Originally posted by fife t4 new
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Shame really as the prep work and the fab on the patch pieces was top drawer
You can weld with gasless and you can get decent ish results - I've done whole restos with gasless welders.
You need to turn the heat up and weld in 1 second bursts - do expect to do a run, you'll burn through - gasless wire needs more heat. weld for a sec, wait a sec and weld for a sec - keep this up and build the bead up. Eventually you get used to knowing how much heat you can put in.
I'd grind back what you have done already it should tidy up ok.
Buy a gas welder as soon as poss - factor in that you need a rent free bottle (NOT CO2 from the pub), run 0.6mm wire and tips. Do not buy a cheap sealey/cerbora or snap-on. If you go for a budget welder - buy the clarke.
Dont buy a SIP migmate 150 - unless it has been extensively modified as they are poop
edit - the sealey and the cebora that fruitbat has highlighted are not what i'd include in the budget welder category, the ones he picked out are on the first step of the 'proper welder' category.
I want an R-tech IGBT unit - but they are a step up again - but sooo good.
Oh and both clarke you found second hand are known good units but the 150TE is about £80 overpriced
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