Just bought meself a new Mig that takes a 15kg coil

Anyone recommend a cheap place for wire?

Steve

unless you plan on using lots get a 5kg or it will rust over winter and not weld very nice

15 kg willnot rust if you take it out of machine and store it in house if not gonna be used for a while. try phoning T Proctor&son for wire they have a branch at gateshead can getr you the no. if you need me to,I dont have it to hand as I use thier carlisle branch hth. m.

A lot of DIY machines will take a 15kg reel, the wire feed systems are not up to the job. There is also a flywheel effect which can give over run unless you tension the clutch correctly, which in turn puts more strain on the wire feed.

^^ yepo - what MA said.

stick to littl'uns.

15 Kg .... are you welding on a dialy basis, that is a poo load!!

Machine is a pro model and only accepts 15kg reels....

Not necessarily.

Mine takes a 15kg spool because of the depth of the spindle - but if you stick a roll of gaffer tape behind it, it takes up 2" of slack and fits perfectly.

I have a 15kg mild steel spool, and a 5kg stainless spool.

You can buy an adaptor - but I prefer the 5kg spool bodge

Sean

[Edited on 12/10/09 by londonsean69]

Cheers Sean, mine is a Portamig 185 and the adapter was about £14 which I didn't buy

i find 5kgs to be too big myself, will never finish it. 15kgs would be a nightmare! Taking it into the house to stop it rusting sounds like a right pain in the neck! Sods law as soon as you wound it up you realise you wanted to weld something else...