MIG WELDER FROM GERMAN Ebay

[Boggy]

Hi
Has anyone any knowledge of these:-
LCDVision SYN mig 135
http://www.ebay.de/itm/SYN-MIG-135-...=484128178214986267&pid=100015&prg=1006&rk=1&

Cheers
Boggy

 

[Ragnarok]

don't they have enough of that kind of junk on our ebay to chose from if you want it?..

edit sorry just realised you are in france i'm sure the same goes for french ebay though haha

 

[cumbriasteve]

The thing to be careful of is that they are not just importing Chinese machines, if thats what it actually is and offering little if any back up with faults that develop and some develop faults quite quickly apparently

 

[Boggy]

The thing is I need a welder with very low amps to weld very thin car bodywork ie.0.6mm
This one goes down to 20 amps and I havent found anything similar in France or UK for similar money
Cheers
Boggy

 

[Shox Dr]

20amps is not low enough you need to be as low as 10amps

 

[Boggy]

Now Im really confused!!!
For car bodywork a budget welder which is highly recommended on this forum is the Clarke Pro 90, this welder only goes down to 24 amps...if you need to be at 10 amps why is the Clarke recommended?

Boggy (very confused dot com)

 

[Ragnarok]

20amps is not low enough you need to be as low as 10amps

my Lorch has plate thickness settings in synergic mode and on the 0.6 wire program step 1 is 0.6mm plate thickness as far as i remember, but thinest i've tried is 0.8-0.9 sheet on interval mode step 2-3 i think it says 1.2mm or something but with 0.8 wire so it'd weld thiner easier on 0.6, it'll do a straight run not on interval mode on the 0.8-0.9 on step 1, but my results were better on interval mode, and this welders spec is minmum amps 30, so i don't think it's true that 10 amps minimum is needed to weld 0.6mm at all.

 

[Shox Dr]

Not the first post I've misread today. Thought it was on about TIG sets.

 

[Ragnarok]

Not the first post I've misread today. Thought it was on about TIG sets.

haha ahh now that makes more sense

 

[cumbriasteve]

The thing is I need a welder with very low amps to weld very thin car bodywork ie.0.6mm
This one goes down to 20 amps and I havent found anything similar in France or UK for similar money
Cheers
Boggy

Many people have done car restorations and repairs with a 30 amp minimum machine, less is nicer but not totally essential.

Prices are of course reflective on the machines as you are finding out, the cheaper Chinese machines are at times not as reliable and at worse very unreliable...but some people have bought them and they are working well..you pay your money and take your chances.

 

[Boggy]

This is the auction price,the shop price is 339 euros, so not that cheap and comes with a 2 year guarantee

Boggy

 

[malcolm]

Ought to rewrite the buyers guide at some point. On bodywork you would probably do better with a professional machine that claims a minimum of 40 amps than a rubbish machine that claims a minimum of 20 amps. It's whether the machine is controlable at those amps that is important. Personally I would avoid Chinese until they figure out MIG sets and go for a quality used European machine instead. Having said that I haven't tried the Chinese German machines myself so can't comment.