Hello.
I'm thinking of buying a secondhand ESAB POWER compact 250 ECF for just over 400euro.
Is it a reliable/good model? I'm guessing it can handle about 2 centimeters thickness?
I'm going to test it soon, I have a welding degree and quite a few certificates but it has been 4 years since I last touched a MIG so I'm hoping I'll pick it back up quick enough to judge its performance.
When I'm testing this thing, what parts should I look at to ensure it wont die on me anytime soon?
Ideally I would want to set myself up with it to weld aluminium, steel and stainless, I am told that(and my question is if what I am told is true or not):
For aluminium: I need to feed some sort of tube through the torch to lessen its diameter and I need to hook on different gas and wire.
For stainless: I need different gas and filled core wire which are a costly 340euro's per roll.
Also what kind of extra costs should I be aware of?
Please excuse my lack of terminology, english is my second language and to be honest even my dutch welding terminology is very rusty.
Thank you for your time,
Russsell
I'm thinking of buying a secondhand ESAB POWER compact 250 ECF for just over 400euro.
Is it a reliable/good model? I'm guessing it can handle about 2 centimeters thickness?
I'm going to test it soon, I have a welding degree and quite a few certificates but it has been 4 years since I last touched a MIG so I'm hoping I'll pick it back up quick enough to judge its performance.
When I'm testing this thing, what parts should I look at to ensure it wont die on me anytime soon?
Ideally I would want to set myself up with it to weld aluminium, steel and stainless, I am told that(and my question is if what I am told is true or not):
For aluminium: I need to feed some sort of tube through the torch to lessen its diameter and I need to hook on different gas and wire.
For stainless: I need different gas and filled core wire which are a costly 340euro's per roll.
Also what kind of extra costs should I be aware of?
Please excuse my lack of terminology, english is my second language and to be honest even my dutch welding terminology is very rusty.
Thank you for your time,
Russsell