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Really lets see you weld jimny body panels with arc all but impossible tig is good but beyond the reach of your average diyer ive been welding cars for 35 years and mig is the way forward up to 3mm then yes for strength and penetration arc is good I run a 380 sureweld Mig at work and happy to weld 10mm plus with that but with 185 at home 8mm with some pre heat works ok
It's not impossible but very hard to do how ever I don't think TIG is out of the way of normal diy welders is the same as setting up a mig in some respects you still need a gas bottle you still need a regulator the only other things you need are tungsten and a method of grinding them
I find MIGs are power hungry wanting at least another 100 odd amps to do the same job as stick which puts strain on a 13 amp household ring main causing it to pop fuses left right and center which is what I am experiencing with my stick welder... anything above 115 amps and pop...
Yes you can get 16 amp ring mains but not a lot of households have them
JerseyJimny wrote: It's not impossible but very hard to do how ever I don't think TIG is out of the way of normal diy welders is the same as setting up a mig in some respects you still need a gas bottle you still need a regulator the only other things you need are tungsten and a method of grinding them
I find MIGs are power hungry wanting at least another 100 odd amps to do the same job as stick which puts strain on a 13 amp household ring main causing it to pop fuses left right and center which is what I am experiencing with my stick welder... anything above 115 amps and pop...
Yes you can get 16 amp ring mains but not a lot of households have them
if you have a cooker scocket plug it into that as thay are rated at 32amp or 46amp i think my mig kept triping out on a narmal ring but not on the cooker scocket
Cheers all. I will dig the MIG out and practice on some scraps.
But power at home could be a problem as to reach the Jimny out the front from a cooker socket is going to need a very long extension lead. Not sure if that is going to be OK. Guess it needs to be a high rated lead amps wise.
But I do like the look of TIG long term but first things first
JerseyJimny wrote: It's not impossible but very hard to do how ever I don't think TIG is out of the way of normal diy welders is the same as setting up a mig in some respects you still need a gas bottle you still need a regulator the only other things you need are tungsten and a method of grinding them
I find MIGs are power hungry wanting at least another 100 odd amps to do the same job as stick which puts strain on a 13 amp household ring main causing it to pop fuses left right and center which is what I am experiencing with my stick welder... anything above 115 amps and pop...
Yes you can get 16 amp ring mains but not a lot of households have them
What are you writing about its people like you who are miss informed put people off having a go my 185 runs off a 13 amp plug and never a problem hence why it came fitted with a 13 amp plug :laugh: and strangley my 140 also runs from a 13 amp plug without problem as for running a 140 off a 13amp extension lead just make sure it is unraveled and will work perfectly honestly mate if you cant write informed posts then dont bother i for 1 get fed up with reading miss informed horse shite ohhh annd buy the way your ring main should be breakered at 32 amps itsmore than likely its your RCD tripping due too earth leakage
