Show us your welder

[Memmeddu]

We have similar threads about anvils ,vises ,presses , grinders
It's time of welders

 

[grim_d]

Welders are just boxes though.

 

[Tangledfeet]

Welders are just boxes though.

But they come in so many pretty colours, ken!

 

[Memmeddu]

Those are mine
From left to right
The last prototype of arc welder I made
I think that I made it in 2013 or 2014 using 2 microwave oven transformer some cables from jobsites thrash ,a microwave oven cooling fan
It has overheat protection variable current settings 70 or 90A
34V AC open circuit
17V load voltage
Around 2kW max power consumption .
This welder is being my first real working welding set
Then we have a buzz box ,PRACSALD BI-TURBO 200F
Given to me by my neighbor after a month or two I've built the thing I was using before
Anyway dual voltage 220V 1~ 380V 2~
50V AC OCV never measured the load voltage
200A when supplied with 3 phase
160A with single phase
Overheating protection
Cooling fan
Given to me with 8 meters 50mm² stringer lead and 5 meters 50mm² ground lead
It served me well since 2014 or 2015 until the last year when I decided to replace it with an inverter (it was killing my back )
Between the buzz box and my inverter I've bought an engine driven welder because was too cheap to leave it alone without a proper owner
So on May 2018 I bought a 1976 Genset MPM5/175CX
Lombardini IM350 8HP gasoline engine
4.5kW 380V 3kW 220V
90V OCV (my first DC welder) 22 to 27V load voltage
175A
As you probably remember it was really worn out but completely functional and perfect working condition (I made a thread about if you want know more)
Actually used only 6 hours since I have but I can't sell it because I love it
Finally on October 2018 I ordered my little and lovely dirty cheap inverter .
Stamos S-MMA 250 IGBT
230V
70V OCV 30V load voltage 250A
100% 194A 60% 250A
A fabricator friend of mine was wondering to buy it to replace his broken first generation inverter but unfortunately the cancer killed him before he could buy it .
So after few months I decided that was probably best choice ,and I ended up buying it .
Once arrived 3 weeks later I was surprised to see the production date and country
Made in Polonia on november 3th 2018 , about 2 weeks later that I bought it .
They practically made it for me .
It was/is not all that good but it's kinda lovely little welder
Replaced powercord , ground clamp and electrode holder
It runs E6010 better than a three phase transformer based 250A Fimer of a friend of mine

Now it's your time show us your welders

 

[Memmeddu]

Welders are just boxes though.

I think them are not just boxes .
Welders are something like cars they give you something ,some of them are like a friend
I gave a name to all mine

 

[Memmeddu]

But they come in so many pretty colours, ken!

That's true

 

[slim_boy_fat]

I gave a name to all

I often give some of my tools and/or machines names, but they're usually " b*stard" or some such..... Then I hate myself for two minutes for addressing an inanimate object

 

[Memmeddu]

I often give some of my tools and/or machines names, but they're usually " b*stard" or some such..... Then I hate myself for two minutes for addressing an inanimate object

My engine driven since is a genset , generator ... It's named Genny
My soldering iron Aristotle (don't know why)
The buzz box is named buzzy
The inverter is named Geraldina .
My 5" grinder Gervasio
My sledgehammers are named surgery knife

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My engine driven since is a genset , generator ... It's named Genny
My soldering iron Aristotle (don't know why)
The buzz box is named buzzy
The inverter is named Geraldina .
My 5" grinder Gervasio
My sledgehammers are named surgery knife

You really do need to get out more.....

 

[Aesgarth]

My 2 (and plasma cutter)

 

[Olderisbetter]

Had this Oxford a few years now and it has never been a problem

 

[Memmeddu]

Had this Oxford a few years now and it has never been a problem
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Good old transformer technology
A funny thing
China Export made in Great Britain

 

[Olderisbetter]

Good old transformer technology
A funny thing
China Export made in Great Britain

I have a test on a r-tech 180 inverter mig/mma tomorrow but it is not mine just having it delivered here for a lad up the road and i think i might be up for one at some point.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Good old transformer technology
A funny thing
China Export made in Great Britain

I dont know about now but i was assured that Oxford migs were 100% designed & made in the UK when i purchased mine.

 

[Memmeddu]

I dont know about now but i was assured that Oxford migs were 100% designed & made in the UK when i purchased mine.

Also because theyr website says that
But CE marking here isn't the Europe Conform because the letters should be not as close as the one we have here

 

[Munkul]

Also because theyr website says that
But CE marking here isn't the Europe Conform because the letters should be not as close as the one we have here

You're basing your entire opinion on the letter spacing on a sticker?!
Oxford components probably do come from china, for example the euro connector housing, etc. But they are definitely built in UK

 

[Memmeddu]

You're basing your entire opinion on the letter spacing on a sticker?!
Oxford components probably do come from china, for example the euro connector housing, etc. But they are definitely built in UK

The proper CE marking is different
Obviously I'm not saying that it isn't build in England , I'm only saying that it's kinda of funny

 

[Memmeddu]

The proper CE marking is different
Obviously I'm not saying that it isn't build in England , I'm only saying that it's kinda of funny

Looking better it's the real CE marking because the E shape
Wrong distances but right characters

 

[erasma]

Also because theyr website says that
But CE marking here isn't the Europe Conform because the letters should be not as close as the one we have here

Have you ever seen the gaps on a Land Rover they so big they can be seen from space - maybe this is making up for that??

 

[Maker]

Here's mine, a little baby Oerlikon lift start tig, angle grinder for scale. Bought it off Spencer a few years ago, it's got a stupid current dial where you can only guess what it's set to within about 10 amps but you can't deny it's cute.

I've also got a 500A Kemppi, it technically is single phase and will run on 230V but perhaps with something a little beefier than a 13A plug. I can only find pictures from when I stripped it down to clean, they demonstrate the size at least.

For an AC tig, with a water cooler, it was very cheap but considering I've only ever used it as a shelf, it was a bit of a rip off.