grandad
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 06:19 PM |
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MIG what to buy
Hi Guys
Xmas pressie this year will be a Mig welder, i have about £200 budget and no experience.
machine mart sell the Clarke 151EN for £200 i believe this is a gas/gasless option.
also they sell the clarke 151TE £223 (bit more than budget). this is the gas only model.
i think that i will be MIG gas welding mainly....
which one shold i get? is the TE better quality for gas welding? are the extras to make the EN a gas welder expensive?
i am looking to weld the locost in 2mm box (plus any additional brackets).
please help!!!!!!!
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grandad
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 posted on 6/12/07 at 06:21 PM |
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that is 25mm 25mm box with 2mm thickness.....before the jokes!!
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AdamR
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 06:24 PM |
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I have the 151TE. It's a good balance between quality/power/price and it's easy to get spare bits from machine mart. I don't have a
lot of experience of other MIGs at a similar price, but I'd definitely recommend the Clarke. It's my favourite tool!
[Edited on 6/12/07 by AdamR]
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bonzoronnie
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 posted on 6/12/07 at 07:33 PM |
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Which MIG
Hi.
Personally I would go for the more expensive 151TE.
I am not really a big fan of Gasless MIG welders.
Very prone to producing poor quality welds.
150amps + gas + .6mm wire will do most if not all of the jobs on a kit car project
Ronnie 
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Mansfield
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:43 PM |
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I would go for the TE. With the EN you will have to buy a regulator, wire, tips & gas to weld as a conventional MIG. The TE has a better duty
cycle - the EN equivalent for the 151TE is the 160EN from looking at the specs.
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rallyingden
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:51 PM |
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Have a look at this
Mig welding
RD 
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 07:52 PM |
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TE every time.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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Bluemoon
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 08:26 PM |
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By it at a machine mart vat free day, it will be in budget then..
Dan
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UncleFista
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| posted on 6/12/07 at 08:26 PM |
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Best place for welding advice is http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/ click on the "forum".
If you message user "Weldequip" on there, he'll advise and sell you a welder cheaper than Machine-Mart and the other box-shifters,
delivered too..
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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