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gas bottle for mig
billy - 20/1/06 at 08:28 PM

Anyone know the best place to get a biggish bottle for my mig welder??? or do i have to rent one

alfaman - 20/1/06 at 09:17 PM

I rented one from BOC a few years ago when I was welding my Fiat X19

Compared to the pathetic disposable bottles you use with a mig it was far cheaper in the long run although I had to buy a regulator along with the cylinder rental but even then it wasnt that expensive, less than £100 altogether if I remember correctly.
As you can imagine welding a 20 year old Fiat X19 would require a LOT of disposable bottles

dnmalc - 20/1/06 at 11:24 PM

If you go to a calor gas depot they will sell you a 5 Kg bottle of CO2 for £16. I have already covered this in a previous thread

Chippy - 21/1/06 at 12:24 AM

You get much nicer welds though with Argon/CO2 mix. And if you go that route you will have to hire from BOC, or similar, pain but there you go.

britishtrident - 21/1/06 at 11:00 AM

quote:
Originally posted by dnmalc
If you go to a calor gas depot they will sell you a 5 Kg bottle of CO2 for £16. I have already covered this in a previous thread


While some Calor dealers are selling CO2 this way -- Not sure this 100% ---- certainly dosen't appear to be a "Calor" product -- do a Google for "Calor Co2" no mention of CO2 cylinders.

Jon Ison - 21/1/06 at 12:49 PM

if its CO2 you want then the local pub is the place too go, but as stated Argon/CO2 mix gives a much better weld and I find is much easier too weld with too.

billy - 21/1/06 at 08:19 PM

Thanks lads i popped into the local BOC place and found they were doing a great pro-mo deal, full bottle for a £1 and 3 months free rental, the rental when it starts in april is only £45 per year so im happy with that