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 GTMac
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 12:23 PM |
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Finally found something I like about Bunnings - Mig Welder
With a passion I hate Bunnings blah blah blah.
Have been researching for a small portable mig that will do the job for me with panel work on restos and any little stuff around home.
Saw the China stuff, saw the stuff on ebay and thought probably problems with parts/warranty etc. A half decent looking no name 100-120 amp mig on
ebay still sets me back close to $500.
As a teacher we have an account with Total Tools and went down to look at the Cigweld range. 100 amp Portaweld was priced at $1132 and strangely the
larger 135 amp was $920.
I looked at her strangely and said Im sure Bunnings had for this price ??????? She said if they do buy 5 and bring them back. I then thought I must
have looked at the arc welder price instead.
Straight to Bunnings and happily the Portaweld 100 was priced at $494 (compared to $1132) and the 135 amp was priced at $694 (compared to $920).
Ended up buying one of each, 100amp for me at home and 135 amp for school (or maybe me at home as well  )
So if your in the market for a Mig check them out, it was also nice to see that their whole spare parts wall and accessories was all Cigweld stuff.
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 01:11 PM |
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wow, good stuff, maybe bunnings is not so bad after all!
Pay your debts, CxxT
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rob53
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 02:19 PM |
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The automatic welding masks are pretty cheap at bunnings too
Thats not rust, it's ah ... orange primer ... yep that's what it is ...
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 02:33 PM |
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Do as the lady asks...buy 5 and take them back to her!! Might help pay for your purchase!!
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 11:13 PM |
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Was that a gasless mig or gas type?
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GTMac
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| posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 09:26 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Twokombies
Was that a gasless mig or gas type?
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The small ones are gasless only.
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How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn?
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| posted on October 23rd, 2007 at 05:13 PM |
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my local bunnings had the bristle type dust seal for the sliding sunroof in my 74 passat same colour and all for $2/metre it caught my eye when I was
looking for flyscreen for the house got so excited I forgot the flyscreen
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