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Old 11-03-2013, 03:29 AM
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Originally Posted by clive milne View Post
You can run aluminium wire through a normal MIG as long as you are careful. Use an eraser to keep the vee grooves in the rollers clean (regularly). Keep the hose going to the hand piece free of bends and don't weld in dip transfer mode.

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You would need to change the torch liner to Teflon if you are not going to use a spool gun and that's a PITA as you have to be so careful not to run the wire if the cable is bent more than about 5 deg. I would not try with the standard liner as knowing my luck the wire would melt right back to the drive wheels.

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