MIG welding torch reconditioning apparatus

A MIG welding torch reconditioning apparatus including a pneumatic supply line for supplying pneumatic rotary drive means and drive vent means for venting a directed debris-scattering air-flow towards a mechanical transmission shaft proximal to seals thereon.

A MIG welding torch reconditioning apparatus including a pneumatic supply line for supplying pneumatic lift means and lift vent means for venting a directed debris-scattering air-flow towards a mechanical transmission shaft proximal to seals thereon.

The MIG welding torch reconditioning apparatus according to claim 12, wherein said exhaust vent is supplied by exhausted air from said rotary drive means.

A MIG torch reconditioning apparatus comprising an in-line, direct-drive arrangement of a motor, a mechanical transmission shaft, and chuck means for receiving a reaming tool, and wherein pneumatic lift means is provided to lift said direct drive arrangement into reaming tool engagement with a torches gas shield wherein said tool is operable to remove at least some of any back-splash deposits laid down on interior surfaces of said gas shield.

A clamp for engaging a cylindrical body between a pair of generally orthogonally-offset faces of a “V”-block and respective gripping surfaces on gripping surface members of a pair of opposed jaws that are arranged on respective jaw pivots and which further include respective lever arms extending beyond said pivots, with each said lever arm supporting respective cam followers in spaced apart relation from their respective jaw pivots, and wherein said clamp further includes movable cam surfaces which are adapted to act on said cam followers to rotate said lever arms and associated jaws about said pivots to move said gripping surfaces in and out of a three-way engagement wherein said cylindrical body is engaged between said surfaces and said “V”-block.