Jim Shooz
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There is that saying "If you lend a friend $20 and never see him again.....It was probably worth it. 
Tried to help a friend out, but he helped me instead.
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wdchyd
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There is that saying "If you lend a friend $20 and never see him again.....It was probably worth it.
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Iplayfarmer
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Here is the welder sitting on the welding table. I think that welding table is going to be awesome for my uses. You can see I don't have much room.
When I got into the welder it was a bit of a mess. In the end I got it put back together and welded a few beads on a piece of scrap. I think the feed is going to be a little poor until I get a new spool of wire in there, but it welds good. It's a Millermatic 135.
The drill bits are a loss. They are morse taper, but the taper is MUCH larger than my MT2 drill press spindle. These are probably twice the size. They are a little corroded, too. I may find a home for them, but I don't think I'll be able to use them.
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CowboyRon
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Jim Shooz said:There is that saying "If you lend a friend $20 and never see him again.....It was probably worth it.
My dad owned a used car lot in the bad part of Dallas. The beggars would come in every day asking for a loan. Once my dad would loan them $20, he never had to worry about seeing them again.
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You can get morse taper adapters to use any size bit with your MT2 spindle. The adapters are cheap, so if the bits are of a size that is useful to you, keep them and get the adapter. Especially if they are American or British bits (far better than those asian bits).
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Nice welder bud, I bought my dad same one for christmas few yrs back. Put in a spool of clean wire, new tip, new cup and you should be good to go. If wire feed problem still exists look into a new liner, and go over the drive roller tension and just make sure its not slippin from a tight spool of wire. Good luck!!!
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Iplayfarmer
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Interesting. Is there some way to measure what I have and determine what taper it is?
flyerdan
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Not the best, but there is a chart here with dimensions for different style chucks and tapers.
For what it's worth, here's a picture of a MT3 that I use in the tailstock of my lathe, it measures out about 4" long and .947 at the big end.
For what it's worth, here's a picture of a MT3 that I use in the tailstock of my lathe, it measures out about 4" long and .947 at the big end.
Chilly807
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Great advice !
I had a Miller 135 a few years ago, very nice 110 MIG welder. I sold it when I got my 180, I wish now I'd kept it.
Try setting the wire feed tension around 3 or 4 (if my memory is correct) and clean the grooves in the feed rollers. The 135 has a reversible feed roller, one side is for .023 wire, the other side is for .030-.035.
You should have the spool tension just tight enough that the roller has to pull the wire off and the spool won't turn by itself.
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Iplayfarmer
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Not the best, but there is a chart here with dimensions for different style chucks and tapers.
For what it's worth, here's a picture of a MT3 that I use in the tailstock of my lathe, it measures out about 4" long and .947 at the big end.
Thanks.
I'm pretty sure these new bits are MT3.
I dug through the bucket and found three bits with MT2 ends on them and two more that had normal straight shanks. One of the bits with a straight shank has a hole in the shank and holes coming out the bottom of the drill bit. I assume this is for a lubricating system. Having these five bits will probably save me what I offered the guy for the drill bits originally. If I had to go buy all five bits new, they'd cost probably twice what I paid him. They are sizes that I'll probably use.