Pigeon No9
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Hello,
I've welded twice in my life with a MIG - light-years away from understanding what I'm doing but it got me hooked. My attempts were try - fail - repeat until weld looked somewhat acceptable (debatable).
Now, sometime later I am planning on getting a welder - MIG is my preferred option. I have plenty of Telwin options available here, so that is what I'm considering but failed to find any reasonable reviews or honest opinions (amazon review section never seemed like a place where to look for a semi-professional, honest reviews).
I have two options in mind -
1. Telwin MAXIMA 230 SYNERGIC
I like this one because it has MMA capability and seemingly TIG also (I could not find a solid proof but I assume this means high frequency arc start?)
2. Telwin TECHNOMIG 215 DUAL SYNERGIC
Reason why I'm hesitant is the 20% duty cycle on both of these at 180 amps. Granted, I will rarely if ever weld at 220 for a long time, but as I understand this is a general indicator for build quality. Question then is, does anyone has first hand experience with any of these machines?
Ideally, after a longer period of time?
Maybe I am looking the wrong way entirely? Telwin, from what I've red is not the high-end stuff but price for MAXIMA 230 is 830 EUR and TECHNOMIG 215 is 1000 EUR. For that price, likely there are better options but I would want to hear it from people in the field rather than those '15 best welders 2020' videos on youtube.
End goal for me is furniture - steel square tubing 2 - 4 mm, automotive repairs, and if the machine would support TIG capability, that would be something I'd like to try.
From welder I would expect removable cables, analog buttons rather than one rotary encoder and a screen, a shelf for gas bottle would be nice.
It has to be one phase, 220v.
p.s. I have mixed feelings about the 'bells and whistles' - on one hand, I would want an easy start for machine to help me (e.g. where wire feed is adjusted automatically to match the amps), on the other hand I want to build a solid understanding of what happens and what is it, that I'm doing wrong.
p.s.s. I live in Latvia (thus, I apologize if my English is not the best). That being said, I would prefer to buy it locally rather than online.
regards,
Pigeon
I've welded twice in my life with a MIG - light-years away from understanding what I'm doing but it got me hooked. My attempts were try - fail - repeat until weld looked somewhat acceptable (debatable).
Now, sometime later I am planning on getting a welder - MIG is my preferred option. I have plenty of Telwin options available here, so that is what I'm considering but failed to find any reasonable reviews or honest opinions (amazon review section never seemed like a place where to look for a semi-professional, honest reviews).
I have two options in mind -
1. Telwin MAXIMA 230 SYNERGIC
I like this one because it has MMA capability and seemingly TIG also (I could not find a solid proof but I assume this means high frequency arc start?)
2. Telwin TECHNOMIG 215 DUAL SYNERGIC
Reason why I'm hesitant is the 20% duty cycle on both of these at 180 amps. Granted, I will rarely if ever weld at 220 for a long time, but as I understand this is a general indicator for build quality. Question then is, does anyone has first hand experience with any of these machines?
Ideally, after a longer period of time?
Maybe I am looking the wrong way entirely? Telwin, from what I've red is not the high-end stuff but price for MAXIMA 230 is 830 EUR and TECHNOMIG 215 is 1000 EUR. For that price, likely there are better options but I would want to hear it from people in the field rather than those '15 best welders 2020' videos on youtube.
End goal for me is furniture - steel square tubing 2 - 4 mm, automotive repairs, and if the machine would support TIG capability, that would be something I'd like to try.
From welder I would expect removable cables, analog buttons rather than one rotary encoder and a screen, a shelf for gas bottle would be nice.
It has to be one phase, 220v.
p.s. I have mixed feelings about the 'bells and whistles' - on one hand, I would want an easy start for machine to help me (e.g. where wire feed is adjusted automatically to match the amps), on the other hand I want to build a solid understanding of what happens and what is it, that I'm doing wrong.
p.s.s. I live in Latvia (thus, I apologize if my English is not the best). That being said, I would prefer to buy it locally rather than online.
regards,
Pigeon