smart51
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| posted on 22/6/11 at 08:24 PM |
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are welder swan necks interchangable?
I tried to take the tip out of my welder today but it just sheared off leaving half in the swan neck. Are different brands interchangable? If I go
down to my local tool shop tomorrow after work and they don't have a clarke one, will SIP or someone elses fit?
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mark chandler
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| posted on 22/6/11 at 09:03 PM |
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They were on my old clarke welder, just a grub screw holding the tube in the brass valve assembly, a SIP swan neck was fine.
[Edited on 22/6/11 by mark chandler]
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smart51
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| posted on 22/6/11 at 09:08 PM |
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Ta!
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Neville Jones
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 09:57 AM |
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You could run a 5mm drill into the end, then clean out the broken bit and end with a 6mm tap. Most of the home/hobby/small industrial migs use
standard 6mm thread tips. Had to do this recently myself.
Cheers,
Nev.
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Peteff
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 12:11 PM |
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Some DIY mig use 5mm thread tips, proper ones use 6mm which are a lot meatier. Drill it 4mm and tap it.
[Edited on 23/6/11 by Peteff]
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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Badger_McLetcher
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| posted on 23/6/11 at 08:56 PM |
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Funnily enough had the swan neck give out on my welder yesterday (a clarke 150), picked up one from machine mart and it went in no probs. Hope that
helps!
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