Daniel Wilkinson
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Both the gys easy mig and the rtech both have the mma capability would that not be the same as a standalone stick welder?
Both the gys easy mig and the rtech both have the mma capability would that not be the same as a standalone stick welder?
That's what I thought, no need for the 2nd stick unit then, if I went with either of the inverter units. So back to 1 of 3 options the r tech is looking the most promising.
Cheers mate I am still weighing up options but I'm almost certain itl be the rtech 180 or the 250 depends on budget allowance.I am a hobby welder too - But have fabricated/welded alot of stuff. Including a twin deck recovery truck that I use daily...
My advice - Get a 200/250 , When you are welding thicker stuff and have a year or two more experience you will not regret having the extra power...
As for R-Tech , There customer service in my experience of a faulty Plasma was fantastic! I felt that no matter what I was going to get a fixed/new machine - I always felt the problem was going to get solved very quickly...
Yes there machines are imports - maybe a few parts swapped out for improvement but the price is low and you will have peace of mind.
I don't own anything from them now - but sometimes I have thought about going back to there machines simply for there service. I had to sell a 1 year old ESAB machine due to poor service...
If I had done Latin at school I could use that saying that everyone remembers after they have bought something.
You are right of course we should remember it before but how many always do
(Smiley Face here if I knew how to).
Keith
keeny, I don't know about earlier machines but currently the GYS Easymig range certainly have MMA (stick) capability and mine works very well. However, the GYS Smart Mig range don't. Having recently gone through the process and bought a GYS Easymig 160A from @Tom Orrow L which has MIG, MMA and Lift TIG.
I must say that it took me a while to sort out the various process labels MIG (metal inert gas) MAG (metal active gas) where the difference is that the machine can use both the active gas mixes (primarily for steel) as well as the inert mixes (aluminium etc). MMA (manual metal arc (stick welding in my youth) and TIG (Tungsten inert gas) with a number of different sub groups; Lift TIG or HF start (relates to the way the arc is started), AC/DC (Aluminium, Steel) or DC (Steel) which relates to the arc characteristics.
Before speaking to Tom (and reading here a lot) I had a tendency to assume that all MIG could do Gas/Gasless (If I put my anorak on, this might be theoretically true but some machines are built in a way that makes the conversion very difficult or very expensive if not impossible). That all MIG machines could stick weld (wrong) and many more assumptions that could have been very expensive sorry do accept my apology its the gys 161 im thinking off...
Keith
Cheers kempi, my gut feeling is go towards separate units, it's good having an all in one multiprocess unit but if it packs up your up the creek whereas with stick and mig I guess options are there.Hi Daniel.
I upgraded to a 285 mig on single phase since posting last on your thread. So I don't use the stick much at all now (old 160 buzz box by B&D).The little 125 amp DC inverter still does the out of w/shop jobs. But it now has an add on box for TIG (£30 off here) which gives it HF start and gas control (flow and post flow) Improving my stainless boat jobs....
The big mig came off the sale section here. Little used and transformer based, so quite heavy, but VERY nice to use and a good price. Lots of my work is short welds and this unit gives very smooth welds that are much tidier than the stick or the smaller older mig, so less work with flap discs etc. Saves a bunch of time.
If mostly on box and thin stuff ,up to 4mm, I would still go for a smaller 160/180 unit and a stick for the odd bigger stuff. But most of my current is box and 8/10mm bar mix, so the bigger unit covers.