designer
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 10:37 AM |
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Compact welding set up
I'm after a compact, portable, set of gas welding gear, anybody had any experience of them.
I know they won't be as economical as larger kit, but I want it for track days as an emergency measure.
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FuryRebuild
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 11:29 AM |
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If you have trackside power, then inverter fusion tig is really compact and robust.
When all you have is a hammer, everything around you is a nail.
www.furyrebuild.co.uk
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mark chandler
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 11:32 AM |
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Personally I think you would be better off with a small Honda generator and mig/tig invertor.
Carrying a gas set is not going to be great, if you are at any proper track you get electric in the pits.
Regards Mark
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dhutch
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 02:48 PM |
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I expect it would be the rental that would kill it, otherwise the oxy/ace are the same you just have less of them so with a half good torch the
welding is the same as a larger set.
Else, Im very happy with my esab inveter mig set.
Daniel
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Peteff
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 05:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mark chandler
Personally I think you would be better off with a small Honda generator and mig/tig invertor.
A small generator will not power a welder. I have a Kemppi generator friendly welder and the minimum recommended is a 5Kva with 8Kva the preferred
output. I have a BOC Portapak oxy-acetylene which is probably more like the original idea. It is handy but nowadays is only used for heating stuck
fixings and welding the occasional really thin metal.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 16/10/12 at 05:32 PM |
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I LOVE gas welding, such an art to perfect, but I was under the impression that the required safety certs etc pretty much ruled out DIY use above MAP
type gases?
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