Originally Posted by
tabetha
Pub gas is bottled by the same people depends what gas you are talking about comparing with BOC, I use Krystal myself.
Mig is no biggies to learn, even better/easier if you have good hearing, or like fried bacon!!
tabetha
...and if you dont mind setting fire to your self, sniffing up black shit up your nose, melting holes in your arms, getting sparks in your ear
As said get a mid range mig. I have a migmate 130 turbo (oooh turbo ive yet to find
) which is fine for little jobs.
And my old chap has a massive mig with 5' bottle on it. Which is what i used when I did my S1, which had all the pannels you mention and more
.
A little mig from say halfords will set you back about £150-200. And well worth it, i find i use mine for all sort of little odds and sods.
You can uses gasless fluxed wire, its hastle free but buy no way does it perform as well as a bottle.
Think you need to ask your self how much welding are you doing and going to do in the future. If not too much then may be worth getting a rough quote from a mobile welder.
But id say go buy a mid range jobbie, you wont regret it. As long as the metal and surrounding area is clean, Its piss easy to do, its the male testosterone filled equivelant of sewing!
