What welder?

[MattyF]

Looking at welders around £150-£300.

I did have a clarkes £90 one and it was so crap and kept blowing up fuses I skipped it .

Also my friend with a car body shop lets me use his but it's no good for steel thicker than 5mm and his was thousands so I'm guessing there must be a nice middle ground reliable general purpose machine that does not use gas in a sensible price.

[Eddy_t]

Mig is used for thinner metals, arc welded are better for thicker steel

 

 

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[waz77]

Have a look at a tig/mma set. Get one around 200a should see you right, tig for thin stuff mma for thicker and fabrication.

[treequip]

Looking at welders around £150-£300.

I did have a clarkes £90 one and it was so crap and kept blowing up fuses I skipped it .

Also my friend with a car body shop lets me use his but it's no good for steel thicker than 5mm and his was thousands so I'm guessing there must be a nice middle ground reliable general purpose machine that does not use gas in a sensible price.

 

So with that restriction you are on MMA (stick welding)

 

Look for a cebora set.

[Pltreesurgery]

The old oil cooled welders are good (oxford) try and get something with a continuos fan or even look at an inverter welder, I have a diesel generator welder and it would stick ships together !

[peatff]

A little inverter will be your best bet. A friend of mine has a Thermal Arc 175 which cost him about £210. It will run happily on 13 amp and an extension lead and will burn a 4mm rod and is easily carried round in it's little case.

[openspaceman]

A little inverter will be your best bet. A friend of mine has a Thermal Arc 175 which cost him about £210. It will run happily on 13 amp and an extension lead and will burn a 4mm rod and is easily carried round in it's little case.

 

I've just used a small inverter welder, seemed to be happy on 3.5 rods from a 13A socket, well impressed at how easy it struck compared with my 13hp genset/welder, apparently it can do tig too.

[MattyF]

A little inverter will be your best bet. A friend of mine has a Thermal Arc 175 which cost him about £210. It will run happily on 13 amp and an extension lead and will burn a 4mm rod and is easily carried round in it's little case.

 

Looks good , I want somthing that will weld up the job of my farmi winch and still be useful for smaller projects .. I could take them to people I know but with my limited experience want some thing that will do the job properly.

[detritus21]

I've a little inverter set much better than my 105amp mig which I failed every time to get a weld with even on the thinnest cleanest metal.

[burrell_]

Mig Matty up to 4mm

U can weld with arc under 3mm but easier with a mig or tig welder

Arc is mainly for big welds

Look at the draper range they seam to be ok