Andy Birder
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I am hoping to purchase a welder with a view to creating scrap sculptures. I am currently working with copper but am finding it a bit limiting in what I can create, and getting hold of materials without it costing the earth!
I envisage that I will mostly be doing tack welds and such rather than runs,of varying thickness, but would imagine no thicker than 4mm.I think I have narrowed it down to either the Clarke151TE Turbo or the GYPs Smart mig 162.
I think I am right in that both are gas/no gas models and both can work of 13 amp socket. The Clarke has gas regulator included but the GYPs has a Euro-torch assembly which I read (on here somewhere) is something that would be preferable.
Given what I am going to use it for (which is going to be hobby end initially) I assume that the Clarke is 'ready to go' (given that it has a gas regulator) but would be of a lower quality than the GYPs, that will work out more expensive but of a better quality?
Many thanks in advance
Andy
I envisage that I will mostly be doing tack welds and such rather than runs,of varying thickness, but would imagine no thicker than 4mm.I think I have narrowed it down to either the Clarke151TE Turbo or the GYPs Smart mig 162.
I think I am right in that both are gas/no gas models and both can work of 13 amp socket. The Clarke has gas regulator included but the GYPs has a Euro-torch assembly which I read (on here somewhere) is something that would be preferable.
Given what I am going to use it for (which is going to be hobby end initially) I assume that the Clarke is 'ready to go' (given that it has a gas regulator) but would be of a lower quality than the GYPs, that will work out more expensive but of a better quality?
Many thanks in advance
Andy
As said, you'll need to get a regulator, reasonably inexpensive, suitable for the bigger gas bottles which'll cost a bit more than disposables in the short run - but they're the way to go in the long run, especially since you'll have a bit of learning to do. Disposables typically last c. 10 mins = rubbish!! 
