Looking at buying a Mig welder and doing some body work myself on my baja. Well weighing up options of getting it professionally done or having a go myself.
Looking at a few gasless and gas migs. Trying to work out the power that i need to be able to weld both sheet metal rust repairs and barwork etc.
So in short how thick is beetle sheet metal? 1mm?
Nicko
Anthiron ·
and would 40amps as a minimum setting burn holes?
im looking at a 120amp Mig. adjustable down to 40amps with option for gas.
waveman1500 ·
In general I don't think that gasless MIG welders are any good for panels. They're really only designed for thicker steel and crude welding, like farm machinery and ironwork, etc. To weld panels I would recommend gas.
esevwbits ·
definitely gas.
Anthiron ·
like i said i am looking at gas. most can do both. more just trying to get the amp range right.
vlad01 ·
if you can get your skills up, tig is best for panels.
Hell! you can weld coke cans and razor blades with precision using a tig.
Anthiron ·
Well after doing quite a bit of looking around and numerous phone calls i have ordered a welder.
its a Ross RXT150p 30amp - 150amp Mig Comes with some gasless comsumables, mask, brush, hammer and gas regulator
ordered through Mitre 10.
The machine has a RRP of $485 and he did not have one in stock. i quoted a few prices on ebay items etc and he said he could do it for $425 which was still more than I could get an SIP machine shipped from Melbourne. He made another phone call and I ended up locking in $379 for the kit.
Pretty pleased with that.
Do you guys recomend disposable gas bottles? Hire? buy and refill?
1303Steve ·
Hi
Its a pity that your not in Sydney, Central coast or Newcastle, there is a company called Speed Gas that you can buy your cylinder from, no more rent.
There maybe someone down your way that does the same thing