Hello folks, new to this game

[whonickedmename]

Afternoon everyone,

I've just registered as part of my quest to learn the dark art of welding up my old VW's and maybe attempting a bit of fabrication....

I hear Mr Weldquip on here is a good person to talk to for some equipment!

Looking forward to getting stuck in!

Cheers, David

 

[mixer10_1]

(quote) I hear Mr Weldquip on here is a good person to talk to for some equipment!

I,ll vouch for that he's a top man. Enjoy the forum, lots of info for learners. Regards Charlie.

 

[irondarren]

Hi and welcome to the forum. No question is to silly to ask here, so dont be afraid to ask a question if it seems silly.
What sort of equipement do you need?

 

[hoodedclaw]

Hi, I'm new here too, I don't think the natives bite

 

[whonickedmename]

Thanks for the welcome guys. I will be after a Clarke 151TE or 160TE, auto darkening mask and the other related odds and sods to get me started. Any opinions? Renting gas bottles sounds cheaper than using the disposable small canisters.

 

[irondarren]

If you are going to get the use out of the equipement renting a bottle is far better, because you can use argon shield light which is much better for car type materials. Send weldequip a PM and ask him for price on the said clarkes machines and a parweld helmet along with a proper regulator and adaption kit, if you ask nice im sure he will do you a package deal

 

[murex400]

yeah try energas http://www.energas.co.uk/
if you take the bottle your self to be exchanged it only costs the exchage

 

[murex400]

oxegen exchange was only £6.54 acetylene £34.50 and migUniversal £16.54 think the miglite is about £18 thats for full size bottles

 

[irondarren]

full size as in BOC type full size?

 

[murex400]

daz yes il dig out my invoices

 

[whonickedmename]

Cheers for the info guys, I'll PM Weldequip for some equipment costs!

 

[Welderpaul]

yeah try energas http://www.energas.co.uk/
if you take the bottle your self to be exchanged it only costs the exchage

I'd be interested as well, we use Engweld for consumables etc who are part of energas, but never bothered with their gas. Hmm, might be worth a look, seems very cheap.