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What welder?

Post by ROBBIE » Sun Mar 28, 2010 12:59 pm

my old welder died last year, and now i need to do some welding for the mot. Ive got just over £200 to spend and so far i found these 2
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/30030/Pow ... elder-150A
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... mig-welder
what do you think? or any other suggestions?
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Re: What welder?

Post by mic » Sun Mar 28, 2010 6:19 pm

if all you want is 100w (which is nice to know cos i just want one for bodywork) i been looking at something like

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Sealey-Mighty ... 5634104aeb

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Re: What welder?

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:07 am

:gag: :gag: dont go gasless it's not worth it! i personally would go for the first one as it's more powerful so will come in handy if you ever want to fab up some bumpers etc. i'm not sure on the quality of kende though, not sure if i've even heard of them :lol: :lol: I would look out for a second hand bargain, I picked up my snap on for £400 it had hardly been used and was £1200 new :shock:
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Re: What welder?

Post by mic » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:11 am

Fair point. Prob be cheaper for a tank of petrol and pop to Bath where an experienced sj welder can do it for you instead :lol:

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Re: What welder?

Post by ScottieJ » Mon Mar 29, 2010 12:37 pm

:lol: :lol: thats a good point, must change my location, i'm not in bath anymore :lol: not far up road though!
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Re: What welder?

Post by mic » Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:17 pm

77.7 miles to corsham :shock: an hour straight down the M4 :lol: get a rear arch knocked up ready :mrgreen:

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Re: What welder?

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:47 am

tihnk i might just get the welder the drive to bath from mine isnt yhe best in the sj :lol:
on the welder i was def going gas ive tried gasless didnt think it was that good i found this 1 this morn think i might go for it. http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/shop/clarke-130en.htm
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Re: What welder?

Post by ScottieJ » Tue Mar 30, 2010 10:55 am

yeah that looks like a good little mig, cant really go wrong with clarke! 4mm is pretty much the limit for a 130amp so it will be fine for making bumpers etc.
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Re: What welder?

Post by ROBBIE » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:47 pm

i think thats the 1 im going for just got to convince the wife to go that bit higher :lol:
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Re: What welder?

Post by parrotveasey81 » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:32 pm

this one would be better but they only take the small bottols of gas,would be fine for bumpers without recovery points!!
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/produ ... ig-welders

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