My boss is a decent chap, when I broke my new second hand welder doing some bits and bobs for work, he paid for a new welder! Bless! So, as I don't need a hoofing gert mig for what I do, I pootled down to Wellington Welding Supplies in Avonmouth and bout a ludicrously cheap Hobart 140 Gas/Gasless. Reasonable duty cycle, good for exhausts/bodywork/short runs of reasonable thickness blah blah.
I spoke to the God that is Jezmond about this whole gasless thing and he assured me that it is a sin beyond redemption so five minutes to convert the 140 to gas - I have Argon, Argon/C02 and C02 for various things.
Saturday was a quiet relaxing day - small jobs etc. Bit of winch fixing on the morning but just chores on the pm. So I thought I would try out the new mig.
First things first. Got the Ali wire out and patched the lawn mower deck! Corker. Lovely job and sooooo easy to use.
Then I thought I would knock up an exhaust for the 100" - well the back half - as it has been missing for a while...
I ended up sticking things together in the garage just for the pleasure.
Got a bit carried away in the end and have started making a scarecrow out of scrap....
So for less than 200notes, Hobart 140, nice bit of kit, ideal for those of you, who like me, are secure in just welding normal stuff!