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right, .035-.045 innershield can pretty much run through most chicken guns . however, u mentioned my favaorite innershield gun. i prefer it over the lincolns k126, mostly for the replacable liner, and slightly for the way the trigger hinges, and last i knew, its a hundred bucks cheaper than lincolns. i got a .045 liner in one of my 1260's (which i think is smallest dia liner) , and profax makes tips down too .035. its a 350 amp gun and not exactly cheap, its quite an overkil for what ur talkin , i ve got liners in my other 1260's for the other larger wires u mentioned in 10 and 15' . its a great gun to have, all mine have lincoln ends/ln-25.

 

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You dont need a nozzle for self shielded wire on the guns made for this wire, they come with a thread protector, there are nozzles available for them in different lengths, and the hotter you run the longer the nozzle you want to use, this gives a longer stickout. They come in handy when you are off balance or something and it keeps you from stickin the bare tip (which is hot) to the work, for the most part I just use the thread protectors. If you are running hot they last for about 2 or 3 rolls of wire.

If you gonna use a standard mig gun, depending on how the tip goes in the gooseneck, you can use a nozzle if you want to. Ive done it and found out the consumable tips nozzles and all stuff that goes with it dont hold up for long, but then again Im runnin wide open all day long

yea, i usually bring an extra gun cuz of the wires/connections, as i got all mine used except thew last two. the lincoln k126 classic/original, isnt liner changeable, but the k126 pro/newer, can change liner, but u dont want one - things arent universal swap w/ ur others.

 

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About 10 years ago Joe asked me to try out this old LN25 he had, I was using a Lincoln gun for the Innershield wire, I put a gooseneck from my Miller Ironmate in it and it worked fine, only reason I put the gooseneck on was the fiber insulation was wore off exposing the gooseneck with the metal on the outside. I use the goosenecks with the aluminum jacket for that reason. The tips and thread protectors I had for the Ironmate worked in the Lincoln gooseneck before I changed out the gooseneck. I dint bother with the liner as it all worked fine. The Profax gun Ive got will use the tips, goosenecks, thread protectors and nozzles form my Ironmate, I dont know if the liners will work or not, one day I have to see if it will work.

But yeah fixin the trigger wire is easy, ive probly done that about 7 or 8 times for both my guns. There is a flex head available for the Profax gun that will work on the Miller Ironmate, so Im thinkin it would fit on a Lincoln gun too

the aluminum necks are good, but the 12" ones, are top heavy for me. lincolns braided insul 12", are lil lighter than profaxes 12's. but i anint buying lincoln anymore, some tripled in price, i'll be buying profax . for 12" i ditch the guard, and sometimes rest my trigger finger along bottom of neck for guide/support, and use my flipper finger for trigger. thats why i like the light goosenecks. what eats that braided insulation alive, is when ur laying/ working down on the cement, and u pull gun towards u by lead, and the neck rubs on cement. so i can see where u like the alum, being ur all over/under equip. pops, correct me if im worong, i think i remeber u use 233 over 232 most time. do u use single bend or reverse bend necks, or notice difference in feeding w/ either?