Lobster wrote:
I've always wanted to try welding... this thing is cheap enough to buy
it just to have a bash: any comments from anyone who knows *anything*
about welding?!

http://uk.aldi.com/special_buys/product_388.html


If you want to make lots of noise and light, and sometimes stick bits of
steel together, it'll do just fine.

If you want to construct stuff, with reliable, reproducible weld
quality, get a mig welder.

That's perhaps a little harsh, but arc welding is noisy, spattery and
difficult to do well.

As for that welder in particular, I'm sure it's identical internally to
any other sub £100 arc welder; all it is is a big transformer and a fan.


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Grunff