i spoke to boc yesterday and they told me they have a new hobbyist product deal its a 2 litre argosheild bottle for £20 one off deposit and £18 refill no long term deposits as its a one off they say it sould give around 50 minutes welding just thought i would share this incase its of interest :D
cheap wire
well ive been using the wire i bought from screwfix and it welds great one minute and sparks like a feckur the next so my welding although its never been that great is good then crap im not even posting my pics as i would just set myself up for a slagging lol
ive been reading about guys having hassle refilling their co2 pub bottles ive been in the same boat untill today i phoned M+S fire extingushers in rutherglen who filled my bottle for £12 and said to let my friends know so im letting you know if your in the Glasgow area m+s are at duches ind est...
mig wire bargain
hi guys ive just ran out of wire and was going to go to machine mart as usual for more but i was browsing screwfix direct and saw the same 0.6mm 5kg spool for £10.30 that is £16 in machine mart so i got 2 and it was just £5 postage so i recon thats a good deal and thought i...
thanks for that i was going to wear a good quality dust mask as the whole silica thing did come to mind i have priced grit and been quoted stupid money £24 for a 10kg tub ive not got that kind of money but will keep looking cheers again
hi guys im not sure if this is the right part of the forum but ive bought a small sand blasting gun and am not sure if using kiln dried sand would work for what i want to do but the price of the correct grit is more than i can afford so trying the cheap option but any advice would be...
ive been looking into the gas supply too around lanark and our local supplier is doak who are an agent for BOC but you need an account with BOC then you rent the tank on an annual basis around £70 for the small size then £30 topup not an economical option for me so im working on getting an old...
thats the grey area as the car being towed is classed as a trailer as long as its 750kg or less at the end of the day its down to individual cops most wouldnt know the first thing about this anyway and as long as youve lights and reg plate would probably not bother. im not saying your wrong but...
ive just built one there are no plans easily available and i did it from my own ideas these are used daily by people with camper vans in the UK the law is a grey area i built mine to transport a corsa 60 miles i have put an album of pictures of mine but as i said its not from plans it cost me...
i recently ran out of co2 for my mig and my neighbour said borrow mine and gave me a large co2 bottle the pubs use it seemed to work fine are there any problems with using these?
ive just built one and put my pics on here feel free to have a look i built it without plans and just had an idea in my head its not as portable as the professionaly built ones but does come apart i was quite chuffed with it and it does work although i did have a few teething problems but ironed...
ive built a trailer in the past with arc welding and as a beginner with mig im not a total numpty my welds are strong its just the appearance isnt very good ive welded to mot standard on my cars with the mig but that was mostly light bodywork not 4mm steel but im getting there thanks for your...
yes its loud and strong i can also see the burn when im welding the project im working on is an old trailer and am welding 2 different thicknesses of metal and one is new and one coud be 30 years old but in good order but i have been looking at the tutorials on here and think i need to perfect...
im having problems uploading pics it wont allow me for some reason and yes im using the disposable containers but there is plenty in it i dont have a very good regulator its just the small one that came with the mig im using at max which is 6