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`Bernie in MA

05-12-2007 19:56:37




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Does anyone know if consumable parts (contact tips) are available to fit Airco wire feeders? TIA




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Farmall MD nut

05-13-2007 10:19:22




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to `Bernie in MA, 05-12-2007 19:56:37  
Hi Bernie. We have airco welders at our shop. We get ours through tweeco. Your guns should be 14-35, or 14-45. The # 14 being the thread size and the # 35 or 45 being the wire size. Although you could have something different. Take off your copper sheild cup at the end of the stinger and remove the tip, you'll see a brass piece. That is the diffuser. Just take the diffuser or your old tip to a local weld supply store and they'll be able to match one up.

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SHeiserman

05-13-2007 07:35:30




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to `Bernie in MA, 05-12-2007 19:56:37  
Try weldingdepot.com. Might find something that will work. It's the only place I could find tips for an old Snap-On plasma that I had to buy, and have never really used. Tips were made in USA, and were cheap.



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135 Fan

05-12-2007 20:26:52




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to `Bernie in MA, 05-12-2007 19:56:37  
A lot of contact tips are interchangable. Lincoln bought out part of Airco. Esab has some other Airco and Koike Aronson makes the Airco radiagraphs under their name. Airco used to be really big. Airco radiagraphs and other cutting machines were the top of the line and many big shops will only by Airco or renamed Airco radiagraphs. Most people call them radiographs but Airco called them radiAgraphs. They invented MIG also and introduced it in 1948. The Airco Miget gun and Super Miget gun spool guns were top of the line also. I used to have a 1959 Hornet Special portable with a Continental F 140 engine. It was every bit as good, if not better than a Lincoln SA 200 which is a good machine in its own right. There are also jobber manufacturers of contact tips. A good welding supply should be able to help you. Dave

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`Bernie in MA

05-13-2007 05:32:52




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to 135 Fan, 05-12-2007 20:26:52  
Thanks for the info. I was under the impression that MIG was invented during WWII when the Liberty ships were being built.



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135 Fan

05-13-2007 08:12:35




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to `Bernie in MA, 05-13-2007 05:32:52  
I have a little pamphlet somewhere that says Airco introduced MIG welding largely with two patents issued in 1948. It was developed as a way to weld difficult to weld metals such as aluminum at a faster and easier rate than TIG which was invented by Linde in the late 20's or 30's if I remember right. It is possible MIG may have been used for the military before it was introduced officially. I remember reading a book on the history of arc welding. Very interesting. I bet a lot of people don't know that Westinghouse came up with a lot of innovations in the welding field. Dave

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jmixigo

05-14-2007 17:25:34




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to 135 Fan, 05-13-2007 08:12:35  
I don't care to start a ruckus, an maybe I'm jus splittin hairs. Just 30 or so years back I'd never heard of TIG welding, we "Heli-Arc" welded aluminum useing helium as the sheilding gas. Life is much easier now.



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135 Fan

05-14-2007 21:10:14




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 Re: Airco welder in reply to jmixigo, 05-14-2007 17:25:34  
Heli-arc and Heli welding are trade names for Linde and Airco for the TIG process. Dave



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