Looking at buying (My First) Mig welder after saving for about 4 years. I can weld a little. everything I do I stick to so I'm confident I will progress and know the value of half decent equipment in my work as a landscaper, besides the projects have been sat there for 6 years already.
I will be doing a lot of van and truck bodywork (0.8-1.2mm) 2-3mm chassis work and welding 5 or 6mm plate, box and parallel flange section etc. also.
Shortlist is the Oxford 200-1 or Oxford 240-1 or the MTA/Portamig 211 or 231. Really because of the promise of spare parts in the future and the wide amp range and variable wire speed and promised quality or the wire feed.
The duty cycles don't seem overly impressive on all the machines however, especially at the higher amp range and I can't seem to find a duty cycle /Amps curve for any of the machines to compare them directly.
I don't want to go any higher than 16A single phase because of the additional expense of installing the power supply to it which also has to be factored in.
6mm 3 core swa cable is on the limit with a 16A unit for the remote power supply spur which is around 80m away once all the twists and turns have been routed. 10mm swa comes in at £150 dearer. Forget 3 phase 16mm SWA as its way too expensive!
Can anyone advise which is the best machine for the money or advise another, or where to get the duty cycle/A performance curves from?
Thanks.
I will be doing a lot of van and truck bodywork (0.8-1.2mm) 2-3mm chassis work and welding 5 or 6mm plate, box and parallel flange section etc. also.
Shortlist is the Oxford 200-1 or Oxford 240-1 or the MTA/Portamig 211 or 231. Really because of the promise of spare parts in the future and the wide amp range and variable wire speed and promised quality or the wire feed.
The duty cycles don't seem overly impressive on all the machines however, especially at the higher amp range and I can't seem to find a duty cycle /Amps curve for any of the machines to compare them directly.
I don't want to go any higher than 16A single phase because of the additional expense of installing the power supply to it which also has to be factored in.
6mm 3 core swa cable is on the limit with a 16A unit for the remote power supply spur which is around 80m away once all the twists and turns have been routed. 10mm swa comes in at £150 dearer. Forget 3 phase 16mm SWA as its way too expensive!
Can anyone advise which is the best machine for the money or advise another, or where to get the duty cycle/A performance curves from?
Thanks.