dobbslc
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Well after umming and ahhring for ages about buying a mig welder I took the plunge. Thanks to everyone that has given me some good advice recently.
I've chosen a GYS Easymig 140 as it was available at a place called Barnet Welding Supplies that is near me that I've been getting my gas from. Hi Oliver
No links to this company but they've been really good to me so deserve a plug!
Oliver gave me a demo so I could have a quick blast on it and spent over an hour setting up the gas lines and talking me through the machine. It's an inverter machine so very light comes with a Euro torch, bottle of gas, regulator, earth clamp and stick welding rod holder. It can weld mig in steel and stainless steel with the correct wire and arc weld, it can also do gasless welding for outdoor work.
Nice and bright yellow so I won't lose it in my overcrowded workshop!
First test on the demo was some 5mm plate that it welded very easily so it certainly has some power for a small machine, it seemed nice and smooth.
Once home I got it set up on my sort of temporary welding bench....
I had a quick test on some 1mm sheet doing a few lap joints and after a bit if fiddling it was working well. Apart from my shakey hand!
Then onto the real test, no messing about! a bit of 0.8mm sheet to repair the blade guard on my bandsaw. Again my shakey hand was the worse part of this job as the welder was great .
Really enjoyed this afternoon migging as I've been really struggling with a tig welder and just needed to get some work done.
More to follow as I've run out of gas, maybe I had the regulator turned up too much......
I've chosen a GYS Easymig 140 as it was available at a place called Barnet Welding Supplies that is near me that I've been getting my gas from. Hi Oliver
No links to this company but they've been really good to me so deserve a plug!
Oliver gave me a demo so I could have a quick blast on it and spent over an hour setting up the gas lines and talking me through the machine. It's an inverter machine so very light comes with a Euro torch, bottle of gas, regulator, earth clamp and stick welding rod holder. It can weld mig in steel and stainless steel with the correct wire and arc weld, it can also do gasless welding for outdoor work.
Nice and bright yellow so I won't lose it in my overcrowded workshop!
First test on the demo was some 5mm plate that it welded very easily so it certainly has some power for a small machine, it seemed nice and smooth.
Once home I got it set up on my sort of temporary welding bench....
I had a quick test on some 1mm sheet doing a few lap joints and after a bit if fiddling it was working well. Apart from my shakey hand!
Then onto the real test, no messing about! a bit of 0.8mm sheet to repair the blade guard on my bandsaw. Again my shakey hand was the worse part of this job as the welder was great .
Really enjoyed this afternoon migging as I've been really struggling with a tig welder and just needed to get some work done.
More to follow as I've run out of gas, maybe I had the regulator turned up too much......