Automatic Tig Filler Rod Feeder

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Automatic tig filler rod feeder.

There are serious benifits to this kind of system. I made this tig rod feeder to serve as a prosthesis for a welder who can no longer manipulate a filler rod into the puddle due to a stroke that he had a fe. I ve been learning to tig weld and one of the tricky parts to master is feeding the filler rod with my non dominant hand. The tig cold wire feed process is suited for automated and manual tig welding applications.

Hold the feeder like a pen or pencil. Feeds 030 to 1 8 diameter tig welding wire smooth feed wheel automatically adjusts to tig wire diameter. Tig rod feeder bin wall challenge. Insert the tig filler wire from the rear of the unit not from the front.

Suitable for tig wire diameters 0 8mm 030 to 3 2mm 1 8. It is held in the hand like an ordinary pencil. Save 20 40 on filler metal costs because spooled wire is less expensive than individual cut length rod and the unused rod end waste is eliminated. Adding cut length filler rod to the weld puddle is labor intensive expensive and wasteful.

Tig finger feeder is 9 25 inches long and fits comfortably into your hand. The powerweld tig finger feeder tig pen smoothly feeds tig filler wire using just your index finger. I have built several wire feeders for tig filler delivery for aluminum and other materials. With the feeder comfortable in your hand advance the wire by rolling the rubber wheel with the tip of your index finger.

Total control of the filler material is now possible. I made this tig rod feeder to serve as a prosthesis for a welder who can no longer manipulate a filler rod into the puddle due to a stroke that he had a fe. It s been a while since i ve done the challenge so i thought i d see what i could rustle up in way of an automatic rod feeder. Virtually all of the wire is consumed can be held in either hand comfortable lightweight and compact one tig pen for any diameter wire from 030 to 125.

The tig pen is the first manual welding wire feeder that truly makes sense. Cold wire feeders use standard spooled wire which eliminates stub loss associated with 36 914mm cut length welding rod for longer arctime and 30 increase in productivity. I had this one aluminum job that i could have a part loaded welded and unloaded in 45 seconds.