Having the occasional need for small patches on the bus, and with no knowledge of the power of Vulcan I heard these little things might do the job. https://www.amazon.co.uk/140-Portab...=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B07GNHL5CX Obviously bigger kit, gas bottle etc are likely to be miles better but I’ve got nowhere to store stuff, no garage etc. So this would be ideal size. And something to ask for from Santa , But are they any good?, Any advice ??
I wonder if this is just a regular stick welder that was used before MIG became popular. I had a stick welder in the 70’s and 80’s. It was Ok for heavy welding but impossible for thin body work as it burned holes in everything. At the time I had a carbon arc brazing attachment and used to do all my body work with that.
Does look like a small stick welder. Ok for fixing your garden gate, but likely to blow great holes in your panels...
Aha, not so good for learning to patch my foot well, leave it more draughty perhaps. Bigger sets ups mean more control by the sounds of it?
You need a MIG welder with a motorised feed and shielding gas, CO2 or argon. Stick welders are best suited to industrial pipework .
Stick welders are best on the chassis rails if you’re doing them as it’s heavier gauge metal. Preferable in my limited experience!
One of the misleading points they used to give in welder specs was that it would weld up to 1/2 inch thick steel or whatever, but no mention of how thin you could go.
Also note the really low duty cycle - 15%. It might do your garden gate provided you take time to drink plenty of tea.. I once welded a Morris Marina footwell with a stick welder. It had fewer big holes when I finished but I think it was mostly held together with slag and body filler. There is a reason for the expense of MIG welders. I have seen inverter MIG welders around. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0797VFND4/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1 But the only benefit is eliminating a big reliable mains transformer and replacing it with optimistic marginally rated (if cheap) inverter technology, which if done right should be a lot more expensive. You still need space for a wire feed reel, usually the 5kg ones.. which are quite big so the welder ends up big anyway..
This is about as small and neat as you will get with a MIG welder, don't buy a gasless one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WOLF-MIG...h=item41f462f4c7:g:7noAAOSwzDFb9u2a:rk:3:pf:0
They are extreme pants. Just gave a 140 wolf mig away. My sip migmate 100 is far better than the 140 wolf.
Oh, what could have been! Those stupid Germans, sitting around designing things like the VW Golf. Clueless!
My Marina was Brilliant. Cost £100. Had sills made out of filler which I did so well it passed 3 MOTs. Did 30mpg and 150mpg of oil. Filled the tank with petrol and filled up the sump. No engine mounts really, carb dented wing. Drove 100 miles with no water once. Did 100mph once ..
Not sure if I have put on here before but am a welder coded for stick mig tig and Subarc and I wouldn’t want to touch my car with a stick welder. They did have one for sale in Aldi for £20 last week tho if you need one for welding something but no Kevin the carrots unfortunately
A welder is one of the few things in life where its better to spend more I’ve a Clarke 150 mug It’s done a lot of work and gone through all sorts It’s battered and lost it’s wheels early But it still welds well
your going to waste your money , won t do what you need , buy good second hand sealey mighty mig sip clarke
