Portable multi-wire feeder

Abstract

A portable wire feeder system is disclosed that includes multiple wire supplies disposed in a case or luggage. The system has a number of embodiments each including multiple wire sources and at least one wire feeder disposed in the case. In a one embodiment multiple wire supplies and a wire feeder are mounted in a fixed position, and are configured to enable feeding of the wire from either supply to the wire feeder. In other embodiments, either the wire supplies or the wire feeder moves to align the wire supply with the wire feeder. In another embodiment, a wire guide is disposed between the wire feeder and wire supplies. In another embodiment, a second wire feeder is disposed within the case and is configured to align with a second wire supply while the first wire feeder is aligned with the first wire supply.

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