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6th June 2012, 11:16 PM #1Intermediate Member
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Hi first post in the metal work forum. What mig ,stick,tig welder would people suggest. For the mig welder i was looking at the cigweld 150 mig but it has a low duty cyle so no good.For the tig and stick im looking at the cigweld Weld skill 170HF inverter welder HIGH FREQUENCY eBay Australia: Buy new & used fashion, electronics & home d
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7th June 2012, 11:58 AM #2New Member
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Cigweld Weldskill 200 ACDC Just released
Hey Brendan you should check out the CIGWELD Weldskill 200ACDC its cheap and from china and only has a 12 month warrentee but at least Cigweld's head office is in Melbourne and they have an awesome tech department that dont mind silly questions from the public or from distributers (like me) and they acctually carry spare parts for the machines they sell. Oh and shop around for price its cheaper to buy from a specilist welding supply store then from companys like Total tools, Bunnings etc.
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7th June 2012, 01:47 PM #3Intermediate Member
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Hey, I guess it all depends on how much money you want to spend, and what you are trying to do. are you looking at buying a mig AND a stick / tig, and to you need AC for aluminium tig?
I bought the cigweld 170 inverter arc through the same place you linked to (Im pretty sure the run sydneytools as well. Its a good little welder. I can imagine the 170HF would make a pretty good little DC tig welder (it is DC, so no aluminium)
as for migs, the options are compact or full sized. The shop ones seem to have better duty cycle for cost. I'm not sure if thats because they are transformer Vs inverter, or they can just get away with larger / heavier parts. I was contemplating the Lincoln 180c which is about $900 - $1000 for a portable unit, or if maybe the Cigweld 175i which I think is a similar cost, but it is arc / DC scratch tig as well as mig.
I think I decided though, when I eventually get a mig, I'll get a shop model, so I can get a bigger welder, for a similar price. I've already got the inverter arc (and working on everything for tig on it) for portability
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8th June 2012, 10:57 AM #4GOLD MEMBER
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It really depends what you are welding.
If you are doing car bodywork constantly then the stick welder is somewhat redundant, if your main task is building fence panels then you don't need a tig, if you only weld stainless then DC tig is fine but throw in ally and you need to upgrade to an AC/DC machine, likewise if you wish to mig weld aluminium then you will need a larger machine than if tackling carbon or stainless steel.
Portability and power availability, (three phase?) are also considerations.
More info would be good so we can offer the best advice.
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