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Do I lube it when I feed It ?

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 11:58 am
by CWBYUP
So I am about to break in my new mig and was wondering what people use to lubricate the sleave when I first feed the wire in ?

I'm not sure if your meant to use anthing due to containaments in the weld but thought i'd ask to see what others did.

Cheers nick

Re: Do I lube it when I feed It ?

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:11 pm
by bogged
what does the manual say ?? Any tips section in it?

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 12:24 pm
by Ruffy
Lube attracts dust and crap.. No lube

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:08 pm
by bogged
Ruffy wrote:Lube attracts dust and crap.. No lube
even worse when he falls in the sand when your doin it on the beach, and go for quick re-entry... NO LUBE

Re: Do I lube it when I feed It ?

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 1:30 pm
by CWBYUP
bogged wrote:what does the manual say ?? Any tips section in it?
Dosent say anything about feeding wire.

Good point with the attracting crap Ruffy, No lube it is.

Nick

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 2:19 pm
by ausyota
No lube.

Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2007 5:04 pm
by Eddy
No lube.

The sleeve has a nylon liner whitch does all the lubing needed.
Just make sure of cleaning up the end of the wire with a file before you start to feed it in so it doesn't score the liner.