Hello all
I have been heavily researching and toying with purchasing a MiG welder for some months now.
I am proposing to weld, in a workshop, mainly 3mm ish Aluminum tube truss structures. However from time to time I need to weld thicker aluminum bar up to say 12mm. Unfortunately I am limited to a single phase supply, although I do have 32A available. I was initially thinking of going the Tig route and will probably look at a Tig machine in the future. I think in the long term the Tig process would become a hindrance with respect to speed with the need for many repetitive welds on each truss section so keep focusing on a MiG welder.
Having spend considerable time reading many posts on this forum and looking at countless utube videos with reviews tips and tricks etc. I was initially considering a machine from the normal suspects
Jarasic, R Tec, ESAB, Miller, Tec Arc, GYS etc.
Then I suddenly stumbled across articles referencing single and double pulse MiG welding. I think this process would be very advantageous to me.
Now this is where i start to struggle.... There appear to be far fewer 240v single phase pulsed welder options open to me. Could anyone make some suggestions of machines to consider.
I am really looking for a machine that has some portability and Inverter based, otherwise I think I would choose the offerings of Oxford Welders/Technical Arc, their machines look good have the twin pulse feature and sort of come in my price range and can output up to 250A from a single 240v 32A single phase supply, but weight wise are around 90 ish KG!!!
The Likes of Lorch, EWM, Fonius etc seem expensive, and the usual suspects don't seem to offer twin pulse option.
Finally, whilst the machine is for hobby use i want reliability and the ability to get it repaired if i had to, so the £600 ish options on Ebay etc. aren't really a consideration.
I am considering the twin pulse GYS, but cannot find any reviews anywhere
If you haven't dropped of to sleep by now any suggestions would be appreciated
Many thanks
I have been heavily researching and toying with purchasing a MiG welder for some months now.
I am proposing to weld, in a workshop, mainly 3mm ish Aluminum tube truss structures. However from time to time I need to weld thicker aluminum bar up to say 12mm. Unfortunately I am limited to a single phase supply, although I do have 32A available. I was initially thinking of going the Tig route and will probably look at a Tig machine in the future. I think in the long term the Tig process would become a hindrance with respect to speed with the need for many repetitive welds on each truss section so keep focusing on a MiG welder.
Having spend considerable time reading many posts on this forum and looking at countless utube videos with reviews tips and tricks etc. I was initially considering a machine from the normal suspects
Jarasic, R Tec, ESAB, Miller, Tec Arc, GYS etc.
Then I suddenly stumbled across articles referencing single and double pulse MiG welding. I think this process would be very advantageous to me.
Now this is where i start to struggle.... There appear to be far fewer 240v single phase pulsed welder options open to me. Could anyone make some suggestions of machines to consider.
I am really looking for a machine that has some portability and Inverter based, otherwise I think I would choose the offerings of Oxford Welders/Technical Arc, their machines look good have the twin pulse feature and sort of come in my price range and can output up to 250A from a single 240v 32A single phase supply, but weight wise are around 90 ish KG!!!
The Likes of Lorch, EWM, Fonius etc seem expensive, and the usual suspects don't seem to offer twin pulse option.
Finally, whilst the machine is for hobby use i want reliability and the ability to get it repaired if i had to, so the £600 ish options on Ebay etc. aren't really a consideration.
I am considering the twin pulse GYS, but cannot find any reviews anywhere
If you haven't dropped of to sleep by now any suggestions would be appreciated
Many thanks