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Need to know a bit more I imagine. What type of welding do you want to do, how heavily is it likely to be used, materials etc.
Also are you happy at buying a chinese welder covered in union jacks or not? Would you spend more on a 'western' welder? Is second hand acceptable?
Are you another R-tech employee here to spread the love?
Also are you happy at buying a chinese welder covered in union jacks or not? Would you spend more on a 'western' welder? Is second hand acceptable?
Are you another R-tech employee here to spread the love?
im not working for them and having nothing to do with them. i am a model engineer who has done no welding before and feel it is time for me to start and stop going to my mates when i need something done. i want to weld steel and have been told that you can tig copper and brass would like to buy a fair machine got about 1K .might what to do ally not sure about that though.any help would be great many thanks .
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It's well worth a read through this section. The choices seem to be:
DC or AC/DC? You really need AC to weld aluminium, and that doubles the price.
For DC welders you have a choice between lift start and HF start. HF start is very useful (starts the arc without touching the work).
Chinese or European? Many of the Chinese built welders sold in the UK by reputable manufacturers tend to be pulled apart and re-engineered a bit after arriving on these shores. The quality of bits over there can be variable. Or course the ones you see on eBay won't have had this treatment.
Transformer or inverter? Most are inverter based these days - nice and smooth, lots of features, but transformer ones will tend to last longer and be cheaper to repair.
New or used? Lots of used quality kit about.
DC or AC/DC? You really need AC to weld aluminium, and that doubles the price.
For DC welders you have a choice between lift start and HF start. HF start is very useful (starts the arc without touching the work).
Chinese or European? Many of the Chinese built welders sold in the UK by reputable manufacturers tend to be pulled apart and re-engineered a bit after arriving on these shores. The quality of bits over there can be variable. Or course the ones you see on eBay won't have had this treatment.
Transformer or inverter? Most are inverter based these days - nice and smooth, lots of features, but transformer ones will tend to last longer and be cheaper to repair.
New or used? Lots of used quality kit about.
