Wheres the place to buy one from and how hard is it to weld. Fancy having a go at doing it

 

First bit of advice, don't get a NOGAS Mig....they are shit....

 

ok dude thanks

 

probably http://www.machinemart.co.uk/

get a gas mig, you will need to get a account with boc or a gas supplier

 

Or you could use a pub CO2 bottle if you are only welding steel.....

 

true my mate does this but we have found its not quite as good as argonshield, co2 seems to spatter a bit more

 

I manage ok with some neat welds but CO2 will never be as good as argosheild or pure argon...

 

yeh i heard about using a bottle from a pub. How easy is it to weld?

 

if your using mig then its pretty much point and spray just dont make the coman mistake of running away with the weld ie, you should weld forwards into the the weld with the hand set not pulling away towards yourself. if that makes sence?

 

yes, cheers-anything else i need to know?

 

It will take a fair bit of practice to get the settings right and used to it....

Different thickness metals require more heat so you turn up the amps....too much and you will blow holes in the metal, not enough and you won't get the penetration and will have a cold weld sat on top of the metal. The weld should melt into the metal and fill the gap (should have a blue tinge round the weld if you have decent penetration). Then the wire speed. If you have it set too slow then it will weld like bird shit, spatter like fook and weld the end of the wire to the tip of the torch. Get it too fast and you will feel the wire pushing back on the torch as it hits the metal before it's had chance to melt....

Best thing to do is get some bits of metal and practice. If you are welding body panels then you have to do it a bit at a time to prevent the panel warping as it's only thin tin...

 

cheers Daz, much appreciated. I bought a series 2 today (another one) and am doing a full resto like Tony turbo so I need to do as much as i can for cost effectiveness. So i need to learn how to weld....................

 

I wanna learn to weld too. I posted this a while ago......

https://passionford.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=18480

I'm looking at getting this one......

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product...1&r=2031&g=105

Any good ?

 

cool-good thread lost of good tips and stuff there. Thanks

 

I like the look of this one.....

http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/s.nl/c....t.A/id.7156/.f

 

Ł350

 

Any local colleges do any short courses or anything?? Might be worth a try mate!

 

thats a thought-didnt think of that

 

yea you can do a city and guilds in mig welding as i have done this course a couple of years ago, only problem is that it tends to be geared towards welding thick steel, ie 8-10mm so not that good for bodywork best way to learn is just get a load of sheet steel off cuts and practice first