What Welder have you got?

[tree monkey]

cebora 150 its a good welder only thing i dont like is it doesnt have a euro torch on it .

[Tyz05]

Lincoln powertech 360s. Brilliant welder. Only trouble is you need the water cooling kit or the torch melts in your hand welding big stuff.

[NI Tree]

air liquide have been doing a deal on gas a one off payment £170 you own the bottle and only pay for the refills

the bottles regulator is fixed so when you refill the new bottle comes with regulator refills are about £37

 

just phone them in NI there very helpfull but do not stock Ar CO2 mix but will get back to me

[NI Tree]

an arc (stick) welder is good for dirty metal as the flux removes the dirt, and and its cheeper to buy an arc, as well. you do not get problems with the wire rusting and the need for gas though you can get flux wire for a mig though i have neaver tryed it. i use both all the time but love the mig though it not easy to move around.

i would recomend a automitic welding mask but they are not cheep.

[Peter]

Clean metal and proper joint preparation is key to a good weld regardless of the process used. MMA may look like its doing a good job on dirty, rusty, or painted surfaces, but the final result will be a poor quality weld, with little fusion.

 

If you need a really strong weld, even removing the mill scale from new steel is advisable, as is grinding a chamfer on the edges of the material to be joined, to improve penetration.

[NI Tree]

so true but not allways easy to find clean metal an a stock farm lol

[FLASH90]

Have got three 1, an old oxford arc welder that I bought from a farm sale as a back up gets little use. 2, A cheap seally 240 amp arc welder that I used with a honda geni has had many hours of use mostly on farms building sheds and machinery repairs now looks like it has been shot through a cannon but still works well. 3 A murex 245 tradesmig which has also had many hours of use and never let me down only replaced the torch in 16 years if its a mig you need not the cheapist but about the best single phase unit I have used.

[elfinwood saws]

Esab smashweld 180 mig, used allsorts of migs in the past and can,t fault Esab products.

[Canal Navvy]

I use Miller and Kemppi. Built to last.

 

Weld metal and PPE is ESAB

 

A used ex pro welding set is going to be better than a new "bargain",

same as with chainsaws.

[harvey b davison]

I've got a cheap and simple arc welder, bought it from machine mart 20 years ago, still works, ideal for the small stuff that i do now and then.