtime, and it happens more…
