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Does anyone know where I could get some welding done reasonably cheaply? I need some 1mm wall steel box section welded for the frame of a new maelstrom style featherweight lifter. I need quite a few joints done, somewhere in the region of 26 welds. I am based in Gravesend, in kent.
Thanks in advance.
Alex it may take you a little longer but I bought a cheap arc welder when I was starting out for 40 quid. Took me a wee bit of practice to get the job done but I did it and can now do pretty decent welds with my crappy welder.
And it still works 2 years on! Time for a mig me thinks :)
Might try that. Thanks Gary
alex,
i use a cheap arc welder which cost me £50 to weld my chassis up and its pretty decent. BUT a word of warning about the 1mm walled box, i used 1 mm walled box 15 by 15mm on my first feather and its gets dinted an bent fairly easily. so for my new feather ive got the same sized box but with 2mm walls instead.
also keep your amps low and electrode size small ish on your arc welder other wise youll end up just blasting through the 1mm walled box- what i mean is instead of welding it youll be melting it away- thats from my experience any way.
calum
i have a cheap gasless mig welder that cost me £80.00. you just plug it in and away you go pretty much. i had no real idea about welding, just buy one, be safe, and lots of practice.
Calum, my next door neighbor welded the same stuff for me for the tail on my other bot and did exactly that! thanks for your help everyone. Looks like I should buy my own.
(Message edited by banana_man on December 01, 2008)
Hi Alex
Im on the Isle of Sheppey and have both mig and arc welding equipment, so if all else fails give us a shout and Im sure we can sort something out.
Ian
Weird Alice
I swear by TIG.
Id like to have a go at TIG but I dont know anyone with one.
i have a friend with tig welding gear and he has tought me a bit. i can tig weld but not very well. its not as hard as some may think.
Thanks everyone. I have managed to borrow an arc welder from Ian from team Shock, but Ian (weird Alice) I will hold your offer in mind.
I did TIG before MIG seems quite easy for me and Im better at it than mig