Surrey Dave
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 08:43 AM |
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Clarke MIG wirefeed sound???
Clarke wirefeed motor sound???
Bought a red Clarke 151te Mig Welder from Machinemart, plugged it in and gave it a whirl , the wirefeed motor has a really horrible dry harsh sound
to it is that OK/usual?
Or have I got another trip to Machinemart tomorrow?
Very slow /weak /juddery on the No1 setting
My old SIP was a lot smoother.
[Edited on 8/5/06 by Surrey Dave]
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 05:06 PM |
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Blimey! , the silence is deafening!
Much quieter than a Clarke 151TE wirefeed motor....................
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ned
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 07:02 PM |
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will havea look in a bit for you matey.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 08:22 PM |
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What size of reel of wire are you using? Larger ones give a flywheel effect which does upset small wire feed systems
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 08:40 PM |
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I read your 1st thread but don't know how too describe a sound, all I can say is mine doesn't sound like well........mmmmmmmm stuck again
now...........mmmmmmm
lets just say it sounds smooth, no judders like a mig welderish sound that's not struggling.......
that's no help then ?
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dave_w11
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 08:50 PM |
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The noise of mine could probably be described as a "really horrible dry harsh sound" but it seems to feed smooth enough. If I remember
rightly it did take a while of fiddling with tension on the spool to get it to come through ok when I got a 5kg spool. The smaller one worked straight
away though.
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 09:15 PM |
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I haven't even put wire through it yet , I just plugged it in and pulled the trigger, it sounds like a gear drive when the teeth are over
meshed!!.
Thanks for the answers ,I know its hard to describe sounds as we percieve them.
But just with general mechanical common sense I thought , 'that sounds rough'
Is there a gear drive on these or is it direct ?
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Peteff
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| posted on 8/5/06 at 10:00 PM |
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Is it just the rollers contacting each other because you have no wire in?. Only one roller is driven, the other just tensions down onto it. There is a
reduction gearbox on the motor like a wiper motor box but they are usually fairly quiet.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 06:51 AM |
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My 151 is pretty noisy, as is my old 105 MIG. However, I've not had any problems with wire feed that weren't down to the roller tension
or state of the liner.
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ned
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:03 PM |
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Dave,
Sorry its a day late, but heres a video of my 160t wire feed:
http://media.putfile.com/clarke-160t-wirefeed
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 09:53 PM |
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Thanks for that Ned, videos of welders ,thats got to be for serious anoraks!!!
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indykid
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| posted on 9/5/06 at 10:47 PM |
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you must have an industrial size gas bottle!
you'd not leave the gas on to do that with disposables!
or am i just tight?
tom
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ned
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 06:32 AM |
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yes it is a big bottle but pretty sure it was turned off, any gas would be what was left in the regulator.
sorry if a video is sad dave but you asked for an mp3 and this was the only way i could think to record some sound.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 09:24 AM |
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Its great , just thought it was quite an amusing thing to do......thanks
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ned
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| posted on 10/5/06 at 11:41 AM |
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well then i've gotta ask, does yours sound the same as mine then?
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Surrey Dave
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 12:45 PM |
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Took the welder back to Machinemart , contrary to a post on here they exchanged it for another new one immediately , no problem......
This one runs a bit smoother /quieter
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ned
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| posted on 16/5/06 at 03:47 PM |
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groovy 
beware, I've got yellow skin
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