Portamig or Oxford

[dod530d]

Reading many articles on mig welders and decided on either an Oxford or Portamig but cannot decide ,can you please help me make the decision ?

 

[steve.h]

I had always wanted to learn toweld, so when I came into a bit of money I bought myself a Portamig 215, it is a great maching, as you may know it is made by the same people that make oxford etc, the bonus of the Portamig is Steve has spec`d them to go down to 15 amps, which is great for thin sheet like car bodywork etc. It had been a great machine, I dont think I would have learnt as easy if it had been a lesser quality machine, but I am limited in knowledge to this one machine, but I would always reccomend the Portamig to anyone.
HTH
Steve.

 

[wheresmejumper]

Type those brands into the search box on the top right of the page, wont take you long to find out.

 

[MoreWellie]

very much a personal decision as the machines are made by the same company. I decided on the oxford 240 purely because it has capacitors for a smoother weld and the horizontal wire spool on the top of the machine might make loading easier. I haven't been disappointed with it but I probably would have been happy with the portamig as well

I bought mine from http://www.weldingsuppliesdirect.co.uk/mig-welding/mig-welders/oxford-migmaker-240-singlephase.html as they included a binzel torch which seemed like a good idea to me. They also turned out to be very nice helpful people when I found that I needed some extras like a 1mm drive wheel

 

[colonelmustard]

I have the portamig 185 from weldequip ,I got it just after Christmas and its a lovely machine to use so I can recommend it but I don't think you will be disappointed with any machine in this price bracket to be honest .Oxford portamig there is nothing in it between these 2

 

[dod530d]

Thanks guys for all your valued information ,still not decided but the Oxford may just be the winner .