lucifus · Mar 7, 2015

cowasaki said:
This is a decent welder that will be good as a beginner and also do more later: https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/151te-turbo-mig-welder I have the model above that requires a 25a plug but I run it through a 13-25a adapter. It's ok so long as I don't run it at full power in which case I have to plug it in in the garage to it's dedicated socket.

That's the one I bought (151TE) from machine mart. I'm slowly teaching myself to weld. Google Mig welding forums, read as much as you can, watch as many of the youtube tutorials as you can. The only thing I've made so far is a full stainless exhaust for my 110 but I plan on doing more. Look out for a machine mart VAT free voucher and buy yourself a few spare tips at the same time. Also the mask that comes with it is pretty basic. I bought an auto dimming full face mask and it makes a huge difference! Having 2 hands on the torch and not having to take your eyes off the weld is essential when starting.

cowasaki · Mar 7, 2015

lucifus said:
That's the one I bought (151TE) from machine mart. I'm slowly teaching myself to weld. Google Mig welding forums, read as much as you can, watch as many of the youtube tutorials as you can. The only thing I've made so far is a full stainless exhaust for my 110 but I plan on doing more. Look out for a machine mart VAT free voucher and buy yourself a few spare tips at the same time. Also the mask that comes with it is pretty basic. I bought an auto dimming full face mask and it makes a huge difference! Having 2 hands on the torch and not having to take your eyes off the weld is essential when starting.

I need to find a decent supplier of the bends or get a pipe bender!

daveabz · Mar 7, 2015

I got a gas/no gas mig from Aldi years ago, because I had to weld some aluminium. It suprised me how well it worked after it was set up properly. I've never used it for steel as I'm happy using mma the rest of the time for everything else, also with mma you tend not to need to clean the surfaces up as much as it will juat blast through it.

lucifus · Mar 7, 2015

cowasaki said:
I need to find a decent supplier of the bends or get a pipe bender!

It's a lot cheaper to buy straight sections and pie cut to create angles

cowasaki · Mar 7, 2015

lucifus said:
It's a lot cheaper to buy straight sections and pie cut to create angles

I'm trying to talk myself into buying a pipe bender and sheet metal bender

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