I'm looking to buy a welder to use around the house/car etc and need some help on choosing what type, arc/mig/tig. I don't really know the difference, but a friend has said not to bother with an arc welder. Also what's the score with gas and no gas. And what's a turbo welder???

 

Thanks for any advice,

 

Vijay

Vijay, thanks for the mail, you got one back.

 

Harve, springs to mind, he is the king of welding. Hopefully he will see this and give you some good advice.

 

G

Get a Mig mate - they are the easiest to use and produce the best results for amateurs.

 

The diffrence between them all pretains to Gas used, flux used and method /configuration of the electrodes - just do a net search but for amateur home DIY type shit MIG is the best.

 

 

 

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Z ya

 

Nico91TT

 

Ii asked a similar question on our board a while ago, have a read... http://300zx.co.uk/200sx/ubb/Forum1/HTML/001058.html

 

Jezz.

Vijay hi mate,

For steel & stainless based materials & composties from 'nei 1' to 'en 28' & stainless to '316' super nickel.

A Mig / tig inverter would suit you to the ground, by the way all mig & tig welders need gas reading the link on post!!!

An electronic source arc needs an inert gas shield at all times.

An inverter means its chip controlled - not transformer boosted. Ive a 13amp back pack that can produce a computer fed 190amps. for an example.

The second thing to look hard at is the (stable curve) - like speakers companys like to quote the max power!!! you need to see the amp holding power, when an ark is struck u want 15% overpower to start then go to your chosen setting, not to fade away after a few seconds into an anoying fizz !!!

Go for a name with back up, miller, kemppi, murex, etc. Better still go to an engineering supplier, Harries at your own risk! Look in the excange&mart Engineering sec, shop at your leasure.

1 last thing - DO not skimp on the diaphram guage or your choise of helmet. YOU dont want ark eye!!!!!! or a ropy guage that can take your hand off when it gives up.

If you need any more info mail me, buy the way burnt skin smells like pork scratchins!

 

harve....gets payed for lookin at a green light. HE HE.

Originally posted by vijay:

I'm looking to buy a welder to use around the house/car etc

 

I have to ask, but what welding are you planning to do around the house ? Have you been breaking that cutlery again ?!?!?

ROFLMAO

 

You beat me to it Dave, I was thinking the same thing!

 

Vijay: "Damn it!!! Love...that kitchen cupboard door is hanging off again...where's me MIG welder???"

LMAO! O man this place cracks me up at times

 

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Sod the viagra - I'll weld it up !

just to add my 2c (used to be a gas salesman for BOC so know what I'm on about).

 

The gas is the other 50% of the equation.. get a great MIG and feed CO2 down it and you'd still get a shite weld.

 

If it's for standard

with something like BOC Argoshield5. not 12 or TC.

 

Other companies do similar. You don't want co2, that's the main thing, its far far too hot for anything less that 20mm steel.

 

ANd clearly if you are going to weld ali, or stainless you need different gases. Talk to your local BOC centre, they do decent prices on murex gear, and can recommend the best gases for the work you wanna do.

 

stu