Learnt to stick when I was 5 Muz and been doin' it a long time!![]()
Hobson's choice ATM and would be at it with the MIG in a flash mate (pardon the pun).
Soooo much quicker and the the penetration with the right set is just awesome.
Stick is OK, easier to use outdoors, which is where I currently have to work (no toy shed still)and will do the job, as long as yer's careful how you go about it.
Very satisfying to lay down though
Spent many years stick welding, before eventually going over to MIGs for daily work and only resorted to stick when pushed/necessary.
As you say though, very adaptable and use it anywhere.
Using a lil' Esab Caddy inverter currently, as a source and it has to be said it's amazing.
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Have had it years - bloody expensive in the days when I bought it, but can get 'em for around 200 quid now - got one for the BIL last year and he's chuffed to beans with it
The Caddy'll run a 3.25 all day and 4mm at about 60% duty cycle - from a 13 amp socket!!
It puts down a lovely weld too, being DC.
Kept a couple of MIGs from my shop, but 3 ph and haven't found a decent enough genny, at the right price yet to run 'em, yet.
Got a lil' 1 ph, 180 A mig which is ok for lil' bits 'n bobs but is hard pushed on full chat, to give adequate juice for bigger stuff.
Been considering one of these for a while ..............
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2512516263...84.m1436.l2649
......... and got to try one at a mate's fab shop a few weeks ago - bloody good it was too - he's slowly replacing all his rectifier units with 'em!
Inverter tech is the way to go, without doubtand cheap to run
Biggest thing with the MIG is knowing how to set it up, for what you want to do - once you have the drop on set up, they're a fab tool to use, for just about anything, from car wings to cutting edges and bucket repairs, but do not like drafts!!
Better go find a bit more for Jim an ' you then eh![]()
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