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Will .025 wire run ok in a .035 liner?
Wouldn't be hard to measure it.....haven't installed the new liner yet. Actually got a complete new hose/gun.The liner is likely .050 so you should be fine
Yup.....my rollers can be done that way. My machine is a very old MillerMatic 200 and I will check them out before loading the spool through the hose/liner.Your wire feed rollers might slip if they're .035
Some rollers can be flipped for different sizes.
Did you change the nozzle tip like mentioned in post 4? After thinking about it, years ago someone told me to do that when inquiring about using a smaller wire. Never did use a smaller wire so I forgot about it and after reading post 4, it came back to me. The .035 wire in my machine has been in there since 84 and well, by the time I spool off 100 feet of wire, there probably won't be much left on the spool. I have a new still in the wrapper .025 wire and may as well use it and it should do ok for the sheet metal that I need to weld. I'm going to find out soon I hope.According to the Lincoln rep I talked to some years back at the SEMA show, I told him I was having weld quality issues running .023 in my Power Mig 215. He asked, did you change the liner to run the smaller size? Duh, no. Said it needs to be sized to the wire. Therefore I bought a new liner. .023 in a .035 liner can lead to contact issues so the current doesn't hit the wire consistently. Hotdog in a Hallway. But sometimes you get lucky and can skip it. The machine has no problem running .030 in the .035 liner.
I'll give what I have on hand a shot....will mostly be doing spot welds but will see if it will do a bead too. If not, I'll get the smaller liner.I did swap the contact tip too. Have .023, .030 and .035 in the tray.
that would be the biggest issueYour wire feed rollers might slip if they're .035
Some rollers can be flipped for different sizes.
What I have is a 2-lb spool of Lincoln .025 wire L-56. Not even sure if it'll fit the machine or not. Just assumed it will. It's been laying around for awhile but is still in the original plastic wrapper. Maybe I should open it up and see what it looks like lolI run .023 in .030 liner on a miller 200 with tip and roller change. It really likes lincoln .023 wire on sheet metal, am told lincoln wire has or had more silicon in it.
What I have is a 2-lb spool of Lincoln .025 wire L-56. Not even sure if it'll fit the machine or not. Just assumed it will. It's been laying around for awhile but is still in the original plastic wrapper. Maybe I should open it up and see what it looks like lol