A little extra left over to spend

[Robbie260]

So after much faff trying to decide what to get to weld my Land Rover chassis with no avalible power supply, I have finally taken the plunge and ordered one of the above off of fleabay. Should arrive on the 18 of November but I won't be home till the 17th December so being able to play with the new toy is going to be put off for a bit. So ounce 2 12v deepcycle batteries have been procured from halfruds on my trade card, and a good quality battery charger I will have a significant proportion of my original budget left even with some extra money being shuffled off to PPE. Original budget was £2500 as I expected to have to buy an engine drive or a new fangled battery mma welder. With the ready welder being £538 inclusive of import and postage from the land of the free, £200 for batteries and a extra bit for a charger. Still leaves me a significant budget to play with in the percurement of a welder to be used within the confines of my power supplied shed.

As there is some crusty Land Rover body 1.5mm 47 year old aluminium to be welded as well in this endeavour, and while the ready welder claims it can achieve this I don't think it has fine enough amperage control for the job (decent enough for 2-3mm thick steel chassis though).

Was looking at the parweld Xtt 202p and the gys multi pearl 200, two very different machines I know but was wondering if ac tig would be better for the job or synergic mig? I would be running them off a 13amp supply at the minuet as that all I got I believe the gys 110v performance could easily be achieved through this setup and the parweld at around 160ish possibly.

Buy a better welder as future proof as then to get a better one all i have to do is uprate the supply. Plus the ready welder will handle any really thick stuff for now as it can do up to 1/2 inch steel plate at 350amps and 36v with three batteries.

On that note dose anyone know of a uk supplier for tweco no2 mig torch consumeable, I can order them from the USA but would like a uk supplier if possible.

 

[WorkshopChris]

You could have got a UK built feeder for under £500.
https://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/tecarc-tecfeed-200c-cc-cv-arc-voltage-wire-feeder.html
Up to 200a

 

[Robbie260]

You could have got a UK built feeder for under £500.
https://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/tecarc-tecfeed-200c-cc-cv-arc-voltage-wire-feeder.html
Up to 200a

Aye but would have needed engine driven welder or generator as well which would have cost a bit and I don't have the space for a 5kva generator anywhere no even to store a hired one for a few days which means hiring a van as well the cost escalated pretty quick. The ready welder just uses 12v car batteries and can be use as a mig machine spool gun as well if needed.

 

[Brad93]

View attachment 122831 So after much faff trying to decide what to get to weld my Land Rover chassis with no avalible power supply, I have finally taken the plunge and ordered one of the above off of fleabay. Should arrive on the 18 of November but I won't be home till the 17th December so being able to play with the new toy is going to be put off for a bit. So ounce 2 12v deepcycle batteries have been procured from halfruds on my trade card, and a good quality battery charger I will have a significant proportion of my original budget left even with some extra money being shuffled off to PPE. Original budget was £2500 as I expected to have to buy an engine drive or a new fangled battery mma welder. With the ready welder being £538 inclusive of import and postage from the land of the free, £200 for batteries and a extra bit for a charger. Still leaves me a significant budget to play with in the percurement of a welder to be used within the confines of my power supplied shed.

As there is some crusty Land Rover body 1.5mm 47 year old aluminium to be welded as well in this endeavour, and while the ready welder claims it can achieve this I don't think it has fine enough amperage control for the job (decent enough for 2-3mm thick steel chassis though).

Was looking at the parweld Xtt 202p and the gys multi pearl 200, two very different machines I know but was wondering if ac tig would be better for the job or synergic mig? I would be running them off a 13amp supply at the minuet as that all I got I believe the gys 110v performance could easily be achieved through this setup and the parweld at around 160ish possibly.

Buy a better welder as future proof as then to get a better one all i have to do is uprate the supply. Plus the ready welder will handle any really thick stuff for now as it can do up to 1/2 inch steel plate at 350amps and 36v with three batteries.

On that note dose anyone know of a uk supplier for tweco no2 mig torch consumeable, I can order them from the USA but would like a uk supplier if possible.

Thatll run like a bag of dog doo.

