I have a homemade stick welder and I want to build it into a flux core welder by adding a spool gun to it.
these spool guns normally run on a constant voltage, (CV) in mig welders but my stick welder is a CC or constant current.
I decided to run the spool gun, (wire feed only) on an external power supply then use the output of the stick welder for the main welding power.
here is the spool gun I got
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now what I need to now is what power does the motor in this need to run and can I run it on AC?