# Welder help request
**URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016
**Category:** Projects
**Created:** [October 21, 2024, 10:06am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016 "2024-10-21T10:06:19Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 4:55pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/21 "2024-10-22T16:55:02Z")
> [@TheIrishEngineer](#):
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> So if I’m going to do it, I might as well do it right since I have to completely redo all of the electric on the inside. With that, I should have far more wiggle room than I should ever need.
If you have 440v that is 3-phase Usually it isn’t worth it if it isn’t a business/argriculture. I am not saying you can’t do it, but it is definitely different then single phase, and they typically don’t charge by just the kwh, they have a line charge based on max amp draw.
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### Author:  [@r\_wesseling](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/r_wesseling)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/22 "2024-10-22T17:36:33Z")
I like your simple setup, just because it is simple. But I want to keep dust off my wire. Making a new case with more space for the spool seems ridiculous, though I could do it. I’m looking for a way to rewind my own spools.
Rindert
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### Author:  [@ForbiddenTuna](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/ForbiddenTuna)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 7:20pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/23 "2024-10-22T19:20:53Z")
I wonder if it would be pragmatic to take an old welder that still has a working wire feed but run it in reverse and disconnect all the actual welding parts, and then wind up the spool slowly. Or you could make up one using a wheelchair motor running at a low voltage? Just spitballing.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/24 "2024-10-22T20:06:51Z")
Make coil winder. the ones for guitar pickups, you just spin with a drill. They get fancier of course, but you keep tension on it and weave it back and forth. you don’t need to count turns. The only issue might be torque. Just make sure it is coiled the same way as it came off the other spool, kind of like how most do fishing line.
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### Author:  [@andris\_lv](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/andris_lv)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2024, 8:33pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/25 "2024-10-22T20:33:40Z")
> [@Bronlin](#):
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> The plasma cutter was a little more disappointing. It is advertised to cut almost 1” of steel but the most it has ever been able to cut is 1/2”. This was an older model of cutter though.
it is 65 amp cutter, i assume. it should cut 20mm - maybe torch is the culprit.
i have 70 amp cutter and it came with AG60 torch which was too weak for machine and it did not last long,
so i bought P80 torch and it is a LOT better - cuts 30mm.
although consumables are a little bit more expensive.
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### Author:  [@madflower69](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/madflower69)
#### Post date: [October 23, 2024, 8:41am UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/welder-help-request/8016/26 "2024-10-23T08:41:20Z")
Apparently with the cheap chinese cutters you can use a tig torch. 🤣
This guy is cheap and kind of funny. 🙂
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5FhRBFO23Q)
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