|
Post by Noberator on Oct 24, 2021 13:15:41 GMT 1
Thats why I have 3 grinders Its also why I bought the A2 He can be trying at times.
|
|
steve
New Member
Posts: 16
|
Post by steve on Oct 24, 2021 13:16:05 GMT 1
The little Clarke mig welders get good reviews for a budget welder.
|
|
|
Post by Noberator on Oct 24, 2021 13:21:18 GMT 1
My welding is worse than pigeon shit..... I have never been shown how to weld or ever been given the chance to. We used to bring in Coded welders for specific stainless steel tanks etc.
|
|
steve
New Member
Posts: 16
|
Post by steve on Oct 24, 2021 13:28:52 GMT 1
It is worth looking into having welding lessons, our local college does various lessons for all abilities and welding processes. Welding lessons are usually heavily subsidised and work out cheaper than you can actually practice at home with your own gear.
|
|
|
Post by Noberator on Oct 24, 2021 13:41:59 GMT 1
It is worth looking into having welding lessons, our local college does various lessons for all abilities and welding processes. Welding lessons are usually heavily subsidised and work out cheaper than you can actually practice at home with your own gear. I'm 67 Steve.
|
|
|
Post by Rhubarb on Oct 24, 2021 13:47:17 GMT 1
It is worth looking into having welding lessons, our local college does various lessons for all abilities and welding processes. Welding lessons are usually heavily subsidised and work out cheaper than you can actually practice at home with your own gear. I'm 67 Steve. You're never too old to learn
|
|
|
Post by Noberator on Oct 24, 2021 13:55:57 GMT 1
You're never too old to learn No interest matey.
|
|
|
Post by Joepublic on Oct 24, 2021 16:02:01 GMT 1
Thats why I have 3 grinders Its also why I bought the A2 So your a grinder not a welder I prefer Weld beautician
|
|
|
Post by Joepublic on Oct 24, 2021 16:03:18 GMT 1
sorry to hear about your father remmington dug out the welder this morning View AttachmentSimilar to mine, think mines a 135, 30+ years old?
|
|
|
Post by chippie on Oct 24, 2021 16:09:26 GMT 1
sorry to hear about your father remmington dug out the welder this morning View AttachmentSimilar to mine, think mines a 135, 30+ years old? and mine..... although mine doesnt tend to weld.. more a case of just deposit metal on a surface...
|
|
spud
Apprentice
Posts: 1,275
|
Post by spud on Oct 24, 2021 18:05:47 GMT 1
sorry to hear about your father remmington dug out the welder this morning View AttachmentSimilar to mine, think mines a 135, 30+ years old? dunno how old ive had it a few years brother in law gave it to me not sure how long he had it
|
|
|
Post by wightdiag on Oct 25, 2021 22:25:04 GMT 1
If you get an inverter MIG it comes with built in talent, the 11yr old was turning out decent fillet welds with 20 mins of instruction. I was welding <1mm steel with no issues, then 6mm-6mm bar with bigger wire.
Much, much easier than a transformer MIG or a stick welder.
|
|
|
Post by valhalla on Oct 26, 2021 0:31:47 GMT 1
Agree about decent welding-sets making it easy.
I found that the only small set I ever got on-with was the SIP130 - everything else was hard work, even when the conditions were perfect (they rarely are). I hated the Clarkes, and they hated me; never got on with them at all, just a slow way to burn through good metal, and spatter rust together, never a stable arc, difficult to start, difficult to stop. At least the SIP130 made a valliant effort to fuse metal, and given a decent torch-liner and favourable ambient conditions (no air movement at all), it made restoration of old cars possible.
Then I got my first, and current, decent welding-set; a decent, all-copper-wound transformer MiG unit. I never looked back after that, and it flatters my inability to weld every time I use it, which is thousands of hours accumulated now. Back in 1992, it was the best £780 I have ever spent, knowing I had a lifetime of classic Rovers to restore in front of me.
|
|
remmington
Apprentice
Owns Spark Eroder
Posts: 4,971
|
Post by remmington on Oct 26, 2021 6:54:33 GMT 1
Agree about decent welding-sets making it easy. I found that the only small set I ever got on-with was the SIP130 - everything else was hard work, even when the conditions were perfect (they rarely are). I hated the Clarkes, and they hated me; never got on with them at all, just a slow way to burn through good metal, and spatter rust together, never a stable arc, difficult to start, difficult to stop. At least the SIP130 made a valliant effort to fuse metal, and given a decent torch-liner and favourable ambient conditions (no air movement at all), it made restoration of old cars possible.
Then I got my first, and current, decent welding-set; a decent, all-copper-wound transformer MiG unit. I never looked back after that, and it flatters my inability to weld every time I use it, which is thousands of hours accumulated now. Back in 1992, it was the best £780 I have ever spent, knowing I had a lifetime of classic Rovers to restore in front of me. The wound coil Miller MIG set I have had in my workshop has performed faultlessly for the two decades plus I have had it. It was over £1k all them years ago (money well spent). I do own Invertor MMA/TIG sets - but I am a bit against inverter MIG's on cars due to the high OCV (open circuit voltages) they run at. There has been electronic accidents using the new inverter MIG pulse processes in body shops. So if I buy a new MIG for the workshop it will be another "wound coil" jobby. The term "senergic" for a MIG can be confusing - it can mean anything from an idiot proof set up panel - to the full auto amp/pulse/volt process.I actually thinking about buying another MIG set - have one threaded up with 0.6mmA18/pure CO2 and another with 0.8A18/argon mix...
|
|
spud
Apprentice
Posts: 1,275
|
Post by spud on Oct 26, 2021 12:54:43 GMT 1
Agree about decent welding-sets making it easy. I found that the only small set I ever got on-with was the SIP130 - everything else was hard work, even when the conditions were perfect (they rarely are). I hated the Clarkes, and they hated me; never got on with them at all, just a slow way to burn through good metal, and spatter rust together, never a stable arc, difficult to start, difficult to stop. At least the SIP130 made a valliant effort to fuse metal, and given a decent torch-liner and favourable ambient conditions (no air movement at all), it made restoration of old cars possible.
Then I got my first, and current, decent welding-set; a decent, all-copper-wound transformer MiG unit. I never looked back after that, and it flatters my inability to weld every time I use it, which is thousands of hours accumulated now. Back in 1992, it was the best £780 I have ever spent, knowing I had a lifetime of classic Rovers to restore in front of me. well if nothing else this clarkes a good doorstop anyone know if its worth having a go with it or should i look to get something better ?
|
|