 

[Wendelspanswick]

View attachment 122831 So after much faff trying to decide what to get to weld my Land Rover chassis with no avalible power supply, I have finally taken the plunge and ordered one of the above off of fleabay. Should arrive on the 18 of November but I won't be home till the 17th December so being able to play with the new toy is going to be put off for a bit. So ounce 2 12v deepcycle batteries have been procured from halfruds on my trade card, and a good quality battery charger I will have a significant proportion of my original budget left even with some extra money being shuffled off to PPE. Original budget was £2500 as I expected to have to buy an engine drive or a new fangled battery mma welder. With the ready welder being £538 inclusive of import and postage from the land of the free, £200 for batteries and a extra bit for a charger. Still leaves me a significant budget to play with in the percurement of a welder to be used within the confines of my power supplied shed.

As there is some crusty Land Rover body 1.5mm 47 year old aluminium to be welded as well in this endeavour, and while the ready welder claims it can achieve this I don't think it has fine enough amperage control for the job (decent enough for 2-3mm thick steel chassis though).

Was looking at the parweld Xtt 202p and the gys multi pearl 200, two very different machines I know but was wondering if ac tig would be better for the job or synergic mig? I would be running them off a 13amp supply at the minuet as that all I got I believe the gys 110v performance could easily be achieved through this setup and the parweld at around 160ish possibly.

Buy a better welder as future proof as then to get a better one all i have to do is uprate the supply. Plus the ready welder will handle any really thick stuff for now as it can do up to 1/2 inch steel plate at 350amps and 36v with three batteries.

On that note dose anyone know of a uk supplier for tweco no2 mig torch consumeable, I can order them from the USA but would like a uk supplier if possible.

Be interesting to see how you get on with it, keep us informed.

 

[Tom Orrow L]

For that sort of aluminium welding i'd be going either for some sort of pulse MIG or if thats out of budget go for a GYS Multi Pearl 200.4XL, a short torch, teflon liner and aluminium rollers.

 

[Robbie260]

For that sort of aluminium welding i'd be going either for some sort of pulse MIG or if thats out of budget go for a GYS Multi Pearl 200.4XL, a short torch, teflon liner and aluminium rollers.

Thanks pulse mig may be just out of budget/space range but the gys multi pearl 200 which I was looking at is well within any reason for getting the bigger one over the smaller version apart from savings in wire due to larger capacity. Also do you know if my performance assumptions are correct running it off 230v 13amp circuit could it achieve its 110v performance characteristics?

 

[Robbie260]

Sorry guys muti quote ain't working ships internet is worse than useless.

Thatll run like a bag of dog doo.

It very well may do but it has been given very positive reviews and a lot of hype in the us off-road market. A couple of friends who are in the REME's got a hold of one off the us army and claimed it was fantastic.

I will keep everyone updated about how good or bad or useless it is for the money ounce I get home to play with it.

 

[Tom Orrow L]

Thanks pulse mig may be just out of budget/space range but the gys multi pearl 200 which I was looking at is well within any reason for getting the bigger one over the smaller version apart from savings in wire due to larger capacity. Also do you know if my performance assumptions are correct running it off 230v 13amp circuit could it achieve its 110v performance characteristics?

For aluminium I’d be getting the larger version because of its 4 roll feed instead of 2. I’m not fully understanding what you mean by running off a 230V supply and getting 110V characteristics? Could you clarify?

 

[Robbie260]

For aluminium I’d be getting the larger version because of its 4 roll feed instead of 2. I’m not fully understanding what you mean by running off a 230V supply and getting 110V characteristics? Could you clarify?

Yes, I had a look at it on the weldequip fourm website, they claim it is a dual voltage machine which can be run on 110 or 230v, at 110v they claim it will produce 150amps mig etc etc for all the processes it can preform. I was just wondering if this sort of performance was what could be expected using a 230v 13amp supply.

 

[Tom Orrow L]

Yes, I had a look at it on the weldequip fourm website, they claim it is a dual voltage machine which can be run on 110 or 230v, at 110v they claim it will produce 150amps mig etc etc for all the processes it can preform. I was just wondering if this sort of performance was what could be expected using a 230v 13amp supply.

You can indeed. Due to power factor correction you can get the full 200A from a 230V 13A plug

 

[Robbie260]

Thanks Tom Orrow L that is all very helpful. Hopefully will be able to make a decision a bit quicker than with this one.