Julian B
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 posted on 5/12/11 at 09:27 PM |
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Tig Mig glue
Hello fellow fettlers , its been a while since i was here
Has anyone any experience of buying a tig welder prices seem to be all over the place.
i have decided perhaps unwisely to make my own headers for a rover turbo project i'm building and as the cost of getting someone to make a pair
of manifolds is going to be costly i thought i would have a crack myself...
I wouldn't mind having a go at simple ali welding so something that does ac and dc i guess is what i am after
Thanks in advanced
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tomgregory2000
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 09:37 PM |
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have a look at the r tech website, great bunch of guys, i have one of their mig welders and its fantastic and produces lovely welds and their customer
service is fantastic
EDIT: here is the website link thing click on me
[Edited on 5/12/11 by tomgregory2000]
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 09:39 PM |
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Look in the for sale section, there's one there.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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Dangle_kt
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 10:54 PM |
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MIG is easy, but I didnt find TiG easy, plus it needs argon gas (expensive). Personally I'd get a MiG and get tig's stuff done by a local
fabricator for the amount it might get used.
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imp paul
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:12 PM |
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i have just got a cobal ac dc 200 amp tig it comes with 12 month warranty and also parts is not a problem ross at cobel is very on the ball and
helpful  as i have found out my self my tig came by city link with a large dent it was no problem ross said he would have it picked up and a new 1 on
the way big thumbs up for cobel from me good set of people and stuff at a good price as for it working well well it does very well im not a tig welder
but it came out the box and did some nice welds strait away also very much like in a big way eastwoods tig 200 ac dc unit i would recommend the guys
at drummend trading /cobel as its very good value as we can not all afford millers or Lincoln stuff hope this gives you some thing to look at as tigs
are a dear bit of kit cheers paul
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froggy
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| posted on 5/12/11 at 11:38 PM |
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Had my Chinese 200amp giant ac/dc Tig for a year and no issues so far . Does eat gas but has paid for itself In alloy wheel repairs . The people who
sell cut 40 plasma cutters carry spares and have fixed price . Done 1inch thick ally plate but as the torch isn't water cooled I wouldn't
expect the torch to cope with sustained 200 amp a/c use for long .
I did my spaceframe with Tig and using the slope and torch trigger made some nice welds but for general fab work on the car mig Is loads easier .
One weird thing I find with the a/c side of my machine I's I do a couple of inches weld on a scrap piece then straight onto the bit I'm
welding and get a really clean weld every time . The cheap kits don't have much control on the hf side but having dedicated stainless brush and
a grinder that only gets used on ally helps no end .
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Peteff
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| posted on 6/12/11 at 09:54 AM |
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Frost UK are selling one with pedal and torch for £600. Eastwood welder, are you
feeling lucky.
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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Julian B
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| posted on 6/12/11 at 08:59 PM |
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Thanks for all the really useful info chaps
So in summery it looks as if £600 is the starting point for something useable , i would like to know how much i might have to pay for the gas, i guess
if its stainless im trying to weld then that's a tri mix?????
Thanks again
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Peteff
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| posted on 7/12/11 at 09:10 AM |
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Straight Argon for Stainless, Aluminium and mild Steel. No need for fancy mixes for home work only for building nuclear power stations and jet engines
sp don't get bogged down with people telling you you need Helium and Oxygen or something else that costs 3 times as much.
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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iank
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| posted on 7/12/11 at 06:37 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Julian B
Thanks for all the really useful info chaps
So in summery it looks as if £600 is the starting point for something useable , i would like to know how much i might have to pay for the gas, i guess
if its stainless im trying to weld then that's a tri mix?????
Thanks again
As an idea Adams Gas sell Argon for £51.60 per 9L (inc VAT) and don't charge rental on the cylinder.
http://www.adamsgas.co.uk/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=54
They also sell gas for MIG so you can compare like with like.
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