Mig welder advice.

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I would certainly tackle a sill replacement job with it, chassis I would have to think hard about, power output and weld quality, both my amatuer technique and the machine would worry me,

But at the price I am still playing writing my name on scrap, welding bits together for no reason at all etc.

I have replaced the diy gas bottle (£12 for about 15 mins of welding) with a proper size CO2 bottle, about £1 for 15 mins, a must with all welders, not just cheap ones, so play time is not so expensive,

anything up to about 4 mm is no problem at the moment, maybe with more experience thicker section could be dealt with

For a DIY welder (as long as you accept that.) I can't fault it, yes there are better, stronger, heavier duty better made ones, but not at this price or with a 3 year guarantee from a major supermarket. which they honour.
 
Cheers elmer, Ill have to keep my eyes open for them coming in again. Sounds good enough for what I want to do. Someone mentioned Chinese crap but Ive got a lot of Chinese crap and I find most of it very good for the money. :D By the way where do you think the Clarke brand is made :rolleyes:
 
I would certainly tackle a sill replacement job with it, chassis I would have to think hard about, power output and weld quality, both my amatuer technique and the machine would worry me,

But at the price I am still playing writing my name on scrap, welding bits together for no reason at all etc.

I have replaced the diy gas bottle (£12 for about 15 mins of welding) with a proper size CO2 bottle, about £1 for 15 mins, a must with all welders, not just cheap ones, so play time is not so expensive,

anything up to about 4 mm is no problem at the moment, maybe with more experience thicker section could be dealt with

For a DIY welder (as long as you accept that.) I can't fault it, yes there are better, stronger, heavier duty better made ones, but not at this price or with a 3 year guarantee from a major supermarket. which they honour.
You say you can weld 4mm plate but you wouldn't do a chassis?:confused:
 
You say you can weld 4mm plate but you wouldn't do a chassis?:confused:


Yep, and if you read everything else I said

"chassis I would have to think hard about, power output and weld quality, both my amatuer technique and the machine would worry me,"

and

"maybe with more experience thicker section could be dealt with"

Chassis being 'load bearing' panels just fall off etc etc.


Don't see the confusion there at all, you understand now?
 
i got two of those welders when they wer sold in my local trade counter fer £99

they wer realy good value for money , the weld quality , despite the sliughtly high lowest settings it was good quality ,

for the money i would get one,

ok they are not the clarke or sealy quality , but i have an esab 200 amp pro quality welder that was over £2k new, before that i had a murex ,

end of the day , how much are yer willing to pay v how much use you intend on, ??
 
For cheapness use a CO2 fire ext.
Lasts for a while and costs a couple of quid to re fill.
I find CO2 works better for me and give me more control on my Clarke.
Agro mix is better on industrial units
 
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