Connecting The Spool Gun To The Power Mig® 260; Making A Weld With The Spool Gun - Lincoln Electric Power MIG 260 Operator's Manual

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POWER MIG 260
CONNECTING THE SPOOL GUN TO THE
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POWER MIG 260
(See Figure C.1)
1. Connect the Spool Gun control cable to the mating 7-pin
receptacle in the Power MIG wire drive compartment. K487-25
Magnum SG Spool Gun requires K2445-1 cable 7-pin to 6-pin
adapter.
2. Connect the Spool Gun electrode lead to the (+)positive stud
with the Spool Gun electrode lead sandwiched between the
(+)positive power source electrode lead and the (+)positive
stud. Tighten and be careful not to strip the threads.
3. Attach the Spool Gun gas line to the 5/8 Gas fitting on the front
of the machine.
4. Attach a Gas hose from the Gas supply to the rear inlet gas
fitting marked "Spool" on the POWER MIG

MAKING A WELD WITH THE SPOOL GUN

The POWER MIG
the spool gun or (built in) wire feeder trigger circuitry. The spool
gun can easily be plugged in and will be ready to use.
Closing either gun trigger will cause the electrode of both
guns to be electrically "HOT". Be sure unused gun is
positioned so electrode or tip will not contact metal case or
other metal common to work.
1. Pulling the trigger for the built-in feeder gun:
• Disables spool gun operation.
• Closing feeder gun trigger starts feeder gun welding and
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260.
2. Pulling SPOOL GUN Trigger:
• Disables built-in feeder gun operation.
• Closing spool gun trigger starts spool gun weld-ing and
3. Operation with POWER MIG
• Turn the POWER MIG
• Adjusting the voltage control will increase or decrease your
• Adjusting the wire speed control on the spool gun will
4. The following procedure settings for Aluminum 4043 can be
used as initial settings for making test welds to determine
final settings:
5. To return to normal POWER MIG
spool gun trigger and reset feeder gun voltage procedure
setting if necessary.
C-2
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260 control circuitry is designed to sense either
CAUTION
makes both electrodes electrically "HOT".
makes both electrodes electrically "HOT".
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260:
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260 input power ON.
welding voltage.
increase or decrease the spool gun wire feed speed.
Calibration is available on the procedure menu.
• To aid in set-up, the POWER MIG
speed(WFS) meter will display the approximate WFS of the
gun. Actual WFS at the gun may vary from the displayed
value due to tension setting, liner condition or gun
variation.
Wire Diameter Wire Feed Speed
In. (mm) Display
.030" (.8mm) 270
.035" (.9mm) 250
3/64" (1.2mm) 240
ACCESSORIES
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260 wire feed
Arc voltage
Setting
15V
16V
20V
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260 welding, release the