I just bought the Eastwood 175 MIG welder and I set it up and plugged it in to feed the wire through the gun and I noticed when I pull the trigger the wire starts where it should on a particular setting then slows down. It does this on all settings and barely moves at all when set at 1. Please help!!
Jon
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Good stuff.
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You can adjust the tension on the Wire Feed drive rollers...don't tighten it where it crushes the wire, but it shouldn't slip too much either....sounds like it may be set a touch loose and the wire is slipping...also make sure that the drive rollers have a groove on them for the size wire that you are using.
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