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Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 8:14 am
by parrotveasey81
also if you need any metal give me a shout as i can get off cuts from work for next to nothing,this offer goes to all of you
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:42 am
by carnut
parrotveasey81 wrote:also if you need any metal give me a shout as i can get off cuts from work for next to nothing,this offer goes to all of you
On a different note!, can you bend tube?. i need a new winch bumper and front wing gaurd made up. can you pm me your number.
cheers,,, andy
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:09 am
by d86
i know it's a sad excuse to post but i bent this up in the front garden.with a cheapo sealy bender.
thats the whole cage + bumpers.
tony
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 1:58 pm
by carnut
Well tony,,
if thats an invatation. whens your next free day??.
andy..
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:03 pm
by parrotveasey81
if you have the tube then i can give you a hand but i only have a clarke copy pipe bender,it will be ok once ive packed the dies out to fit the pipe.carnut where do you live
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:14 pm
by ferris
Well finally got my self a mig
Its a parweld 170A. I havent tryed it yet so not sure if its any good or not, but im sure it sould be more than capable of patching in the sj.
Just got to get some gas at the weekend, and the learning process can begin.
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 12:58 am
by 4eye
should be fine for your bodywork...probably won't be much cop for heavyer work
...silly question(or not)do you have a shield? if not you can borrow my home 1...its reactive so it makes life a little easier(if it still work)...I've got new lenses for it so should suite your needs :smoke:
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 1:00 am
by chan
thats a mighty fine welder you have there mate!
lovely!
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:04 pm
by parrotveasey81
4eye wrote:should be fine for your bodywork...probably won't be much cop for heavyer work
...silly question(or not)do you have a shield? if not you can borrow my home 1...its reactive so it makes life a little easier(if it still work)...I've got new lenses for it so should suite your needs :smoke:
what? should be fine for up to 6mm once he knows how to prep and weld,euro torch as well nice.how much did you pay for it.as for a lid go on ebay and buy a auto one for about £35
Re: Buying a mig
Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:48 pm
by ferris
Cheers guys. I did get a auto darkening sheid with it, so im pretty much ready to go....just need to get some gas, which i will try and sort out at the weekend.
After loosing out on a few on ebay
I got it from weldequip from
http://www.mig-welding.co.uk Its quite a useful site for learning to weld.