Thats something I'm considering getting now that I've got a garage I can do some wood butchering too. I'd like to get a welder too so I can learn to burn steel but I'd probably need one with a gas engine as my electricity service to the garage is maybe 30 amp.
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Yeah okay I'll talk to my brother about it he's an electrician and his roomate has a small portable welder that runs off of 120 volt household voltage. But I think its only good for thinner metal like sheet metal. I'd like to be able to weld on digger buckets and do hardfacing .
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Originally posted by Stock View PostBert I welded bucket teeth and carriers, hardfaced buckets, put on wear strips with my inverter with no problems............. was thinking of getting one infact .. for the but'n ben but dont know what to get as its only basic single phase ?
Please don't PM me for plant advice.. thanks .. Post in the forum where I will gladly help, as will many of our contributors.. as the info and responses will help everyone else, which is why we exist
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Muzz The one I have is a 160 amp and I have welded a gutter bolt to a piece of cladding and burned a 3.2mm in to a bucket until it went bright red.......Might get a bigger one when the occasion arises..............A driven man with a burning passion.
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Originally posted by Stock View PostMuzz The one I have is a 160 amp and I have welded a gutter bolt to a piece of cladding and burned a 3.2mm in to a bucket until it went bright red.......Might get a bigger one when the occasion arises..............Please don't PM me for plant advice.. thanks .. Post in the forum where I will gladly help, as will many of our contributors.. as the info and responses will help everyone else, which is why we exist
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dual voltage
i have been looking at getting one of these , easier than keep taking buckets home
dual voltage too so easier for site use
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/THERMAL-AR...item35be5f3584
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- DUTY CYCLE - 160A - 230V - 30%
- DUTY CYCLE - 100A - 110V - 35%
Bruce /Bert
anything with duty cycles this low is now worth owning, what it means is @ 160 amps you can weld for 30% of an hour before it overheats and shuts down. Very frustrating as it requires time to cool before you can weld.A driven man with a burning passion.
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Originally posted by Stock View Post- DUTY CYCLE - 160A - 230V - 30%
- DUTY CYCLE - 100A - 110V - 35%
Bruce /Bert
anything with duty cycles this low is now worth owning, what it means is @ 160 amps you can weld for 30% of an hour before it overheats and shuts down. Very frustrating as it requires time to cool before you can weld.most of what i do would not involve welding constantly for that amount of time anyway , anything requiring a lot of work would be taken back to the farm where there is a large mig and two large oil arc welders
this looks quite suitable , although its a 1 year warranty against 2
http://www.jlhc.co.uk/ltw_x01/produc...ma_swp140.html
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