designer
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posted on 13/6/14 at 11:44 AM |
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Gas welding
I have just found out that my UK supply of bottles is ending.
I use gas because most of my stuff has nooks and crannies to weld in. What is an alternative for use on 3mm mild steel as MIG isn't perfect
(welds a bit messy).
Do they still do the gas/compressor rigs I used at school?
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Thatcher
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posted on 13/6/14 at 12:14 PM |
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Well if you are a good gas welder there's only Tig, as you use both hands one for the torch and the other for filler wire, and its a very high
qualitiy weld..
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loggyboy
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posted on 13/6/14 at 12:43 PM |
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halfords disposables?
If you only do odds and sods they last for ages and only about £15 a time. Easy to get bring over (or get friends/relatives to bring them over) as
they only the size of 1l bottle.
Mistral Motorsport
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iank
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posted on 13/6/14 at 12:56 PM |
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quote: Originally posted by loggyboy
halfords disposables?
If you only do odds and sods they last for ages and only about £15 a time. Easy to get bring over (or get friends/relatives to bring them over) as
they only the size of 1l bottle.
The don't do oxy-acetylene bottles.
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Anonymous
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iank
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posted on 13/6/14 at 01:05 PM |
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Air Liquide do small cylinders presumably they could supply in France.
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Anonymous
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The Venom Project
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posted on 13/6/14 at 03:02 PM |
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Air Liquide
I seem to remember you have to sign a long lease at Air Liquide, something like 10 years
It's not that i'm lazy, it's that I just don't care.....
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rusty nuts
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posted on 13/6/14 at 03:07 PM |
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Check your local motor factor, many can supply acetelyn and oxygen in rent free 10 lt bottles, deposit is around £70 ++vat . The gas is more lex
pensive but for small volume users it works out a lot cheaper. The Migwelding forum might be worth a look as well
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