Any welders? Need advice on equipment.
- Thread starter gixer1
- Start date
All depends on budget really
I have Mig, tig and arc.
My tiny mobile arc inverter is incredibly useful runs off a 13amp socket and will comfortably do 10 or 12mm with a few passes and costs very little to run....no gas/bottle rental from BOC...
Might be a simple and cheap way to get going...
Some of the machine mart inverters are very capable....
My tiny mobile arc inverter is incredibly useful runs off a 13amp socket and will comfortably do 10 or 12mm with a few passes and costs very little to run....no gas/bottle rental from BOC...
Might be a simple and cheap way to get going...
Some of the machine mart inverters are very capable....
If you can stick weld the esab mma inverters are really good for the money, I have the rogue 150 for site and it’s been great so far. Mig wise rtech are decent enough, with good warranty (5years). If you have the budget I’d definitely look at kemmpi or esab though, really good kit but expensive.
For occasional use a nice inverter arc set will do a lot of welding in many usually inaccessible places. I remember making a shed with dad, me with my ‘toy’ welder and dad with his old Oxford. I did twice the work he did. And when we put the wind braces in I took it up the ladder and welded them in. His opinion soon changed on my toy welder.
I’d look to get a 160 amp / 180 amp Jasic welder. The higher the duty the better not the higher amps.
I’d look to get a 160 amp / 180 amp Jasic welder. The higher the duty the better not the higher amps.
chevy1562004
Active Member
Look at kemppi welders, brilliant when I used them in my old job doing lots of fabrication. The kemppi mini arc mig evo170 looks pretty decent
It’s mostly steel. Up to 10mm. No issue with power supply.
Oddly enough as it’s been mentioned I’m currently pondering an ESAB 210pro.
I don’t want gasless, I currently have a couple of welders and one of them is a little Clarke 140 gasless, great for small jobs but trying to run a nice weld even on clean plate is a bit iffy.
Regards,
Gixer
Oddly enough as it’s been mentioned I’m currently pondering an ESAB 210pro.
I don’t want gasless, I currently have a couple of welders and one of them is a little Clarke 140 gasless, great for small jobs but trying to run a nice weld even on clean plate is a bit iffy.
Regards,
Gixer
Sonicdmb73
Well-Known Member
I have an ESAB 300 amp mig bought secondhand from the guy who makes fuel tanks behind me. When he swapped his for pulse welders. It does most things I ask of it although to be honest I'm still learning how to set it up for different material thicknesses. My old now sadly deceased Hobart was more intuitive to use. I also have a little inverter that I use for TIG mainly, it is handy for MMA when required (usually somewhere without three phase).
While on the subject of what brand there lad I got my ESAB off employs eight or ten welders building multiple tanks a week. Every welder is an ESAB I believe most of his are also running water cooled torches.
While on the subject of what brand there lad I got my ESAB off employs eight or ten welders building multiple tanks a week. Every welder is an ESAB I believe most of his are also running water cooled torches.
Will the chippy's suggestion is what I have for small work,"I’d look to get a 160 amp / 180 amp Jasic welder. The higher the duty the better not the higher amps."
Or a Kemppi
Or a Kemppi
I prefer Lorch as a move-about MMA / TIG that runs specials great but they are a fair price . I can go 200 mtr with my long power using my heavy cables . In the Shop its an old Kempi MIG ,
You can burn up a lot of cash on welding plants on brand names today , like cars they dress them up in a different suite but the underpants are just the same underneath
You can burn up a lot of cash on welding plants on brand names today , like cars they dress them up in a different suite but the underpants are just the same underneath
I have domestic single phase power and a 200amp Rohr MIG welder. I have tried another stick welder and using the Rohr as a gassless MIG. Neither were that great, gas shielded MIG is the way to go. The Rohr is fine but it is and feels like a cheap Chinese model, I had to work out the speed and power settings myself (and make a cheat sheet). 10mm steel is quite thick and I would feel a bit underpowered, I have recently started pre-heating thick metal which helps a lot.
Brad93
Well-Known Member
Most manufacturers have gone Chinese or worse, Indian now.
Might as well save yourself the cost of a brand name and buy a Jasic. Jasic is the largest manufacturer of welders in China and pretty much the countries flagship manufacturer. Like Murex was to the UK.
Not a fan of R-Tech. Outdated, overpriced machines now and the warranty isn't that great in our experience.
ESAB all Chinese or Indian. Warranty and backup awful. (I used to work for esab, after the yanks got hold of it, it became a very toxic place to work).
We have two Jasic machines, a 200A inverter MIG/MAG and a 45A Plasma and they've been good reliable little units for basically throw away money.
We also run some Lorch and Miller stuff, but that's in another league in terms of performance and cost.
Might as well save yourself the cost of a brand name and buy a Jasic. Jasic is the largest manufacturer of welders in China and pretty much the countries flagship manufacturer. Like Murex was to the UK.
Not a fan of R-Tech. Outdated, overpriced machines now and the warranty isn't that great in our experience.
ESAB all Chinese or Indian. Warranty and backup awful. (I used to work for esab, after the yanks got hold of it, it became a very toxic place to work).
We have two Jasic machines, a 200A inverter MIG/MAG and a 45A Plasma and they've been good reliable little units for basically throw away money.
We also run some Lorch and Miller stuff, but that's in another league in terms of performance and cost.
Similar threads
