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« on: April 02, 2006, 15:33:29 »
Can anybody suggest a good mig welder to purchase?For home use.
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2006, 22:37:35 »
When I was buying one I was told to go for a sip 130 turbo, however I'm having trouble with controlling the wire feed mechanism, It seems a bit flimsy to me, but then again, perhaps they're all like that

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« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2006, 06:19:05 »
Cheers.
What is the difference between the gas and gasless migs.Other than the gas bottle.
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2006, 16:36:09 »
get gas, its alot cheaper in the long run, wire wise

a gasless mig requires a flux wire to form a barrier around the weld, this means when you come to replace the wire it costs 45 pound for a kilogram roll

cheaper to get the gas welder as a 5 kilo roll is only 15 ish pounds
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2006, 17:20:57 »
Bought a Snap-on Gas mig welder.... its a brilliant welder, albeit a bit expensive being snap-on... Its the only snap-on thing i ever bought, but its dead good!
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« Reply #5 on: April 04, 2006, 21:59:58 »
i bought a super mig 180 from sealley cracking little mig welds brill
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2006, 09:16:24 »
Do you guys using Gas mig welders use the expensive mini-bottles you find for them or are you on 1/2 or full size welding bottles??
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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2006, 09:21:14 »
i got a CO2 bottle out of a pub (pubs long gone) and i need it filling now :cry:  :cry:  :cry:  :cry:
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2006, 10:10:05 »
about £10.00 for refill it lasts me ages
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2006, 15:20:25 »
Quote from: "timberdog"
about £10.00 for refill it lasts me ages


Dont you have to pay rental on the bottle on top of that though??
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2006, 18:59:19 »
not if you use C02
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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2006, 19:30:57 »
Cheap mix welders car make you rip your hair out, for a reasonable setup that you will want to use agian then be prepaird to spend some money.

CO2 gas will do, but CO2/argon mix is much better. For best results you will also need the right % blend depening on the thickness of the material you are weling, though i've found a general purpose mix give acceptible results in all conditions.

If you just want to do a few small repairs then the small bottles arn't too bad compared to rental.

Cheap SIPs have notorious feed mechanisms

I've heard good reports for both sealley and clarke (machine mart) welders.

It is possible to get pub gas bottles refiled with CO2/argon but i'm not sure whether most places will do this, BOC work on a cylinder exchange system for refills.

Regards wire, I only use 0.8mm which will weld just about anything. If your welding a lot of very thin metal then 0.6mm wire is better but a pain to feed down long torch cables as if found out at my own expense (serves me right for having a nice long 4m tourch cable).
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