On Sun, 15 Sep 2019 11:53:30 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
Archibald Tarquin Blenkinsopp Esq wrote:
Any experience of Aldi/ Lidle el Cheapo welders?

I have a couple and tried to use one a few months back with zero
success.

Not sure if what I was trying to do was practical i.e replage a
damaged M5 threaded rod on a stove glass holding clip.

It's likely one of these things an experienced welder might be able to
make work OK.

It's a skill I've never mastered. Despite having a fairly decent MIG and
practising. Mainly to weld the thin stuff on car bodywork. Thicker stuff
is easier.

I can weld straight runs without too many problems, but that's about
it. I do not have the experience to know whether what I tried was
possible with my gear.

I suppose really, that like plastering, I will just have to accept
that is a skill I will never be able to master :-(

I took the door to a welder in the end and he accopmlished it using a
MIG device. I suppose the one face saving thing was that he did say at
the start he couldn't guarantee it would work. He was probably being
kind :-)

AB