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Ah well looks like i've done a massive circle back to the Fusion 200PHF, Got to get a few more things sorted first as there is a few more tools i need to get and in the coming weeks i'll post up when i have it with my first impressions ect, and i'm sure i'll be asking for some useful guides to get the best from it (set up and welding practices)
Thanx for all your help guys i turly grateful
Thanx for all your help guys i turly grateful
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procage, i dont think you can go far wrong with the fusion 200phf, does nice TIG work @ 200amps with 50% duty cycle and 180amps @ 50% if you are stick/mma welding. Pulse is nice if going from thick to thin materials. Just make sure when you buy the machine you get every thing you need, like torch and tunsten electrodes, plus get yourself a few spares. Not sure what filler rods you need to be using because of what you are welding. Speak to weldequip about consumables to get you started, nothing like buying a machine and being missing the bits to get you running. what sort of thickness material are you welding, my fusion has a 150amp torch which is fine but gets a little warm when used for a while, wish i had shelled out a few more quid and bought the bigger air cooled torch, but i will most likely now change it for a water cooled one and a stand alone water cooler unit.
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yes all good points, i didn't want to jump the gun but all questions i was going to ask
The CDS mild is 2.0mm think, or 14gauge ? i think... anyways i would need to know whats the best kit to get, my problem is i can't always have a perfect angle of attack as sometimes the tube i need to weld is too close to roof or another object that makes me have ot weld shallow.... The other one is in the joints, as they can be way too deep for a torch to get in, so would need to know if i can get a torch just for this job.
The T45 i'm not even thinking about yet, as that i can "learn" but the mild i need to be jumping strait onto the moment i get the new gear.
Simeple things like looking after the tips (tunsten) so they work at there best i must learn.
Only good thing is, i've always pushed my welds, and welding every day i have a steady hand, and i know good from bad, which imho really helps the learning process.
the only other thing is the fact i can use a foot controller while working in the car, i was looking to see what other controller boxes i can get... ect.
thanx again guys you've all be great so far.
The CDS mild is 2.0mm think, or 14gauge ? i think... anyways i would need to know whats the best kit to get, my problem is i can't always have a perfect angle of attack as sometimes the tube i need to weld is too close to roof or another object that makes me have ot weld shallow.... The other one is in the joints, as they can be way too deep for a torch to get in, so would need to know if i can get a torch just for this job.
The T45 i'm not even thinking about yet, as that i can "learn" but the mild i need to be jumping strait onto the moment i get the new gear.
Simeple things like looking after the tips (tunsten) so they work at there best i must learn.
Only good thing is, i've always pushed my welds, and welding every day i have a steady hand, and i know good from bad, which imho really helps the learning process.
the only other thing is the fact i can use a foot controller while working in the car, i was looking to see what other controller boxes i can get... ect.
thanx again guys you've all be great so far.
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procage as shenion says you can get a torch with thumb wheel control on it, this would allow you to change the amperage easy enough, not sure you would be able to change it while you are welding, just think trying to hold the torch the filler wire and fiddling with a thumb wheel might be to much, but would certainly save getting out of the car and turning the amps up or down, as you can do it from the thumb wheel, for 2mm thick you are looking at 1.6mm tungstens i think . pulsing on mild steel is fine, as i say i use it for welding 1mm sheet to 6mm plate and it makes it dam easy, no fear of toasting the 1mm to death and not fear of lack of penetration as long as you have it set up right.
there are different types of shroud, some are quite narrow good for getting into corners etc, the other thing you can get is short end caps, the big tail thing you tighten up to hold the tungsten in place, they do half size ones and a tiny little plug type one again good for restricted access.
there are different types of shroud, some are quite narrow good for getting into corners etc, the other thing you can get is short end caps, the big tail thing you tighten up to hold the tungsten in place, they do half size ones and a tiny little plug type one again good for restricted access.
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if you a min check this link out, its for parweld, they make tig torches etc, think they do flexiable ones as well, but its a good chance to see the different styles. you want the weldcraft type ones as consumable as easy available
http://www.parweld.net/main/parweld.html
http://www.parweld.net/main/parweld.html
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they do kind of, i think its the wp17 you want, but it shows options flexi head etc, and the long reach shrouds for hard to reach areas. Think weldequip must be getting some beauty sleep, otherwise he might have commented on the torch type options.
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This isn't really the right forum for my questions but you all seem to know your buisness.
Suppose if you had some spare flowmeters ready to fit to disposable CO2 bottles plus Ar cylinders (as yet not leased, maybe) and would like to have a reliable flow of gas to the work piece. What would you do ?
The inlet of the flowmeters come with a 3/8 BSP (straight) adapter going into the body of the flowmeters. I won't be using that though.
As far as I can tell, the thread on the inlet of the flowmeters is exactly diameter 0.400" - I took this to mean 10mm.
I've managed to source a £4 M10X1.0 die (quite a task) and used this to fit a brass tube to the flowmeter inlets. However, these don't screw quite down to the base of the tap hole, and I'm wondering if there is such a thread as a 0.400" BSP thread?
Any advice about fine pitch threads would be welcome, as well as what threads are used on the disposable CO2 bottles - one seems to be about 9.5mm by about 1.0mm, about about.
Yours,
Matthew
This isn't really the right forum for my questions but you all seem to know your buisness.
Suppose if you had some spare flowmeters ready to fit to disposable CO2 bottles plus Ar cylinders (as yet not leased, maybe) and would like to have a reliable flow of gas to the work piece. What would you do ?
The inlet of the flowmeters come with a 3/8 BSP (straight) adapter going into the body of the flowmeters. I won't be using that though.
As far as I can tell, the thread on the inlet of the flowmeters is exactly diameter 0.400" - I took this to mean 10mm.
I've managed to source a £4 M10X1.0 die (quite a task) and used this to fit a brass tube to the flowmeter inlets. However, these don't screw quite down to the base of the tap hole, and I'm wondering if there is such a thread as a 0.400" BSP thread?
Any advice about fine pitch threads would be welcome, as well as what threads are used on the disposable CO2 bottles - one seems to be about 9.5mm by about 1.0mm, about about.
Yours,
Matthew
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Normally all pressure stuff is still BSP, not sure about dispoable bottles, could be a metric thread more likely 1/8 bsp or something daft. weldequip might know
