Welding Kit

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City1000

Discussion Starter · Mar 11, 2010

I have just purchaed a Motor that has a small Rust hole,

I was looking at purchasing a welder and bits but am not sure what i would need or where to go,
Ive had a go at Welding but that was ages ago

Does anyone have any ideas or if i could lend one for a while would be be fantastic, wouldnt mind donating some cash as well :laugh:

Steve

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salta

· #2 · Mar 11, 2010

ok welding is a job that needs a good digree of training and professionality to get right that said you can probably hire one out at a hire centre but my advise to you would be..dependenging on what part of the vehicle you want to weld as different welding process are necessary depending of what part of the vehicle you wish to weld ,take the vehicle to a body shop and get a professioonal to do it in a few minutes and wil probably cost little or noothing and you will noot have to hire or learn to weld .s

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percybigun

· #3 · Mar 11, 2010

i'd just get it welded rather than fart about buying or borrowing a welder, wont cost much if its a small hole (get a quote first though, some garages take the piss on welding prices)

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City1000

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 11, 2010

cheers mate will do, its a hole about the size of your fist in the rear chassis rail lol

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stevedohc16v

· #5 · Mar 11, 2010

If you do go down the route of buying one, Machine Mart have a wide range of Mig and Arc welding sets from budget beginners to pro stuff.

Steve

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Baldrick

· #6 · Mar 11, 2010

If you buy one, go for a MIG, Clarke or ok ish, but wouldn't buy one myself, SIP, are ok ish, and same for Sealey.

Where I work I get to play with alsorts of welding machines, from the stuff said above to the one in the link below, the one below is aimed for the DIY market, but comes from an industrial manufacture as such, so yes, it costs a lot lot lot more, but I can tell you it welds so much better, more smooth, speed stays the same all the time, unlike any other DIY aimed machine out there, comes with a two year guarantee, not that you will ever need to claim on it. I guess to buy the one in the link you do need to be doing a fair bit of welding though. You get what you pay for with welders. With car body work, should aim for 130amp machine and no lower, 170amp if good is you do lots of car body work with it, covers all sorts of car welding jobs then, that may crop up, plus with a 170amp MIG, you will find yourself welding more then just your car when you start looking round for things to weld.

http://www.toolnweld.com/6247/ESAB_Origomig_C151_Compact_MIG_Welder/

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City1000

Discussion Starter · #7 · Mar 12, 2010

Are Mig, Easy to use im, a complete novice and dont want to send up buggering things up,
they are rather expensive will have to save up me thinks,

Thanks for your advice guys

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52graphite

· #8 · Mar 12, 2010

Welding is an art, and one that you need to practice to keep up. It's easy in the same way that sculpting is easy.

For a fist-sized hole in a chassis rail that isn't visible (ie if you botch it, it won't show), clean it up a lot, right back to solid good metal, and weld a suitable steel patch over the hole. Tack-weld it on first then go to town on it. Don't forget to rust-protect it when finished.

Gas welding is easiest because you can see what you're doing and it's gentle, but keeping oxygen and acetylene cylinders at home isn't a good idea; MIG welding (your only home option, really) is a pain because of the mask requirement and the violence of the process.

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City1000

Discussion Starter · #9 · Mar 12, 2010

its a shame someone hasnt got an old kit they want to get rid off as there rather expensive for a few holes at home if that makes sence

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graemewelch

· #10 · Apr 8, 2010

City1000 said:
Are Mig, Easy to use im, a complete novice and dont want to send up buggering things up,
they are rather expensive will have to save up me thinks,

Thanks for your advice guys

mig welding is a doodle. its only a bit of plate and theres no skill required, just mess about with a bit of scrap plate to get the juice right. the secret is in the prep. make sure there no dirt on the section your welding.

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