sip weldmate 178 hf

ormondprop

Anybody have any experience of this welder or have any better recomendations for an arc welder in a similar price range

http://www.iedepot.ie/arc_welder/sip_weldmate_p178hf_tig_arc_inverter_welder/

bob charles

I saw a guy selling ESAB similar inverter in the farmers journal about a month ago for around the same notes which I would prefer to have. Bought a parweld recently myself at short notice for similar notes.

ormondprop

Whats the ampage and duty cycle like on your parweld or the esab you saw, i saw another 200 amp sip that can tig weld aswell for 450 which is tempting me

aonsceal

To be fair that seems very good value given whats included. But if your buying a welder primarly for
stick weldng i would stay away from a plant with hf as from experience they are prone to give trouble and the cost of repairs are excessive given the initial outlay. I myself have an ewm pico 160 bought from walshengineering supplies(.www.walshengineering.com) Its a basic plant but i have some amount of welding done with it. Plus walshengineering supply decent length leads and the proper type stickholder.

kylemore56

To me it looks fairly good and if you wanted to use for tig later the HF start is the way to go!

ormondprop

http://www.jebbtools.ie/category-welding/arc-inverter-welders/sip-200amp-dual-tig-arc-welder.html

Here is the other welder i was looking at

kylemore56

Even better spec! but i,ve had a few jars,:D It depends if you want to weld mma or tig with it mostly

ormondprop

At the moment it will be all stick welding but maybe down the line the tig will be handy to have,