sip

[jjbbuzz]

so ive read on here that the sip is not really good? i just got offered a sip 130 mig for 40£...any advice?? not seen it yet. but i no nothing..

 

[Richm]

everyone has an opinion.. I had an sip topmig 150, wire feed was not good but put a steel liner in and modified wire feed tensioner slightly and it was a good reliable machine.

 

[pre67]

40 its worth it but they are crap but they can be made good with one to mods

i was stupid and payed 200 for one wen they first came out but for 40quid i would buy it and do it up a bit

mods worth going

new metal wire fead

iv seen these braces that you put on the wire feed

and i beleave the is some litel wireing tricks that can be done

im shoure theres some threads on hear about them just have a search


but for 40quid go for it

 

[malcolm]

Personally I wouldn't. I paid £50 for my SIP 130, bought as an experiment to see what all the fuss was about. When my proper welder was out of action for a week it was called into use, but it wasn't really usable for thin metal so it went out of use again fairly quickly.

Clarkes work well for those on a budget. I'd not mess around on the dark side for the sake of saving a hundred quid or two (and this is coming from the person least likely to spend a couple of hundred quid).

 

[jjbbuzz]

was sounding good, not so much now:

 

[pre67]

for 40quid man you cant go rong

i would buy it for 40quid nice small wellder to take round with you in the car

they can be made good with some easy cheap mods and then you could all ways put a euro torch on it as well and i think it would be quit a nice wellder

 

[BillJ]

If I didn't already have one, and knowing what I know now, I'd take a punt on it for £40, knowing I'd have to spend money on a few mods to make it work OK. I would never, ever buy a brand new SIP MIG again, though

So if you're comfortable with doing the mods and replacing any worn-out bits (liner, etc) then it's probably worth £40, knowing it could easily end up totalling £100 by the time it's running properly.

 

[chunkolini]

dont do it, try and fine a secondhand or new Clarke 130 or 150 amp welder instead. They are cheap and do a great job for the money. Buying something and then spending time and money modifying sounds like bad idea to me.

Chunko'.

 

[jjbbuzz]

this is a pic of the one offered
http://s117.photobucket.com/albums/o69/jjbbuzz/?action=view&current=P1000406.jpg

 

[pre67]

arr its one of the relly small ones i never used one of them i would say save your doch and get someing a bit biger then

 

[BillJ]

That's not what I thought it was. 130A and only four power settings? It looks old but not old enough to be built when small SIPs were decent.

I take it back - I don't think I'd venture £40 on that one.