The reason I got it is for adding mounting tabs to my motorcycle frame for a new rear fender etc, and for generally learning how to do something new
I cut a piece of the fender off, split it down the centre and attempted to re-weld it back together. I did this as practise as I have to narrow...
Guys, been playing about with the new Chinese MIG 175 I just got
how do these welds look? This is on a 5mm thing piece of angle - these were my final two of the practise and were the best and I could consistently reproduce them. I was getting decent penetration I think. Using solid core and...
Best laid plans.....
So the company who was getting me the technomig couldn’t get it, and now no other supplier can either, so I bought a £100 Chinese MIG 175
Practice began today
yeah TIG is what most use when building bikes professionally, especially the custom scene. But the factory welds on my bike are very clumpy in places and light years away from the TIG you see on new frames. These Harleys really are tractors.
My bike is definitely not a show bike, it just needed...
Thanks. It’s a 2000 harley. Frame wall thickness 0.12inch (3mm)
the mounting brackets ive got are 1/4inch thick (approx 6.5mm)
So For 6.5mm thickness I need around 200amps but f I am welding it to a 3mm thick frame piece I assume I select the amps based on the thinnest piece or will blow...
same system as U.K. 230v
Same 3 pin plug
that raises another question, at what point can you no longer connect a welding machine to a regular mains socket?
Hello all
New to the forum, and to welding.
I am researching my first MIG machine and could do with some sensible advice please.
Total novice welder, I understand the theory but have not had the practice.
Currently restoring an old motorbike and need to do some rear fender fabrication and weld...