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?!

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from Lobster contains these words:

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?!

MIG welding is much much much easier! However, I've still got a welder
just like that - had it for twenty years or more and every now and then
it gets dragged out - but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids. It still welds OK though.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Talking of cheapies - Netto have a garden shredder next week. Claims on
one hand that it's "silent" and on the other hand that it's "94dB".

Hmmm. Or perhaps HMMMMM.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

"Guy King" wrote in message
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but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids.

Could you elaborate please???

Cheers

John

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:55:18 +0100, John wrote:


"Guy King" wrote in message
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but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids.

Could you elaborate please???

Cheers

John

Sounds like he welds the kids to things........

Dave

In article ,
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?!

Depends on what you want to weld. If things like garden gates then it's
probably ok with practice. For thin sheet like car bodywork you need a MIG
- and a decent one at that.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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On 2006-09-16 00:42:31 +0100, Guy King said:

Talking of cheapies - Netto have a garden shredder next week. Claims on
one hand that it's "silent" and on the other hand that it's "94dB".

Hmmm. Or perhaps HMMMMM.

We know that their marketing people are semiliterate, so being
innumerate as well would
be entirely possible.

As long as they can count to 5 or 6 (max quantity in a stack of boxes),
that is good enough. There is even a little graphic on the side to
help with this.

I suppose that they must find counting cauliflowers intellectually
challenging, though.

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from "John" contains these words:

but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids.

Could you elaborate please???

Turning pencils into short-lived incandescant lamps, melting salt with
carbon electrodes (one of these days I must make a rectifier so we can
electrolise some), running large electromagnets to do fun things with -
that sort of stuff.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

Lobster wrote:

I've always wanted to try welding..

Stick welding is great fun, but it's really of very little use. Go for
wire-feed (aka MIG), where are least you can start making things with
it.

This is OK for 1/8" steel, so if you've got a garden gate needing
doing, then go for it and have fun.

"gort" wrote in message
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On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 01:55:18 +0100, John wrote:


"Guy King" wrote in message
...

but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids.

Could you elaborate please???

Cheers

John

Sounds like he welds the kids to things........

Shocking thing to do!

On 2006-09-16 11:37:16 +0100, Owain said:

dennis@home wrote:
but usually for more interesting things like doing
high-current fun and game with the kids.
Sounds like he welds the kids to things........
Shocking thing to do!

Not best current practice.

Owain

I thought it had potential, but that idea met with resistance

I've welded car bodies up before with a stick welder, but that was
before the days of MIG, and before bodyfiller was fround upon on the
MOT.

I've done upside down welding on Landie chassis, I've brazed car
sill's on with the carbon brazing rod attachment.

All good experience.

But I would go for the MIG any day.


On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 08:35:17 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:

In article ,
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?!

Depends on what you want to weld. If things like garden gates then it's
probably ok with practice. For thin sheet like car bodywork you need a MIG
- and a decent one at that.

In article ,
pcplod wrote:
I've welded car bodies up before with a stick welder, but that was
before the days of MIG, and before bodyfiller was fround upon on the
MOT.

I was thinking more of a proper butt weld repair rather than just passing
an MOT. But for an MOT repair, a seam welded patch is ok, and that might
still be possible with a stick welder. I can make a pretty good job of
those - it's butt welding that defeats me.

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from Guy King contains these words:

Talking of cheapies - Netto have a garden shredder next week. Claims on
one hand that it's "silent" and on the other hand that it's "94dB".

Then again, in a while they're selling a toaster with "Built-in
controls". Saves losing the remote, I suppose.

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Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.