Thanks both.
It’s rural - very rural, just a few houses scattered along one road. There are plenty of farms nearby, however.
It’s served by electricity north west and they seem to have a simple process for getting a quote so I’ll call them tomorrow.
Ah, I hadn’t considered making a connection...
Hi folks.
The architect has finished the plans for the workshop at my new house and I’m off to speak with the various trades to get started on the build.
I’ll be having the house rewire at the same time along with a new smart meter fitted. There’s going to be a couple of runs of buried...
Thanks all, that's really helpful.
Yes, I've already bought a DB meter (just a cheap one from Lidl) to do the checks, but just trying to gauge likely scenarios before I start to build.
By the sound of it, I think that the insulation route is going to have to happen on day 1. I've just been...
Odd one. I'm getting ready to start construction of a new workshop. We went with oak in the end - larch cladding over a membrane and we'll be adding insulation in the future (kingspan or rockwool behind OSB panels). The roof will be man made slate over membrane and the doors are uninsulated oak...
Following advice on another thread, I’ve now got a lovely Tecna 7902-pulse hand held spot welder (it’s about the most powerful one I could find for single phase - 2.5KVa at 50% duty and will do 2.5mm+2.5mm steel).
Now this (with a few handmade arms) will let me quickly and easily replace a...
Thanks very much folks. That’s some great info for me to be going at.
There’s no rush, I’m still waiting completion on my new house (with the big workshop).
@My Old Landy - thanks very much. I’ll be a good few weeks away yet, don’t hold it for me but may well drop you a note to see if it’s...
Getting ready to build/buy a 8'x4' welding table. I'll be drilling it with a mag drill for fixtures/clamps.
New steel prices seem to be incredibly high and out of budget - I think my choice would be either using a 'road plate' for the top (which comes in the right size and a nice 12mm thick) or...
gosh - I hadn't heard anything about that, just been searching back through old threads - eyebrow raising stuff. I would step back and edit out the mention in the post above to avoid controversy, but too late to change it. Sorry if it opens a raw wound for those affected.
Mods - feel free to...
I've been looking at this course myself after seeing lots of coverage of MPH on certain youtube videos. Nice to see some feedback on it - gives me the impetus to actually get in touch and make a booking- we have family nearby so it makes it much easier.
Ordered!
Had a good chat with the chap from eBay suggested above. Incredibly helpful and knowledgable and happened to have an as new and recently serviced Tecna 7902-pulse on the shelf at a very good price.
Thank you all for your help.
Thanks all.
I’ve just bought a new project today: a Range Rover Classic, imported from Portugal - I’ll need to fully disassemble and reassemble the inner shell once it’s stripped so the spot welder is a must have now.
Thank you for the eBay link - I’ll have a chat with the seller to see if his...
Just been looking PW up seem nice - I found a nice page on a website called Westermans International who seem to deal in used/refurbished industrial welding equipment, which made reference to the manufacturers they look for when dealing in used spot welders and they said: "There are a number of...
Lovely - thanks both. Searching back through my old posts, I came close to getting one two years ago - but spent my money on an AC tig instead.
Right - decision made, a hand held it is.
I’ll go and do my homework.
Initial glance shows the machine mart ones at 1.2 or 2.3KW (1mm+1mm or 2mm+2mm)...
Thank you very much. That’s really helpful - so perhaps I shouldn’t discount hand held after all.
Yes - similar to yourself, lots of cars I work on have exposed spot welds and it’s those features I lose with puddle welds. I could artificially create them but it would take forever.
Great...
Hi folks.
I'm doing more and more car body repair and while the trusty MIG has been great (and I now have a nice TIG set to use too), I'm very interested in a spot welder to replace factory panels with proper spots rather than puddle welds, which are fine - but the cleaner spots would help me...
Thanks all - that’s really helpful.
So if I’ve understood that correctly, if I can get one cheaply (from any manufacturer) then snap it up and make/hire/hire and copy any brackets needed… and if I can’t find one cheaply, make one from RSJ.
@Easywelder I’m a good few months away from the...
A lifelong ambition has been to build a workshop fit to spend my autumn years taking my car restorations a little more seriously.
We’ve got the plot and the build drawings are next on the list. Current spec is 12mx9m with a lift.
The only other piece of tooling I’ve coveted but don’t have is a...