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[G-ManBart]

I've had both in hand and can't tell any difference in weight or anything obvious. They may not be made in the same facility, but they're definitely a clone/copy that's very close. Tweco says theirs are solid copper, but they're clearly an alloy as they're the color of brass or bronze....

[G-ManBart]

Wow....$45 for the same work clamp you can get at Harbor Freight for $15....

[G-ManBart]

Not to be a wise guy, but routine maintenance is covered in the manual.

[G-ManBart]

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I've been using a 50/50 mix of distilled water and this Cantesco stuff off Amazon. It's good for roughly -16F which is more than enough even if my power goes out in the dead of winter.

https://www.amazon.com/CANTESCO-CF3-...erature-degree...

[G-ManBart]

They specify 90/10 so that you can use the pulse settings which are spray transfer, which you can't do with 75/25. You can still use 75/25 for short-circuit MIG.

[G-ManBart]

Evidently not

You do realize the post before yours was 14 years ago, right?

The coolant actually IS on the website, but I don't see the ingredients listed.

https://www.millerwelds.com/accessor...coolant-043810

I used...

[G-ManBart]

I don't have a Multimatic 220, but I've been considering adding a wireless pedal from SSC controls for my Syncrowave. I've used pretty much every variation of Miller pedal and have put an SSC pedal on a few Miller machines so far....I like it much better than the Miller pedal. It's wider, more stable...

[G-ManBart]

I'm pretty sure no such machine exists. Are you asking about a Multimatic 220?...

[G-ManBart]

What wire were you using previously? There are a couple less expensive wires I've read about that suddenly folks are reporting as being problematic for normal short-circuit MIG. I definitely recall folks complaining about the newer wire from Harbor Freight (the old stuff made in Italy was good)....

[G-ManBart]

There aren't many shops doing board repair at the component level these days. Most are big shops where you send the board and they repair it for a flat fee. That really only seems to make sense for the bigger, more expensive boards. Yours looks to be $325 new from Miller4less or Millerserviceparts...

[G-ManBart]

I can't help as far as the issue of both feeding at the same time, but I suspect anyone who can will want to know the serial number so they can look at the correct manual.

As far as the feed inconsistency goes I would make sure that the spool isn't rubbing on anything while it turns. I've...

[G-ManBart]

Luckily, they still do. A buddy at work bought a basket case 80 gallon, 5hp model and had to call them for manuals, and to seek some advice...they were very helpful. I bought an older one and contacted them for a manual as well and the tech guy e-mailed it while we were talking. I got a smoking deal...

[G-ManBart]

Double post

[G-ManBart]

Saylor-Beall is as good as it gets right now. Quincy still has some good models, like the QR line, but they're not easy to actually find. IR is a shadow of what it used to be and I've read all sorts of horror stories about their current offerings.

Make sure you compare apples-to-apples....