Hi from a brand spanking new member! Just doing some surfing this morning and found this site, think I'll be using it a fair bit soon!
I've got a pretty rusty old Kombi in my garage, that needs a fair bit of welding, mainly bodywork, the chassis is good though. I've been threatening to get myself a welder for over a year now, and teaching myself to weld, but never put my money where my mouth is. Now it's crunch time! Most of the overhaul is done, and just the bodywork left to do to get it through the MOT and on the road.
Someone from my vw club forum recommended one of these-
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010110135&r=2029&g=105
So as my local machinemart has a VAT free evening on Thursday I was going to get one, and start practicing! Are they any good?
Just like to say the tutorials I've seen on here are excellent, best I've seen, and I've been surfing the web doing research for a couple of weeks now. Another site I found that I found useful, but more about VW restoration than MIG welding - http://www.metwiz.com
Well better do some proper work now..... I'll have a proper mooch on here tonight.
I've got a pretty rusty old Kombi in my garage, that needs a fair bit of welding, mainly bodywork, the chassis is good though. I've been threatening to get myself a welder for over a year now, and teaching myself to weld, but never put my money where my mouth is. Now it's crunch time! Most of the overhaul is done, and just the bodywork left to do to get it through the MOT and on the road.
Someone from my vw club forum recommended one of these-
http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=010110135&r=2029&g=105
So as my local machinemart has a VAT free evening on Thursday I was going to get one, and start practicing! Are they any good?
Just like to say the tutorials I've seen on here are excellent, best I've seen, and I've been surfing the web doing research for a couple of weeks now. Another site I found that I found useful, but more about VW restoration than MIG welding - http://www.metwiz.com
Well better do some proper work now..... I'll have a proper mooch on here tonight.