Re: Micro TIG welders
When I opened the welder up last night, I did not find anything visually wrong. All the PC boards were still where they were supposed to be, as were all the connectors, and there were no loose screws. I buttoned it back up, with NO parts left over, and proceeded to power up the unit. The fans came on as did the lights on the control panel.
I couldn't go any farther testing it as I don't have the proper connectors to hook up the gas yet. I will admit that I DID have an ulterior motive for opening up the welder. The gas inlet to the machine is just a hose barb, and I wanted to see if I could change it out for something matching my existing connections. Turns out the hose bib is cast into the body of the gas valve. I'm NOT just gonna whack the end off of my current line and I don't want to replace the gas valve - yet. Guess I'll have to cobble up some type of adapter with a hose in the middle of it. I can't think of any way to make this look like it's NOT red-neck engineering.
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