Hi Guys
I'm a noob so forgive me if I'm going to ask some daft questions.
I'm restoring a VW beetle and I've got some (a lot) of bodywork repairs and a couple of floorpan repairs to be done... SO i'm in the market for a mig welder.
My girlfriends dad has offered me the loan of his set up but he welds trucks and heavy gauge farming stuff as he owns a horse yard, so i'm thinking his rig is going to be a little overkill, I can't currently ask him though as he's on holiday in Vegas.
So i'm looking around for a welder that would be more suitable for my needs I'm going to be mainly working outside and on the above subject and not much else really the heaviest welding I think I'd consider at the moment is probably narrowing torsion beams... but that is a way off.
It'll mainly be used for bodywork and floorpan work.
I'm a complete novice, I've read into the subject a lot and watched tutorial videos...but I am fully aware that it is a hands on learning process, and not book based, luckilly I've got a whole knackered shell to practice on so I won't be short of work peices.
I'm looking at spending about £200 max (the less I have to spend on a welder the more I can spend on panels) and this Clarke Set seems to be what I'm after...Question is... Is it?
I'm after somthing that will go down low enough so i'm not blowing holes through repair panels but be man enough to do some of the thicker suspension narrowing jobs.
I want somthing that is going to be easy to use/ maintain.
Sorry for the dumb questions I guess you'll hear them day in day out!
Many Thanks
Matt
I'm a noob so forgive me if I'm going to ask some daft questions.
I'm restoring a VW beetle and I've got some (a lot) of bodywork repairs and a couple of floorpan repairs to be done... SO i'm in the market for a mig welder.
My girlfriends dad has offered me the loan of his set up but he welds trucks and heavy gauge farming stuff as he owns a horse yard, so i'm thinking his rig is going to be a little overkill, I can't currently ask him though as he's on holiday in Vegas.
So i'm looking around for a welder that would be more suitable for my needs I'm going to be mainly working outside and on the above subject and not much else really the heaviest welding I think I'd consider at the moment is probably narrowing torsion beams... but that is a way off.
It'll mainly be used for bodywork and floorpan work.
I'm a complete novice, I've read into the subject a lot and watched tutorial videos...but I am fully aware that it is a hands on learning process, and not book based, luckilly I've got a whole knackered shell to practice on so I won't be short of work peices.
I'm looking at spending about £200 max (the less I have to spend on a welder the more I can spend on panels) and this Clarke Set seems to be what I'm after...Question is... Is it?
I'm after somthing that will go down low enough so i'm not blowing holes through repair panels but be man enough to do some of the thicker suspension narrowing jobs.
I want somthing that is going to be easy to use/ maintain.
Sorry for the dumb questions I guess you'll hear them day in day out!
Many Thanks
Matt