Craftsman gasless wire feed welder is not arcing

SOURCE: no arc for craftsman professional wire feed welder

either your not grounded on the vehicle very good or you lost the ground either in your gun or on your clamp

SOURCE: northern tool brand wire fed gasless welder feeds wire fan work no welding?

You need to have the ground attached to what you'll be welding on. Make sure there isn't anything on the end of your wire. Also, if your voltage is all the way down it won't do anything either. Oh, one more thing, make sure you have a contact tip on the end inside the cone. That will be the copper thing the wire goes through with a really small hole. I know some of this sounds pretty obvious but if I hadn't done these things at least once.....I wouldn't know what to look at either. I also don't know your experience level and want to cover all avenues. Hope you find it!

SOURCE: Got a Campbell Hausfeld gasless 80amp welder. The

Check the tension on the drive wheel, you also might need a liner, they are fairly inexpensive

SOURCE: Have an old craftsman mig welder, the wire arcs

unfortunatly many low cost MIG systems have live torches, check the instructions to confirm.

SOURCE: Weld arc not stable. Wire feeds, good ground,

Arc blow could be the cause! Put your ground on the work piece and weld away from it. If you weld toward a ground clamp the magnetic forces will blow your arc around sometime. When taking a cert this simple mistake can make or break ya on your cap or reinforcement beads.