Clarke 135te

[manny]

Wanna buy one of these and am just looking around to see which has the best deals available
One question
they come with Co2 bottles, can u get the same kind of bottles but a co2/argon mix as i prefer that to co2 alone
cheers

 

[Alex]

They only come with C02 cylinders, tried to get MM to switch mine to a mix cylinder when I bought my welder, they wouldn't have any of it.

 

[manny]

cheers for the reply
u can get them though cant you, the mixed ones, cos ill be lookin 4 one to replace the co2 cylinder as standard
halfrauds must sell the mixed ones huh?
thanks

 

[andyF]

Hi Manny,
I've got a 135te, cracking little welder....however....... I bought a Argon mix bottle from Machine mart and couldn't get gas coming thru! The local MM shop was useless but I phoned up the help/support number and they did have an issue some time ago that the valve pin and the Bottle pin were of incorrect lenghts. I didn't have the time to be without the welder while they sorted it under the warranty as I needed to get the car finished. When I've finished the car I'm gonna thake the valve back and get them to sort it!
Andy

 

[manny]

so you can get the argon mix huh?
i think ive settled on getting a 135te , just got to do a bit more saving up. Cheers for the responses guys.
Manny

 

[MigTig]

Argon is compressed quite a bit higher then Co2, being less dense..
So the valve take a lot more to push open. What you need to do isa wint the disposable bottle reg righttt open and then some, and it works fine
I have to do this when TIG welding with Argon.

It sure is possible to buy Argoshield in disposable form.
Also got a 135TE here maybe there should be a Portamig and Clarke 135 frorum soon on here