I have a portamig which has a spool of the 5kg Lincoln wire in it and seems fine.I also have an r-tech with the smaller spool of super 6 and its just as good from what I can tell.You dont need to be as fussy with bare mig wire as say welding electrodes as there's no flux to worry about in the...
I have a portamig 215 and its a great machine but recently i got a r-tech mig 180 for jobs away from home as the portamig is anything but portable.I have to say the r-tech welds every bit as good as the portamig imo and also comes with a stick welder built in.Although i doubt the r-tech will...
Yea it is the bracket that the spring connects to which is bolted to the saw itself.I'll give them a ring Monday and see whats what,appreciate all the responses lads.
I bought one of them 6x4 clarke bandsaws and when i was trying to lift it out of the box i seem to have broke the casting on the swingarm thats attached to the downfeed spring.Does anyone know if a replacement could be got and if so where.Cheers.
The guy i work with in the evenings has a similar rebranded one the past 8 or 9 years and it hasn't killed me.
Saying that i dont think they will lift 3.5 ton,i tried to get a range rover sport up on it a few weeks ago and it
just couldn't get all four wheels off the ground although it has...
I haven't really made anything yet only stuck stuff together but thats a good tip,thanks.
Actually i have to make a door for the new workshop soon so i might try it on that.
I also have a stick welder that i have been practicing a lot more on lately just trying to reduce the shakes ha.
Doubleboosts videos are great,i have been watching a lot of them lately and he gives good real world examples.
I couldn't believe that tine little plug weld was able to hold his...
Thanks for the tips lads.Ed i'll try turning up the voltage a notch.
Jan,do you mean to start from about half way across the straight section of the box and weld around the corner to
half way around the vertical side(dunno if that makes sense).I have been messing around with the machine the...
Have my portamig 215 a few weeks now but only really got around to using it the past few days(off on hols)
I got it from Steve at weldequip who's service is top notch,everything was spot on.
Anyway i have been messing around with it for a few minutes here and there getting settings right and...
Hi all,
Just joined up and pretty new to welding,ordered a new portamig 215 from weldequip today.After all the countless threads praising them it seemed like a simple choice to me.
I haven't done any welding since college a few years ago but have been reading up and getting advice from some...