Yeah using 0.8mm wire?, I have 0.6mm, and i meant actual settings by R-tech themselves, like on some welders there is a graph on the inside of the welder telling you a rough guide setting of amps and wire speed for gauge of wire and metal thickness, also came across doubleboost's video showing...
Aye I'm on the 80-90 club even though there isnt much traffic on it, plenty of info though
I have to use the whole panel TBH as the previous owner hit a fence post and dented and then left the rear arch to rot, so its easier to chop it all out in one big piece than patch it here and there...
Hi guys i bought an Rtech mig 180 a couple of weeks ago and have been playing around with it, so far have built a 22" sheet metal bender and a welding trolley from old angle i had laying around, the thing is i bought it to do panel work on my T25 camper van, i was just wondering if anyone knew...
Gave SIG a call and they do a "hobbyweld" rental free at a deposit of £60 for a 10L cyl @230 bar, gas price @ 31 quid a refill which should do me fine, that was for Sure Shield 5
cheers guys, will have a looksy, what Gas does everyone prefer to use? looking mostly at autobody grade stuff with a the occasional heavier use for maybe doing chassis work here and there, Does anybody know what type of Reg comes with the RTECH? sure i read somewhere that CO2 that the argon Mix...
Hi Guys, just bit the bullet and bought myself an R-Tech Mig 180, now looking for a Gas supplier around the Glasgow area or anywhere that is doing good deals, As i know there is a few of us around this way, I'm ideally looking for Rent free as i don't think i will be using too much gas and don't...
Might want to re-read what i wrote, I'm not mixing heat with the water, its either compressed air and localised heat or just water and really high pressures from a pressure washer
depends on the pipe your doing, on things like 2 stroke expansion chambers I've seen guys starting at 30-40psi, as the metals thinner on them, on my pipe i might need a bit more pressure than that as the walls will be thicker than on an 2 stroker expansion pipe, if you can ideally do it with a...
Seen a few guys do it with the pressure washer, but also seen the comp air and blowtorch/heat method working as well, i have both but still need to figure out how to plug the ends whatever method i choose
Hi guys, got a cheap set of carbon oval race cans for my SP1 as they came off a bike that had been down, I've got the bits to sort out the damage to the can itself but the part I'm asking for info on is on the link pipe itself going from the can to the manifold/header, basically as the bike the...
Don't suppose if anyone know's if the welder runs a 24v or a 12v motor? I was just going to do a order a replacement and seen that there there are 2 options on the same mechanism, just wondered if anyone knew off the top of their head as i'll need to rebuild it all again before i can plug it in...
I'd use that £200 and throw it at a better welder and some metal and just get practicing, there is plenty of youtube video's out there explaining the basics and advanced side of MIG, I'd maybe consider a course it if it was a TIG course, but mig is just a big squirt gun. save yer cash and put it...
I've seen the wire feeders on weld equip, seems the one i have isn't on there so cant go for a "direct replacement" from them, hence why i asked if anyone had modified/swapped out feeders for a better one, yes i realise that the welder is a bottom of the line crappy hobby unit, but its only cost...
Oh yeah its a 135 turbo, been reading some of the SIP mods and was wondering is there an issue with the wire feeder itself? or is it down to poorly smoothed out voltage regulation going into the motor causing the poor feed? or more likely a combo of both?, I'm quite willing to "mod" this welder...
Hi guys, got a 2nd hand wolf welder for near next to nothing, but it does have a wire feed problem, now i already went through the process of replacing the liner with curtain wire as it was feeling like there was a little more resistance than i would have liked in there, after doing that i had a...
One thing to also consider is that if you are wanting to use the compressor you are going to be atomizing the parrafin with the spray gun and breathing it in which isnt really all that healthy, just use an old fuel injection pump with a filter on it, have a t junction on outlet pipe with an...
found out more on the course, turns out that the HNC isnt really welding at all, most of it is 90% theory and 10% practical as its to learn you more of a supervisory role, so the lecturer said the NC would be better as its actually teaching you to be a welder and fabricator, and a fairly decent...
Hi guys, looking into doing an hnc course in welding and fabricating at the local college http://www.anniesland.ac.uk/courses/view.aspx?C=1454
now the thing is, i dont want to do some course if its not going to help me get a job at the end of it, so what i would like to know is what are the...
Should look into whacking a turbo on it, quite easy to turbo the old oil cooled lumps, use 34mm cv carbs, then build plenum, mani, and use fuel system from an xj650 turbo, thicker base gasket, nice 200bhp should be easy to acheive, will be bonkers
check out the old skool suzuki forum, has a...