Flexible wire guide system

A welding wire guide assembly comprising:

• a body portion having a first end portion and a second end portion and defining an upper surface and a lower surface;
• an upper flange disposed at the first end portion and extending longitudinally away from the body portion;
• a lower flange disposed at the first end portion and extending longitudinally away from the body portion;
• a receiving cavity defined between the upper flange and the lower flange and having a height defined between the upper flange and the lower flange;
• a tongue member disposed at the second end portion and extending longitudinally away from the body portion, the tongue member defining an upper surface and a lower surface and having a height that corresponds to or is less than the height of the receiving cavity;
• an upper protrusion extending downward from the upper flange into the receiving cavity;
• a lower protrusion extending upward from the lower flange into the receiving cavity, wherein the lower protrusion is aligned with the upper protrusion across the receiving cavity;
• an upper peg extending downward from the upper flange into the receiving cavity;
• a lower peg extending upward from the lower flange into the receiving cavity;
• an upper bore extending downward from the upper surface of the tongue member into the tongue member;
• a lower bore extending upward from the lower surface of the tongue member into the tongue member;
• an upper curved slot extending downward from the upper surface of the tongue member into the tongue member having a first end and a second end;
• a lower curved slot extending upward from the lower surface of the tongue member into the tongue member having a first end and a second end;
• a channel defined by the body portion and extending longitudinally through the body portion and configured to allow a weld wire to pass longitudinally therethrough;
• and
• wherein the channel has a tapered inlet portions that tapers down toward a roller bearing from the cavity and a tapered outlet portion that tapers out from the roller bearing through the tongue such that the channel becomes narrower as the channel extends towards the roller bearing but becomes wider as the channel extends away from the roller bearing.