New Welder

delaney001

Well lads, another welding thread. Was trying to find the old one but no sign (all the ones I found were about courses).

Looking at an inverter MMA arc welder.

Can someone throw the eye over this offer and let me know what its like?
Only going to be welding few gates, hinges, little breaks and those kind of things.

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=997

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=2059

Both the same price - any difference?



Cheers

st1979

I have first welder and it is very good but the second is 200 amp. Where first is 160amp. I have never felt the need to use 160amps so far with mine but it would suggest the second ad is bigger and therefore better value. But dont know the second ads make.

bob charles

delaney001 wrote: »

Well lads, another welding thread. Was trying to find the old one but no sign (all the ones I found were about courses).

Looking at an inverter MMA arc welder.

Can someone throw the eye over this offer and let me know what its like?
Only going to be welding few gates, hinges, little breaks and those kind of things.

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=997

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=2059

Both the same price - any difference?



Cheers

second one, there was an offer on ESAB invertors maybe this would be my choice

http://www.caulfieldindustrial.com/esab-buddy-arc-180-amp-inverter-stick--tig-welder/p-e13489pd.html

Zr105

Have the parweld 160 since may 12, has done a lot of work and is generally either at 100 or 120 amps and there are times i wouldnt be to forgiving on it burning rod after rid literally as quick as can be changed, generally have to stop when the torch starts getting too hot...

Thought power was starting to go a bit intermittent the last day i was using it but i was literally torturing it at 140 amps.... rod on rod until it blew the fuse in the plug
but it was fine when i was welding earlier on there today

Oh and the light reactive helmet is a bloody brilliant job! Will be replaced ASAP if it ever breaks... So handy being able to see where the rod is when trying to scratch an arc, and is nice and light to wear all day!

sea12

Zr105 wrote: »

Have the parweld 160 since may 12, has done a lot of work and is generally either at 100 or 120 amps and there are times i wouldnt be to forgiving on it burning rod after rid literally as quick as can be changed, generally have to stop when the torch starts getting too hot...

Thought power was starting to go a bit intermittent the last day i was using it but i was literally torturing it at 140 amps.... rod on rod until it blew the fuse in the plug
but it was fine when i was welding earlier on there today

Oh and the light reactive helmet is a bloody brilliant job! Will be replaced ASAP if it ever breaks... So handy being able to see where the rod is when trying to scratch an arc, and is nice and light to wear all day!

Agree on the light reactive helmet. I have one a few years. Was over in the FIL last week doing a bit with his. He had the old helmet. Found it impossible to use

Zr105

sea12 wrote: »

Agree on the light reactive helmet. I have one a few years. Was over in the FIL last week doing a bit with his. He had the old helmet. Found it impossible to use

Have the old helmet beside the aircooled welder but i picked it up once since the reactive arrived, welded around 1 rod then walked the length of the yard to get the reactive....

Just couldn't be bothered with the weight of it and having to flip it up just to change rod and it banging back down before you want it to.....

delaney001

Zr105 wrote: »

Have the parweld 160 since may 12, has done a lot of work and is generally either at 100 or 120 amps and there are times i wouldnt be to forgiving on it burning rod after rid literally as quick as can be changed, generally have to stop when the torch starts getting too hot...

Thought power was starting to go a bit intermittent the last day i was using it but i was literally torturing it at 140 amps.... rod on rod until it blew the fuse in the plug
but it was fine when i was welding earlier on there today

Oh and the light reactive helmet is a bloody brilliant job! Will be replaced ASAP if it ever breaks... So handy being able to see where the rod is when trying to scratch an arc, and is nice and light to wear all day!

How many rods would ya be talking before it'd start to over heat and eventually blow the fuse?

delaney001

bob charles wrote: »

second one, there was an offer on ESAB invertors maybe this would be my choice

http://www.caulfieldindustrial.com/esab-buddy-arc-180-amp-inverter-stick--tig-welder/p-e13489pd.html

Any major reason for 2nd over first?

dh1985

delaney001 wrote: »

Well lads, another welding thread. Was trying to find the old one but no sign (all the ones I found were about courses).

Looking at an inverter MMA arc welder.

Can someone throw the eye over this offer and let me know what its like?
Only going to be welding few gates, hinges, little breaks and those kind of things.

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=997

http://www.wholesaleweldingsupplies.ie/index.php?route=product/product&path=45_69_649&product_id=2059

Both the same price - any difference?



Cheers

Have a parweld mig welder and its a good machine. No problems yet so I would expect the inverter to be good also. They both seem good value with the headshields included. Their a few bob on their own

delaney001

I've never used one, but just to confirm, do they take the standard 13 Amp plug?

Zr105

delaney001 wrote: »

How many rods would ya be talking before it'd start to over heat and eventually blow the fuse?

A fair few, couldn't say I ever kept track of rods... Just keep dumping the old and sticking in the next.

It takes a fair bit of going to blow the fuse to be honest, the torch will be well and truly warm in your hand before it will go..


And to answer your other post, the parweld dont come with a plug on them. It's up to you to put either standard 13 amp or the blue 16amp plug on.
We went with standard 13 amp plug as it means that we can run it on end of extension lead, and it also means there's a bit more protection there just to be safe...
Have used it on the end of 50m reel but would deffinitly wind the reel out fully and would be more careful about taking breaks so as not to overload it than when it's plugged in at the wall if ya get me

Reggie.

Zr105 wrote: »

A fair few, couldn't say I ever kept track of rods... Just keep dumping the old and sticking in the next.

It takes a fair bit of going to blow the fuse to be honest, the torch will be well and truly warm in your hand before it will go..


And to answer your other post, the parweld dont come with a plug on them. It's up to you to put either standard 13 amp or the blue 16amp plug on.
We went with standard 13 amp plug as it means that we can run it on end of extension lead, and it also means there's a bit more protection there just to be safe...
Have used it on the end of 50m reel but would deffinitly wind the reel out fully and would be more careful about taking breaks so as not to overload it than when it's plugged in at the wall if ya get me

id go for the 16amp blue plug as i was sick of blowing fuses. all ya hace to do is put the reciever end for the blue plug on the end of a length of card and a normal 3 pin plug on the end of that and you can plug it in anywhere.

would roll out any extension reel as ive burned more of them after forgetting to roll them out

dh1985

delaney001 wrote: »

I've never used one, but just to confirm, do they take the standard 13 Amp plug?

No it has the industrial type socket on the welder but have an adaptor lead made up to accept that plug and go to a three pin plug the other end.

Zr105

Reggie. wrote: »

id go for the 16amp blue plug as i was sick of blowing fuses. all ya hace to do is put the reciever end for the blue plug on the end of a length of card and a normal 3 pin plug on the end of that and you can plug it in anywhere.

would roll out any extension reel as ive burned more of them after forgetting to roll them out

I've considered it several times but I've blown 3 fuses in just short of 2 years... A pack of 4 is about 70c and takes less than a minute to swap...

Definitely roll out any extension leads for anything more than a normal drill. Its amazing how much heat is created within the windings of a reel with any sort of loading put on it...

brownswiss

Was looking at a SIP T212 . Do any of you know which is better , Sip or Parweld ? Thanks