migwelder?

[stuboy]

i need to replace mine but not much dosh whats out there new>?

[twosmoke300]

Go Clarke if on a budget . Had a little 100 for years as a main workshop welder and never failed . Just replaced it with a gys smartmig 162 for 375+ vat . Time will tell if it's any good , seems to weld well on the first job I did with it anyway .

 

Avoid sip and cebora

[legasoil96]

I've just bought a R-tech 180 amp mig inverter welder. Excellent it is .over £400 inc VAT though 2yr collect and return warranty.

[Uncle Jimmy]

Recently bought a 'CWS' Mig welder; they are a retailer in Cheltenham. The reason I chose it was it dials down to 20 amps so is good for thin and crispy bodywork. I've managed to get really good welds on 0.5mm steel and welded cast iron a couple of times. Gets my vote.

[catsinthewelder]

Are you interested in a 2nd hand welder?  I have a 130A for sale,  It's well made but very heavy which was ideal at my old house on a council estate but less useful here.  £80 collected from Ludlow (which will be spent on something I can carry).

 

The manufacturer is something like ELRO which got a fairly good write up when I researched it before buying.

[stuboy]

hi peeps good ideas so far.. been looking on ebay too.. moneys tight too

[Royale80]

Are you interested in a 2nd hand welder?  I have a 130A for sale,  It's well made but very heavy which was ideal at my old house on a council estate but less useful here.  £80 collected from Ludlow (which will be spent on something I can carry).

 

The manufacturer is something like ELRO which got a fairly good write up when I researched it before buying.

Cat

 

Have PM'd you.

 

Steve

[fordperv]

i have a clarke 135te its served me well for nearly 10 years now

[bub2006]

I've just bought a Clarke 102ng gasless mig for the sum of £140 brand new from machine mart. Ideal setup starter for me but I need a lot of practice as I haven't used a welder in 11 years

[Bobthebeard]

I have a Clarke Pro-90 Mig in used but good condition if anyone wants it? Has a new roll of wire and a full (small) canister of argon/co2 fitted. Works and welds fine. Collection only as bloody heavy. Looking for £80 if possible?

[bub2006]

Damn it. Always happens after I've bought new!

[Tickman]

I have a Clarke Pro-90 Mig in used but good condition if anyone wants it? Has a new roll of wire and a full (small) canister of argon/co2 fitted. Works and welds fine. Collection only as bloody heavy. Looking for £80 if possible?

I have one of these and it has welded cars, gates and a gas bottle / garden chiminea thing all with decent results. Here is the info page from Machine Mart:

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/pro-90-mig-welder/

 

Edit: Also welded a stainless pipe to make a shower rail as I was quoted over £200 to do it (stupid shape so one could not be bought!

[NorthernMonkey]

I have a Clarke Pro-90 Mig in used but good condition if anyone wants it? Has a new roll of wire and a full (small) canister of argon/co2 fitted. Works and welds fine. Collection only as bloody heavy. Looking for £80 if possible?

Whereabouts are you, mr the beard sir??

[mat_the_cat]

Recently bought a 'CWS' Mig welder; they are a retailer in Cheltenham. The reason I chose it was it dials down to 20 amps so is good for thin and crispy bodywork. I've managed to get really good welds on 0.5mm steel and welded cast iron a couple of times. Gets my vote.

 

I bought the Best MIG 160i from them and it's been great so far. I chose it partly for the infinitely variable current settings, a good duty cycle (60% @ 160 amps) and the fact it seemed well put together.

 

I was initially struggling to get the arc going when doing thin bodywork - if I turned it up enough to get an arc (instead of a coil of red hot wire) then it just blew through. So I phoned up CWS - they reckoned that 0.8 mm wire was pushing it a bit for butt welding bodywork, and sent out a reel of 0.6 mm FOC by next day courier.

 

 

That worked perfectly! For some reason it seems more sensitive to wire size than my old Clarke did, but I'm really impressed with both the welder and customer service. I used to use them when I lived locally so I'm glad they're still going.

[Rocket88]

Blimey.......service! A rarity these days...................

[richardthestag]

my old sip migmate made for a better hammer than reliable seam welder.

 

Sold it and bought this

 

https://www.thewelderswarehouse.com/Welding-Supplies/Mig-Welder-BlueMig-150T.html

 

Use tip dip and a big hobby gas mix5 and my welding skillz has improved some

[fraser.innes.3]

I bought a second hand migmate for £50. Converted to eurotorch, ripped out most of the internals. Only the transformer, shunt and wire feed mechanism remain. Cost £100 in parts, and now have a good working mig welder. Since then I have added a full size bottle and some decent guages.

 

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[richardthestag]

Hats off to you, I hate giving up on stuff

 

wire feed was the biggest issue on my migmate 130 turbo. i suppose that a different feed for the wirefeed motor may well have improved things.

 

Tip dip would certainly have improved things at the torch end of things as it has on my new welder. the steel liner on the sip made a massive difference

[drum]

I replaced a topmig with an esab. Much better. Would recommend.

[PiperCub]

Recently bought a 'CWS' Mig welder; they are a retailer in Cheltenham. The reason I chose it was it dials down to 20 amps so is good for thin and crispy bodywork. I've managed to get really good welds on 0.5mm steel and welded cast iron a couple of times. Gets my vote.

 

Any details/links on this? I'm interested in replacing my old Migmate Super after 25 years and this sounds promising. 

[Uncle Jimmy]

Mine is the same as mat_the_cat's. Google Cheltenham Welding supplies and it will give you all the details, the 160 amp MIG was about £350; I was going to spend twice that on a German machine but for the amount of welding I do that's a bit extreme. As was said, the variable amp setting sold it to me. The wire feed is all steel too, although it needed some adjustment to get the tensioner working correctly. I also bought a good quality auto darkening helmet which helps greatly.

[tommotech]

I got a Clarke 150TE on a VAT free deal from Machine Mart.

 

It can be difficult to settle on a power setting but the guide book gets you close. Like any mig welder the better the metal the easier life is.

 

I had to weld aluminium which was challenging, wire feed kept snarling unfortunately.

 

On the whole a good buy though.

[mat_the_cat]

Any details/links on this? I'm interested in replacing my old Migmate Super after 25 years and this sounds promising. 

 

http://www.weldingdirect.co.uk/cws-best-mig-160i-mig-welder-10672-p.asp

 

That's the one. Found a review too:

 

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/cws-best-mig-160i-review.65236/