Need help for picking a mig welder

[Reaperkinqs]

Hi all im new here and hope someone can help me ive started a project of building a recovery body on my transit and i need a good mig welder that can weld up to 5mm thick the only thing is my budget is £250 ish ive found one but it says it 230v 16amp would i be able to run this on house hold 13amp with this https://www.amazon.co.uk/PowerMaste...coding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9KEB2RMM7HEJ5RKSS7NQ

the welder im asking about is this any good for the job i need it for
https://www.sipuk.co.uk/sip-05756-weldmate-t166-gas-gasless-mig-welder.html

thanks in advanced

 

[gaz1]

id be looking more at this

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/mig151en-turbo-no-gas-mig-welder/

13 amps 240v then its a gas bottle and regulator for both machines and wire

otherwise your using gasless mig wire that gets costly

 

[Reaperkinqs]

id be looking more at this

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/mig151en-turbo-no-gas-mig-welder/

13 amps 240v then its a gas bottle and regulator for both machines and wire

otherwise your using gasless mig wire that gets costly

would this be good for the job i need i wont be welding no more than 5mm thick box section

 

[Shoggi]

id be looking more at this

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/mig151en-turbo-no-gas-mig-welder/

13 amps 240v then its a gas bottle and regulator for both machines and wire

otherwise your using gasless mig wire that gets costly

I bought this last week I haven't used it yet but I trust the advice I was given from gaz1

 

[gaz1]

between what you have posted and the clarke the clarke wins hands down by the reviews on here compared to sip machines

some are ok but many need mods being done to the machine to make them better i have both machines 150 amp the clarke is better

its also your value of what you can afford to pay for a mig welder as well

 

[Reaperkinqs]

between what you have posted and the clarke the clarke wins hands down by the reviews on here compared to sip machines

some are ok but many need mods being done to the machine to make them better i have both machines 150 amp the clarke is better

its also your value of what you can afford to pay for a mig welder as well

ok grate i think im gonna go with that one then just one more thing my friend has a gas mig welder i think its a 120 amp what would the thickness of metal it could weld do ya no

thanks for all the help

 

[gaz1]

3mm max the clarke one is 5mm max at full rate on both 10 min max weld time best to weld then stop for so long then reweld again then stop otherwise it trips out and stops you from welding

taking breaks only other way around this spend more on a higher rated welder

also if you request a machine mart voucher on the forums i believe there is 3 on at moment you get the welder less vat so you can buy a regulator or other tools you may want to get like gloves a auto darkening mask

also consider your gas option and welding wire

theres a boc volkzone offer or you get a hobbydeal both are much bigger bottles than the hobby ones lets just say against 5mins too 200mins for a bigger bottle

dont buy as 3 x of these equal a large bottle to either rent or have a contract upon

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-X-CO2-...874220&hash=item2a2b9e8e8b:g:UQoAAMXQSnVRZuTm

 

[Reaperkinqs]

3mm max the clarke one is 5mm max at full rate on both 10 min max weld time best to weld then stop for so long then reweld again then stop otherwise it trips out and stops you from welding

taking breaks only other way around this spend more on a higher rated welder

also if you request a machine mart voucher on the forums i believe there is 3 on at moment you get the welder less vat so you can buy a regulator or other tools you may want to get like gloves a auto darkening mask

also consider your gas option and welding wire

theres a boc volkzone offer or you get a hobbydeal both are much bigger bottles than the hobby ones lets just say against 5mins too 200mins for a bigger bottle

dont buy as 3 x of these equal a large bottle to either rent or have a contract upon

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-X-CO2-...874220&hash=item2a2b9e8e8b:g:UQoAAMXQSnVRZuTm

ok grate thanks for all the info

 

[Reaperkinqs]

Hi ive been offered a Mac Tools 181dp mig welder does anyone no if this is any good and what the specs are cheers guys

 

[dh131286]

not too impressed with my clarke 151en at the mo. got a new teflon liner coming tomorrow so decided to take the old metal liner out today. the plastic wire feed is shockingly cheap. the screw holding the bit that secure the liner in place in the machine has been removed once, by me earlier today and the plastic hole it goes into has a split down it. so must have been like that from new.

 

[gaz1]

we dont use teflon liner as thats for something else and wheres through quickly

we either use net curtain wire or the proper clarke metal liner

mines held by 2 bolts going through the welder to other side as its annoying when the nut drops off at inside of machine when you unscrew the liner on other end it goes into a metal block

 

[dh131286]

we dont use teflon liner as thats for something else and wheres through quickly

we either use net curtain wire or the proper clarke metal liner

mines held by 2 bolts going through the welder to other side as its annoying when the nut drops off at inside of machine when you unscrew the liner on other end it goes into a metal block

Im trying to weld alu hense the teflon liner. Thought it see how the machine copes with alu.

It sounds like your wire feeder is different to mine but its the same machine. Mine has one screw to secure the liner and screws into plastic. Any chance of a pic of yours? Cheers

 

[gaz1]

the innards pic of the clarke 150

@Shoggi is yours the same ?



heres closer pics of the mig liner

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/clarke-150te-torch-liner-service.21324/#post-885767

 

[dh131286]

Thats a different feeder assembley to mine. As said mine only has one screw holding the liner to the feeder assembley

 

[gaz1]

any chance of getting a photo and posting it on site as it would aid in helping you out

 

[Shoggi]

the innards pic of the clarke 150

@Shoggi is yours the same ?

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heres closer pics of the mig liner

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/clarke-150te-torch-liner-service.21324/#post-885767

Sorry mate been busy here is pics of the inside

 

[gaz1]

thanks shoggi they are different on the new models

nice new machine there

as mine and many on here are older models with 4 screws in them 2 too hold the wire in place another 2 too hold the sheath in place

its been mentioned on the forums that the wire has not been lined up properly therefor it was binding on the wire i cant find that tread otherwise i would have posted it

you may find it in the clarke part on the forums

 

[dh131286]

that's the same wire feed as mine. be careful of that one single silver screw that's hold the liner in place. as said I unscrewed mine to change to a Teflon liner and found the plastic hole had split. you may want to check it now. I found mine was broken at 11 months ownership so machine mart are replacing the part on warranty, its just short of £70 other wise

 

[Shoggi]

that's the same wire feed as mine. be careful of that one single silver screw that's hold the liner in place. as said I unscrewed mine to change to a Teflon liner and found the plastic hole had split. you may want to check it now. I found mine was broken at 11 months ownership so machine mart are replacing the part on warranty, its just short of £70 other wise

Cheers for the heads up I've not used it yet I'm still using my little sip 100 it's worth nowt but it's a great little welder,
But when I put it all together I will be checking I've still got plenty of warranty left on the 151 so it can always go back for repair

 

[dh131286]

Interesting. My replacement wire feed has arrived and its the same as gaz1's welder with the 2 screws securing the liner. Lets hope it fits