lewis635
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 06:17 PM |
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B&Q Welders
B&Q sell a 130 turbo mig for £149.99, this seems to be a good price. i think they are made by cosmos. Has anybody got one of these and are they
any good?
Cheers
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chunkielad
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 06:41 PM |
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I got one and it welds well. Only prob is using it gasless it sticks lots. With gas perfect.
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Triton
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 06:43 PM |
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Don't waste your money because all welders like that are rubbish and certainly no good for making a chassis.....go to a welding suppliers you
will be surprised how cheap you can get a REAL welder for.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 07:04 PM |
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Rebadge SIPs--- on the the hobby SIPs feed mech is under engineered, the plasic holder for he presure roller isn't a great design and the feed
motor looks like it came straight out a Scalectrix car. The SIP controls also take a bit of figuring out. You will get irritating faults that
require fiddling with to get it to work properly -- on mine the fan came off its shaft after about 6 hours use -- easy to fix but it shouldn't
have happened.
However they weld OK --- gasless wire works fine with the DP models provided the polarity is swapped.
The Clarke "Red" range are much better if buying new that is what I would go for. Ferm also have good welders in this size range.
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RogerM
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 08:39 PM |
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I have a Clarke 151T Mig and that has served me well for more years than I can remember.
I only really use MIG for mocking up and rought work now but I have run alot of wire through it in the past and it has held up great. If I was going
to recomend a MIG welder that would be it. TIG is the daddy but not cheap, a bit more of a learning curve and slower .... nothing looks better though
and penetration is a gaurentee.
The only real difference between the red and bue clarke range is that the red has a hinged door and the blue has a slide off panel .......
woooppppiiiieeee.
Buy the blue and put the money you save to a decent helmet.
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lewis635
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 09:17 PM |
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okay so clarke seem to be the preferred choice.
anyone know of a "cheap" supplier.
Thanks for all your opinions
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 09:29 PM |
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AFAIK machine mart are the Clarke people...
Sera
http://www.motosera.com
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Triton
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 09:59 PM |
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Ok if you want to weld cheese and that's about it....they also do spanners for undoing and doing up the odd bit of cheese too.
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 11:25 PM |
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Ouch Mark you're being a bit harsh tonight!
Marchine Mart do the vat free days - good time to buy from them but you need to be 'invited'. So go along buy something and get on the
mailing list.
Personally I've got a clark 151 (the blue one) and think its great. I'm not the best welder on earth but it does the job for me and was
the right price.
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JoelP
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| posted on 21/3/05 at 11:31 PM |
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machine mart is a great place for making you think 'sh*t, i didnt realise that stuff was so cheap...'
like drills for £11 - probably crap but you just have to bear the quality in mind when using one. And stuff like jacks and stands etc, dead cheap.
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marshall
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| posted on 22/3/05 at 06:29 AM |
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if you just need a welder for making the chassis look for a second hand one you can get a good one cheap
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lewis635
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| posted on 22/3/05 at 09:15 AM |
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Thanks for all the advice, the chassis is already built so i just need the welder for suspension brackets and other little bits, that is why i was
looking for something cheap.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 22/3/05 at 09:22 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
machine mart is a great place for making you think 'sh*t, i didnt realise that stuff was so cheap...'
like drills for £11 - probably crap but you just have to bear the quality in mind when using one. And stuff like jacks and stands etc, dead cheap.
Pays to shop around last month I was thinking of buying a sheet metal folder and a sheet metal/bar shear --- surprisingly Screwfix were a lot
better value.
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clbarclay
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| posted on 22/3/05 at 10:34 PM |
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Machine mart quality is quite vairable between different products.
200amp arc welder from them, give it a few years use and it won't even look at a 4mm stick.
On the other hand I have no complaints about thier tool chests, other than how other manufactures/distrobuters charge so much.
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