Sorted. Taken your advice and bought that one plus the necessary PPE and 3.2mm rods and all for around £265.
So tomorrow I'll be welding
Slightly apprehensive about standing in a steel box that's floating on water and chucking lots of electricity about but nothing ventured...
Worst case scenario...
Having done yet more research this morning you and Rig Pig advice has done the trick. I simply cant afford to buy a suitable MIG welder so ARC it is. All I have to do now is find one. The price ranges are crazy from like £70 upwards.
How does this one look to you guys...
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I'm in a total quandary as to what welder to buy. So after days of research that has as many positives as it does negatives, today I'm just going to buy a MIG welder and see what happens. I cant choose which one as the options are endless but I've decided to get this one...
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As jerrytud said, over plating isn't the strictly correct way as it traps the bad steel behind the new but there is the argument that it is just a steel box floating on the water. Most of it comes down to money i'm afraid because its about what the value of the boat is. If a boat has been...
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Looked at that and its interesting. My boats a bit big for that kind of operation and it doesn't need work to that extent. The work I'm doing is building a new top side for it. Steel in places for things like the doors and windows and the rest is wood as I'm restoring the original mahogany frame
It's a 47' Colecraft boat 1973. Not riveted as not old enough but is old enough to be built correctly. For example its hull was 1/4 plate (6.35 millimetre) when built and when measured last week it was 6.1 millimetres so not bad loss for a 46 year old boat.
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To cut a long story short, I am restoring an old narrowboat and need to do quite a lot of repairs and new fabrication welding. I intend to do as much of this as possible whilst the boat is on the water. I will only be welding the top half of the boat as the hull work will be done when I take...