Hi guys,
Ive been a reader of this forum for some time, getting many pointers and plenty of help and advice by reading other people posts.
Ive had my Lorch for about a year now, and mainly used it for small repair jobs and hobby use i.e making work benches, car ramps etc.
I chose arc over mig due to it being nice and portable, and also because I could weld outside in windy conditions if need be. But it obviously isn't too practical at welding the underside of cars etc (however I've only needed to do this the once)
I mainly use 2 or 3mm wall box section and tube to construct things and I manage to weld this just fine and nice and tidy when welding flat, but vertical ups just end up looking a complete pigs ear and I quite often end up making huge holes which I then use the 2 sticks method to fill!!
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I have been thinking of getting my self a mig to make things a little more straight forward and also less time consuming. I enjoy using arc, but I feel it may be aimed at things a little more heavy duty than I use. The only thing putting me off is the possible cost of arg/co2 mix. How much does it cost to fill a large (is it 45 litre???) bottle, and will anywhere fill these for me (I've heard conflicting stories).
And lastly would I be likely to find someone to trade a half decent mig for my Lorch 150H ?? As I don't really want to use Ebay and end up getting hardly anything for it, or paying huge fee's for having a high reserve, and obviously high postage costs. Also I'm not sure as to the value of such an item that is now second hand?
Thank you for reading and I look forward to any responses I get
Ive been a reader of this forum for some time, getting many pointers and plenty of help and advice by reading other people posts.
Ive had my Lorch for about a year now, and mainly used it for small repair jobs and hobby use i.e making work benches, car ramps etc.
I chose arc over mig due to it being nice and portable, and also because I could weld outside in windy conditions if need be. But it obviously isn't too practical at welding the underside of cars etc (however I've only needed to do this the once)
I mainly use 2 or 3mm wall box section and tube to construct things and I manage to weld this just fine and nice and tidy when welding flat, but vertical ups just end up looking a complete pigs ear and I quite often end up making huge holes which I then use the 2 sticks method to fill!!
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I have been thinking of getting my self a mig to make things a little more straight forward and also less time consuming. I enjoy using arc, but I feel it may be aimed at things a little more heavy duty than I use. The only thing putting me off is the possible cost of arg/co2 mix. How much does it cost to fill a large (is it 45 litre???) bottle, and will anywhere fill these for me (I've heard conflicting stories).
And lastly would I be likely to find someone to trade a half decent mig for my Lorch 150H ?? As I don't really want to use Ebay and end up getting hardly anything for it, or paying huge fee's for having a high reserve, and obviously high postage costs. Also I'm not sure as to the value of such an item that is now second hand?
Thank you for reading and I look forward to any responses I get
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