Mig welder

[McFall1984]

Wondering have you any deals on at the mo with mig welders?
Single phase
Gas

anything for a learner?

 

[lightning]

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[dingle]

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I'm looking for exactly the same. Beginner here. Single phase. I want gas and the easiest path to learning

 

[lightning]

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[mightymetro]

@lightning have a big birthday shortly, welder is on the shopping list. Looking a Mig or was maybe something that can do stick+mig. Hobby standard but with euro torch. Have you anything in that you'd recommend?

 

[southsky sunrise]

I’d love to learn to weld. Are gasless any use?

 

[eamon343]

I’d love to learn to weld. Are gasless any use?

I have a gasless sealey welder, you wouldn't get great looking welds that you can post on Instagram but you can stick metal together with it and use a grinder to tidy it up. In saying that ive never used a gas welder so i could be equally **** with one of them

 

[southsky sunrise]

There’s a stick welder in my dads stuff I suppose I could give a shot, he could have welded the titanic back together with it

 

[carmad.]

i could give you a few pointers some day your about

 

[southsky sunrise]

i could give you a few pointers some day your about

Don’t believe you, il have to leave you the rally shell to prove me wrong

 

[stevieturbo]

I’d love to learn to weld. Are gasless any use?

As with anything, depends on what you're doing

I'd say gasless is crap for automotive body panels etc, light stuff.

Stick would be crap also, it's really for thick stuff.

For the car and general DIY fab, proper gas MIG is no 1.

 

[southsky sunrise]

Is gas readily available? I remember dad having to have a boc account for his torches

 

[stevieturbo]

Is gas readily available? I remember dad having to have a boc account for his torches

Yes. It's easy for anyone to get a BOC account, and if you use a decent amount of gas, they are the cheaper option despite the rental with the hobby/Volkzone type deals.

But there are other places like Hobbyweld or Stargas ( @lightning ) who offer gas but you pay an initial single bottle charge/deposit, and then you just pay for the gas thereafter.

However the gas does work out quite a bit more expensive. And certainly the regular Hobbyweld bottle, probably only has about 1/5 of the gas of a size Y BOC bottle. That refill is around £40-50, and the BOC is now around £55 for a refill.

So if you might use a lot, non BOC can represent pretty bad value. However if you do not use much, the lack of a rental charge ( circa £55 per year ) might sway things a bit if a bottle can last you 2-3 years.

I think Stargas pricing is similar to Hobbyweld. Both do offer larger/better filled bottles more akin to a BOC Size Y, but I think the initial deposit is pretty hefty.

Either way, there are options.

 

[southsky sunrise]

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[lightning]

@lightning have a big birthday shortly, welder is on the shopping list. Looking a Mig or was maybe something that can do stick+mig. Hobby standard but with euro torch. Have you anything in that you'd recommend?

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[carmad.]

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ya can get it in fyfes if you buy one off those bottles from the start why don’t you call in and see our simon