MechaFurby
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G'day,
I know I started a thread like this last year-ish. Never ended up getting anything as thing went a bit pear shaped as they tend to for us.
I have a narrow window of opportunity and a larger budget, although more $ = more convincing the other half, begging etc.
What I want is something that will let me weld car panels nicely and some slightly thicker pressed steel structural stuff (maybe 1.5mm?), do exhaust system work, and if at all possible let me weld aluminium and stainless. Aluminium would be a big plus for repairing bits and pieces like cooling fins etc. on my VW.
I already have a cruddy but strong cigweld arc welder. One of the ones that just has the two rod thickness settings, so I'm adequately covered for thicker iron / steel fabrication if I have to be.
If MIG is the way to go, I really do not want a gasless. They strike me as a little halfassed to be honest.
I'm not sure if it is possible, but is it possible to equip a welder to take the disposable bottles, but make it accept a proper rental bottle if I have a really big job? After all, I do have a VW
Some of those relatively cheap Chinese multi machines are rattling about on Australian eBay too. I think they are Arc / MMA / TIG units? They would be a mistake to pursue I'm guessing?
I've tried the local stores including chains. Repco has house branded MIG welders which I believe are SIP.
Blackwoods, a big supplier of welders in Australia were completely useless. I went in there and they just had four different arc welders sitting there. I asked one of the people about MIG welders and gas bottles.
On MIGs he said what I saw is what they had (none), but if I wanted he could try to order something in and gave me a business card with the web site on it, which has no prices and limited specs by the way.
On bottles he said to talk to BOC, which would be semi useful I guess, and proceeded to tell me the (wrong) address. It's only a few doors down on the same street.
Supercheap apparently stocks them, just not here. No surprise there. Wouldn't trust their rubbish as far as I could throw it though. Everything breaks / falls to bits from there.
We're getting a new to us car later this week so driving to other towns won't be like playing Russian roulette, so I might check some stores in other towns when I am there, but I'm struggling to get real info on actual available products.
Please help?
I know I started a thread like this last year-ish. Never ended up getting anything as thing went a bit pear shaped as they tend to for us.
I have a narrow window of opportunity and a larger budget, although more $ = more convincing the other half, begging etc.
What I want is something that will let me weld car panels nicely and some slightly thicker pressed steel structural stuff (maybe 1.5mm?), do exhaust system work, and if at all possible let me weld aluminium and stainless. Aluminium would be a big plus for repairing bits and pieces like cooling fins etc. on my VW.
I already have a cruddy but strong cigweld arc welder. One of the ones that just has the two rod thickness settings, so I'm adequately covered for thicker iron / steel fabrication if I have to be.
If MIG is the way to go, I really do not want a gasless. They strike me as a little halfassed to be honest.
I'm not sure if it is possible, but is it possible to equip a welder to take the disposable bottles, but make it accept a proper rental bottle if I have a really big job? After all, I do have a VW
Some of those relatively cheap Chinese multi machines are rattling about on Australian eBay too. I think they are Arc / MMA / TIG units? They would be a mistake to pursue I'm guessing?
I've tried the local stores including chains. Repco has house branded MIG welders which I believe are SIP.
Blackwoods, a big supplier of welders in Australia were completely useless. I went in there and they just had four different arc welders sitting there. I asked one of the people about MIG welders and gas bottles.
On MIGs he said what I saw is what they had (none), but if I wanted he could try to order something in and gave me a business card with the web site on it, which has no prices and limited specs by the way.
On bottles he said to talk to BOC, which would be semi useful I guess, and proceeded to tell me the (wrong) address. It's only a few doors down on the same street.
Supercheap apparently stocks them, just not here. No surprise there. Wouldn't trust their rubbish as far as I could throw it though. Everything breaks / falls to bits from there.
We're getting a new to us car later this week so driving to other towns won't be like playing Russian roulette, so I might check some stores in other towns when I am there, but I'm struggling to get real info on actual available products.
Please help?
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