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Old 04-12-2009, 12:04 PM
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Here's some pics of the burner heads I use. These are all 1/4" ID fittings. Screw everything together before you buy them. I've noticed discrepancies in some fitting sizes.

These work best with 0.023" or 0.030" MIG tips for gas jets. Like the pics say, you don't need the male-male or female-female couplers. I originally had a different fitting for the hose attachment that needed the male coupler. When I switched some other fittings, I couldn't get it unscrewed so I had to add the other coupler.

There's another reducing bell that has straight angled sides that works even better than the smooth rounded one shown here. Just don't get the ones that have the blocky "stairstep" look to them. Those don't work well at all.

For the MIG tips, shorter ones are better (5/8"-3/4" long). Longer ones are fine if that's all you can find. They all will get ground down to the exact length needed to tune the burner.
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