0b00st0

I just adjusted to where the starting arc was the strongest. Somewhere around 10 to 20 thousandths. It's not as easy as a Miller to get the right gap. They use garbage copper points where as Miller and Lincoln use half inch tungsten cylinders.

Toysrme

speaking of which i was working on a set of custom long tube headers 20 min ago and stopped because i heard the welder hissing during HF. Popped the case off and the spark gap looked about 1/16" with no visibile wear. So i squished them back together with a set of needle nose pliers without actually gapping them and all is well.

I use mine all the time so I normally do it about once a month, but I would ALWAYS open your case to close the gap and blow the case out (i had cspider webs in mine from missing just one month sheesh). Anyway... Clean and re-gap your welders every 2-3 months or you'll regret it. it'll be like the one I returned where the gap was originally huge and it burned out within 5 uses...

0b00st0

Yes, you can hear it when it isn't right. It should be quiet and a slight buzzing. Not loud *** crackling.

Jollwah

Hi all i'm new here found this site while looking for replacement torches for my tig machine.

I've got a WSME - 200P like the one pictured above.. It's not too bad except that the torch, earth lead/clamp, electrode holder, foot control etc are utter crap.

The big question is what brand name torch can I adapt to suit this machine.. Miller, Kempi etc.


Cheers all.

SpankedYA!

Any weldcraft or ck worldwide torch should work. I bought some #17 torch parts from weld craft and they fit my chinese torch.

sakpase

I've been looking into this machine also, am I going to have to upgrade all the accessories also? like above?

Jollwah

As they wear out, It's not a big deal.

I've had my machine for 18 months or so.

Do a fair bit of arc welding ao the electorde holder was the first to go simply because I prefer twist lock hand peice.

The earth clamp was really thin and wore out quick when welding I beams together with 4mm electrodes.

Now the tig torch has started to get tatty so it needs to go..

sakpase

I have a shop but I don't do a lot of weldong right now although in the past month I've seen quite a bit of work, I wouldn't use it exclusively siince I have a mig welder already, I mainly want it for the cutting torch and TIG function cause I sometimes want the welds to look extra nice.

where'd you pick up your machine? I've been looking on ebay, do you do a lot of cutting with it?

Jollwah

Yeah I bought mine off ebay, It doesn't have the plasma built in as I was going to buy one seperate to use as an arc/cut machine that would be more
portable.

I paid about $900 Australian for mine...

RotaryGeek

---- i get along just fine with my walmart welder and an angle grinder. all you baller *** tig people suck for making more money than me.