Hi folks 
Just joined although I have been popping in and out, in the recent past
Busy restoring a Mark 2 Escort for a mate and obviously needed a welder what with it being a 35 yr old Ford
Its been at least 15 years since I got involved with stuff like this. Used to do mostly Oxy/Acetylene welding back then
By chance today another mate of ours popped in looking for a spare wheel for a car and we mentioned that we were on the lookout for a Mig welder.
He said he had some stuff in his lock up that hadn't been used for at least a year as he has given up working on cars, mentioned there was a welder in amongst it, we could have the lot for £50 if we wanted to go and get it, off we trotted in the van, got there and he gave us the following
9" chop saw 110v
3kv 110v transformer with 2 16a outlets
Pillar drill (Bench drill or whatever you want to call it)
Dual wheel bench grinder with 2 spare wheels
9" angle grinder
Electric sander (Cheap un so wont be of much use)
Brand new spray gun with a box of airline connectors
Some big ratchet straps, shackles,various other straps
Various bars, big ratchets etc
G-clamps of various sizes
A plastic toolbox(Similar to one in my van, so that is now mine
)
and a SIP 130 Turbo welder with 2 masks, one a hand held jobby, a CO2 bottle with regulator
Opened up the welder and the wire was a bit rusty , so stripped of a couple of layers, the tensioner had had a crap fix done, so thats something to sort out
The wire was stuck in the liner, after a bit of tugging and torch strip down it eventually came out, threaded the clean wire back up through the liner, "tightened" up the tensioner as best as possible with the repair that had been done.
When I stripped the torch, I noticed a piece of steel liner had come off from within the torch, only about 10mm, clamped the torch neck back on as this wasnt attached, put a newer tip and shroud on from a gasless welder that my mate had
Put it all back together and fired it up, the wire was slipping in the guide so I gave it a helping hand by pulling it through manually to try and clean the guide, eventually it started to feed itself.
Out with a bit of 20 gauge and a few minutes later after tweaking and adjusting the settings I was welding
I know the SIP 130 isn't yhe best welder, but I havent got a great deal to weld so it will serve its purpose
Already had a quick look in the relevant SIP section and may do some of the mods to make it a better machine, what with me being an electrician it doesn't look to difficult
I have a few questions but will pop them in the correct section
Anyhoo, thats enough rambling for now
Just joined although I have been popping in and out, in the recent past
Busy restoring a Mark 2 Escort for a mate and obviously needed a welder what with it being a 35 yr old Ford
Its been at least 15 years since I got involved with stuff like this. Used to do mostly Oxy/Acetylene welding back then
By chance today another mate of ours popped in looking for a spare wheel for a car and we mentioned that we were on the lookout for a Mig welder.
He said he had some stuff in his lock up that hadn't been used for at least a year as he has given up working on cars, mentioned there was a welder in amongst it, we could have the lot for £50 if we wanted to go and get it, off we trotted in the van, got there and he gave us the following
9" chop saw 110v
3kv 110v transformer with 2 16a outlets
Pillar drill (Bench drill or whatever you want to call it)
Dual wheel bench grinder with 2 spare wheels
9" angle grinder
Electric sander (Cheap un so wont be of much use)
Brand new spray gun with a box of airline connectors
Some big ratchet straps, shackles,various other straps
Various bars, big ratchets etc
G-clamps of various sizes
A plastic toolbox(Similar to one in my van, so that is now mine
)and a SIP 130 Turbo welder with 2 masks, one a hand held jobby, a CO2 bottle with regulator
Opened up the welder and the wire was a bit rusty , so stripped of a couple of layers, the tensioner had had a crap fix done, so thats something to sort out
The wire was stuck in the liner, after a bit of tugging and torch strip down it eventually came out, threaded the clean wire back up through the liner, "tightened" up the tensioner as best as possible with the repair that had been done.
When I stripped the torch, I noticed a piece of steel liner had come off from within the torch, only about 10mm, clamped the torch neck back on as this wasnt attached, put a newer tip and shroud on from a gasless welder that my mate had
Put it all back together and fired it up, the wire was slipping in the guide so I gave it a helping hand by pulling it through manually to try and clean the guide, eventually it started to feed itself.
Out with a bit of 20 gauge and a few minutes later after tweaking and adjusting the settings I was welding
I know the SIP 130 isn't yhe best welder, but I havent got a great deal to weld so it will serve its purpose
Already had a quick look in the relevant SIP section and may do some of the mods to make it a better machine, what with me being an electrician it doesn't look to difficult
I have a few questions but will pop them in the correct section
Anyhoo, thats enough rambling for now
welcome along john look forward to seeing a few photos of the mark 2 
