Cheap MIG - repairable or landfill?
Hi all,
I know I shouldn't have but I bought a cheap MIG welder second hand then proceeded to exceed the duty cycle and burned out one of the components on the board that runs the wire feed.
I've made a few enquiries and have been told it's not economically viable to repair but surely there's a way to get this thing fixed rather than pitching it. I can see what's happened, the part has overheated and the solder has let go. I re-soldered it and got it working only for it to re-heat, which might point to an additional problem I suppose. It works fine other than this, seems a real shame.
My other welder is Arc/Tig of which I only use the Arc because I'm not paying for gas and it's pretty hard to weld the thinner stuff which is a lot of of what I want to do around the workshop/house.
Has anyone else found a way to keep these things running? Am I wasting my time?