Springerdinger
memoirs of the mediocre diy mechanic
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- UK nr Southam
So the transforma thingy in my cebora 130 turbo mig has flickered it's last arc.
It owed me nothing and I was always pleased with it except when the feed was lacklustre working in tight corners. It kept me warm in winter as well.
After lots of deliberation. I have ordered a Portamig 186s. At first I ordered a 165 then decided to push the boat a little further out and changed to the 186s 2016 model.
Very excited to get cracking with it. There is a bit of a wait before it will arrive.
I had also looked at Sealy, Clarke, GYS, parweld, R tech, Oxford, and stayed up until 3:00 am deliberating every other make of welder in my budget.
Transformers, Inverters, capacitors, burn back, feed torque, torch, forum threads,
Reel sizes, voltage steps, synermathingymagistic, min/max amps.
Duty cycles, weight, gas, gasless, 150 amps on a 13 amp plug then a blue plug for a bit more umph..........mig, tig, stick,........teasmaid. ...spot weld timer.....my eyes are burning.....next day delivery......14 days wait.....cable length, warranty,
My conclusion after all this was we are very lucky. There are a lot of very good welders from a multitude of brands. Most of them seem pretty decent machines
Depending what you need.
I changed my mind so many times its a credit to manufactures for making it tough for me.
Can't say exactly why I went for the portamig. Clearly not very portable at 48kg.
I do lots of thin metal so it's lower amps might help. The torque on the feed should get the wire up to speed quickly.
The capacitor bank will help smooth the arc. The cebora arc was a little inconsistent but with my amateur level of skill no big deal.
Word of mouth on the brand is good. I like my Parweld tig torch so the Parweld Euro torch type 15. Should be good.
12 voltage steps which I will confess may not make a wo rld of difference to me. But it might.
Finally. A few years ago I had a few lessons on a 3 phase Lincoln and I still remember the lovely sizzle sound it made. The Cebora was more of a crackle and sometimes pop.
I'm hoping the slightly better machine will help me find my sizzle..........
It owed me nothing and I was always pleased with it except when the feed was lacklustre working in tight corners. It kept me warm in winter as well.
After lots of deliberation. I have ordered a Portamig 186s. At first I ordered a 165 then decided to push the boat a little further out and changed to the 186s 2016 model.
Very excited to get cracking with it. There is a bit of a wait before it will arrive.
I had also looked at Sealy, Clarke, GYS, parweld, R tech, Oxford, and stayed up until 3:00 am deliberating every other make of welder in my budget.
Transformers, Inverters, capacitors, burn back, feed torque, torch, forum threads,
Reel sizes, voltage steps, synermathingymagistic, min/max amps.
Duty cycles, weight, gas, gasless, 150 amps on a 13 amp plug then a blue plug for a bit more umph..........mig, tig, stick,........teasmaid. ...spot weld timer.....my eyes are burning.....next day delivery......14 days wait.....cable length, warranty,
My conclusion after all this was we are very lucky. There are a lot of very good welders from a multitude of brands. Most of them seem pretty decent machines
Depending what you need.
I changed my mind so many times its a credit to manufactures for making it tough for me.
Can't say exactly why I went for the portamig. Clearly not very portable at 48kg.
I do lots of thin metal so it's lower amps might help. The torque on the feed should get the wire up to speed quickly.
The capacitor bank will help smooth the arc. The cebora arc was a little inconsistent but with my amateur level of skill no big deal.
Word of mouth on the brand is good. I like my Parweld tig torch so the Parweld Euro torch type 15. Should be good.
12 voltage steps which I will confess may not make a wo rld of difference to me. But it might.
Finally. A few years ago I had a few lessons on a 3 phase Lincoln and I still remember the lovely sizzle sound it made. The Cebora was more of a crackle and sometimes pop.
I'm hoping the slightly better machine will help me find my sizzle..........