Looking to buy a welder, something cheap and easy to use, had a look on ebay and such but dont know whats good to buy, its mainly to weld up some of the chunks taken out of prodigy by these spinners! and to learn the basic art.
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Looking to buy a welder, something cheap and easy to use, had a look on ebay and such but dont know whats good to buy, its mainly to weld up some of the chunks taken out of prodigy by these spinners! and to learn the basic art.
What is your rough budget?
upto £150 or as little as possible! i know nothing about welders, so dont know if this will get me something ok,just want something basic and straightforward to use.
For £150 you have a couple of options, either
- A very good stick arc welder
- A basic but still good mig welder
My arc welder set me back £30 from macro. Although it is cheap, nasty and tricky to get a good weld going.
I dont have much experience of mig welding so I cant advise you here.
An arc welder will happily weld all steels and will weld up your steel box section no bother. Arc welding is a little more tricky to get the hang of but it can lay down a nice weld when you have the nack.
Something like the following will allow you to weld up to 5mm steel sheet or box section.
http://www.diywelding.co.uk/product_...-4056854A9307}
I would go for the MIG personally, much easier than stick welding.
I would strongly urge you to go for a MIG, i would also suggest a better quality second hand one rather than a cheap new one. But it depends on how much your going to use it.
thanks guys, will be making a purchase this week.
brought a gasless mig welder. having a problem though. when i try to use it in the garage the trip switch goes off, knocking off the power to the garage. tried it quickly in the conservatory and the welder works fine. can i work it off a extension lead? or would i fry it.
if the extension lead can take 13 amps then it should be fine. Just make sure its fully unwound as this will allow the wire to disipate any heat more easily.
ok cheers gary.