Good advice but he has a stick welder and he's pretty handy with it.
A 171 wouldn't please him, 210 would be as low as he'd be wanting.
An Oxford MIG maker would be the ideal machine but it's too much money for a gift
This one is local, the guy bought it, never used it and now needs money for a house. He'll take £350 which has to be good for a brand new machine.
210 is less power than the Father in-law would like but he doesn't need anything too fancy. He'll be making farm gates and that type of thing
Hi all,
The father in-law wants a MIG for Christmas. Being a gift I'd like to do it on a budget.
I have a chance at a MAC tools 210 at a keen price brand new.
I assume these are a SIP or SWP rebranded? Anyone know their provenance?
Cheers,
Dan
Thanks Zeppelin.
I switched back to Hardwire for a couple of recent projects.
I'm making a shop press out of C-channel this week and I might give the flux core another blast for the heavier stuff
I don't think my mix is anything like 80/20 maybe more 90/10. It's from Air Products, not BOC.
My machine has steps and Synergic wire feed. Works fantastic for 1mm steel wire. An absolute fool could get a good weld out of it, but you can't dial in settings like the boyos on YouTube...
Tried a few beads this evening.
Pull, fairly steep torch angle, 20lpm.
Got some pretty nice beads, slag just falls off with the slightest touch.
With practice I think I could get it pretty good, was playing a bit with voltage, wirefeed and travel speed...
That document is really useful.
You're right, I need a heavier gas and a higher flow rate.
I'll bump the flow rate up tomorrow and see how I get on with it.
The rolls are marked 2013 but the boxes are perfect and inside they're in a foil vac-pac. I bought 2 rolls to begin with to see how it...
Yep Antrim indeed.
I'm able to get as much of this wire as I want at £10 per 15kg roll and like others I've watched APEX Welding get great results from Dual Shield.
I run Air Products Argon CO2 mix, is it 7% at around 15 LPM.
I did get some decent beads from my brief test, but I wondered if the...
Hi All,
So I was at an auction and came across some 1.2mm Fluxcore wire and decided I would try to run Dual shield flux core since I was able to buy a roll of 15kg wire for £10.
I run a GYS MonoGys, I rang the supplier and got 1.2mm knurled rollers and some 1.2mm contact tips. So Far so good...