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According to the spec, it will do 50-250 Amps on Mig, which sounds like it's not going to be good for car bodywork. You really need to get it down to around 25-30A.
Edit: this isn't based on my experience, but seems to be "the accepted norm", however some people will argue that you can use a welder with a higher minimum. My suggestion is that if bodywork is the primary use, then I'd not start with this machine.
According to the spec, it will do 50-250 Amps on Mig, which sounds like it's not going to be good for car bodywork. You really need to get it down to around 25-30A.
Edit: this isn't based on my experience, but seems to be "the accepted norm", however some people will argue that you can use a welder with a higher minimum. My suggestion is that if bodywork is the primary use, then I'd not start with this machine.
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Agreed. I had a SIP ideal 150 and that was perfect, but went far lower than 50 amps. One thing that helped was that it had a very good stitch facility which was finely adjustable for both weld time and pause time. Once you dialed in the right setting you could go all day turning out lovely beads without blowing holes, and that was on 0.8 wire, not 0.6.Welcome to the forum
According to the spec, it will do 50-250 Amps on Mig, which sounds like it's not going to be good for car bodywork. You really need to get it down to around 25-30A.
Edit: this isn't based on my experience, but seems to be "the accepted norm", however some people will argue that you can use a welder with a higher minimum. My suggestion is that if bodywork is the primary use, then I'd not start with this machine.
Hi. I've just read that it's strange how the sip website says 50 when most others say 40. Is there anyway I can confirm this by looking at the welder?
I won't be doing much body work which is why I'm looking a larger model. This welder is also on sale at my local wel supplies which is why I was looking at it.
I would be mainly using it to make bumper bars, exhausts, benches, maybe even extend my steel frame shed.
Has anyone any experience in this welder in general?
I won't be doing much body work which is why I'm looking a larger model. This welder is also on sale at my local wel supplies which is why I was looking at it.
I would be mainly using it to make bumper bars, exhausts, benches, maybe even extend my steel frame shed.
Has anyone any experience in this welder in general?
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I don't see any complaints about the jasic, and here they have a 5 yr warranty, I only just saw this post
so a bit late to be commenting on the sip, but I used to weld lawnmower frames, exhaust pipes, old rotten
ones and very light sheet with a I think 300 or 320 amp Cemont three phase mig, I fould if I kept 1mm
mig wire it worked better, if I used .8 it had too much ability at the lowest setting and burned through where
the bigger wire did not, but burn back and up slope were the key to achieving this, maybe none of this on the sip.
I found the same with stick welding with bigger welders, the bigger rod turned down worked better for me than the smaller rod, BUT, you moved at a frantic pace, best described as conducting an orchestra on ice scates, worked because I had to keep up with mig welders and cover similar ground, but for small welds where you an take time between welding a bit, smaller rods would have been the way to go, and smaller welder too, which I did not have when the above scenarios came up.
Regards, john
so a bit late to be commenting on the sip, but I used to weld lawnmower frames, exhaust pipes, old rotten
ones and very light sheet with a I think 300 or 320 amp Cemont three phase mig, I fould if I kept 1mm
mig wire it worked better, if I used .8 it had too much ability at the lowest setting and burned through where
the bigger wire did not, but burn back and up slope were the key to achieving this, maybe none of this on the sip.
I found the same with stick welding with bigger welders, the bigger rod turned down worked better for me than the smaller rod, BUT, you moved at a frantic pace, best described as conducting an orchestra on ice scates, worked because I had to keep up with mig welders and cover similar ground, but for small welds where you an take time between welding a bit, smaller rods would have been the way to go, and smaller welder too, which I did not have when the above scenarios came up.
Regards, john
