As some low life broke into my workshop last week and stole my welder along with most of my other tools , I am now looking to replace my mig welder as it was luckily insured on a new for old basis, the old welder was an SIP topmig 140 turbo which I fitted with a euro torch conversion, which, contrary to popular opinion, I find to be a very good welder, mainly for 0.8 - 3mm steel, as I also have a pickhill bantam oil cooled arc welder for anything thicker than this, however now that I have got better at mig welding and have the opportunity to buy something a bit better and bigger, unfortunately I am limited to single phase, but do have a 32amp supply.
So, what suggestions does anyone have, I have about a 500pound +vat budget. I have looked at all the usually candidates, but have also found a company called Rtech, which seem to produce some good welders, made in the UK, what do you think of these? They appear to be solid machines of high spec at a good price to me, especially the 200 amp version.
Any help would be very welcome.
Will