Hello there !
MY names Reg and I'm a hobby/occasional welder
I've had a Sealy Mightymig 100 for years which has been very useful for
fixing up cars vans and motorbikes etc
I always knew it was a cheap, rather toylike, affair compared to other welders but
as it spent most of any year stowed away I could never justify shelling out on
anything better.
Despite this I managed to get results ranging from pretty good to bloody awful
out of it.
I added a fan to keep it cool and support for the cheap hoses.
It still works as well as it ever did
Recently I was given a MAG-130 by mate who had retired and it looks to have a better build
quality. The torch, hose and wire feed look much better anyway.
(that Sealy wire feed is pathetic
)
I rigged it up today and did some experimental welds and so far so good
I only use hobbygrade gas bottles but I got good penetration and a nice clean weld.
Good oh! the Sealy will be offered to another hobbyist.
Heres a pic of my old and err 'new' welder
the wire feed pot does alter the speed but feels very slack
I saw it had an RS part number on it so there may be a chance
I can replace it if needed , IIRC it was a 100k linear pot.
slackness aside when I used a meter to test it, the resistance between the wiper and
track altered as I moved it.
I can live with it for now.
Question:
what are the chances of my finding parts to keep it working?
While trying to find info on MAG tools "A divison of Stanley tools"
I found this place and what was to be a quick look had me browsing around for ages
Excellent site guys, lots of good stuff here.
Reg
MY names Reg and I'm a hobby/occasional welder
I've had a Sealy Mightymig 100 for years which has been very useful for
fixing up cars vans and motorbikes etc
I always knew it was a cheap, rather toylike, affair compared to other welders but
as it spent most of any year stowed away I could never justify shelling out on
anything better.
Despite this I managed to get results ranging from pretty good to bloody awful
out of it.
I added a fan to keep it cool and support for the cheap hoses.
It still works as well as it ever did
Recently I was given a MAG-130 by mate who had retired and it looks to have a better build
quality. The torch, hose and wire feed look much better anyway.
(that Sealy wire feed is pathetic
)I rigged it up today and did some experimental welds and so far so good
I only use hobbygrade gas bottles but I got good penetration and a nice clean weld.
Good oh! the Sealy will be offered to another hobbyist.
Heres a pic of my old and err 'new' welder
the wire feed pot does alter the speed but feels very slack
I saw it had an RS part number on it so there may be a chance
I can replace it if needed , IIRC it was a 100k linear pot.
slackness aside when I used a meter to test it, the resistance between the wiper and
track altered as I moved it.
I can live with it for now.
Question:
what are the chances of my finding parts to keep it working?
While trying to find info on MAG tools "A divison of Stanley tools"
I found this place and what was to be a quick look had me browsing around for ages
Excellent site guys, lots of good stuff here.
Reg
