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Post by seanrd on Nov 17, 2010 15:19:50 GMT 1
Right im going to bite the bullet and buy one as im sick and tired of taking bits and pieces down to the local engineering shop to have a bloody nut tacked on a frame and stuff like that. I’ve had some experience with using MIG welders but im no professional so ease of use is a major thing i need to consider with what im looking at. Want to have the option of using gas with it as well so a gas/gasless one would be ideal. Have around £300 to spend, i know im not going to get a great big thing that needs a power station to run it and i won't be using it day in day out. Just want a pretty generic welder capable of typical garage tasks. What are you lot using and what do you suggest.
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Post by stevew on Nov 17, 2010 18:20:09 GMT 1
hi mate gas less migs are shite ... i would recommend with money ure talking about spending a sealey 150 amp gas mig ideal n reliable for what u want to do .. steve
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Post by seanrd on Nov 17, 2010 21:55:13 GMT 1
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Post by nikfubar on Nov 18, 2010 9:46:49 GMT 1
I'm pretty new to MIG welding & I bought a Sealey 100A gas welder from ebay for £90.00 & it's more than enough for working on bikes, but if you can afford it I suppose bigger the better ;D
Mine welds up to 6mm MS plate, the thickest plate standard is 4.5mm & I used 5mm plate for all the heavy duty mountings so it was more than adequate.
I found to get the best welds I used 0.6mm wire with the speed turned down this way it gives you more time to get a good pool going & form a nice weld with good penetration.
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Post by nikfubar on Nov 19, 2010 11:14:19 GMT 1
Cheers Butchers  used to have an arc welder & found MIG is so much easier & cleaner. Gonna try ali welding soon with the MIG as I need to modify the thermostat housing. That's gonna be a sharp learning curve  |
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Post by stevew on Nov 19, 2010 11:20:10 GMT 1
secret is mate ally gotta be clean n oil free .. i used to weld ally .. steve
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Post by nikfubar on Nov 19, 2010 12:05:11 GMT 1
secret is mate ally gotta be clean n oil free .. i used to weld ally .. steve Cheers Steve, I also heard it's a good idea to back the ali up to act as a heat sink if possible to stop blowing holes in it  |
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Been doing some research and this one seems to keep popping up as well rated for home use. I can get the gas and acc's from work on trade (halfords) so thats not an issue.
used to have an arc welder & found MIG is so much easier & cleaner.