Mig Welder

[overherebc]

Does anyone out there know where I can get a MIG welding machine, only for home use, not a unit for fabrication work. I want to be welding 2 to 3mm steel work for a fence and a couple of gates. So far I've only seen large units that can be used for fairly heavy work but nothing that looks like a home unit.

[Scoop1]

Hi Overherebc, i have a friend near bkk who works for a welding company, who goes and trouble shoots when there is a problem with the welders, i also think he is in sales as well. he is French but he speaks ok english

if you want i can contact him and find out if you give me some information, i have his email and his number

Cheers

Scoop

[beechstreet]

Mig welders are not very popular here (as you've noticed!). So finding a decent entry level model is going to be pretty difficult I think, there just isn't much of a market for them. Supplies will be subsequently sparse as well. I might suggest that you get a Tig welder, you'll be able to do the thin delicate stuff and can also use it as a stick welder for the big and nasty. Welpro has a wide range of readily available models and appears to be a pretty respectable company. Also someone referred me to this company that sells some western brands... http://www.diamondinter.com (likely at a premium though).

[overherebc]

Thanks for the replies.

At the moment I have a Welpro WELTIG 250, which will weld anything really and can also, obviously, be used with a TIG set-up. Really just fancy the MIG coz its so easy to use, don't need to keep sharpening the tungsten bits etc.

As pointed out there doesn't seem to a huge market for MIG units here. Only one I did see was in the 40,000 plus bracket and I really don't want to go there.

Thanks again for both your replies.

[pigeonjake]

hi there,

just keep in mind if your going to be doing a fence as you say, youll have to keep out the wind as it will blow your shielding gas away,

take care jake, x welder/ now welding supervisor

[overherebc]

hi there,

just keep in mind if your going to be doing a fence as you say, youll have to keep out the wind as it will blow your shielding gas away,

take care jake, x welder/ now welding supervisor

Cheers

x-welder, now level 3 SWI (only joking) not level 3 just CSWIP SWI

Edited June 6, 2012 by overherebc

[pigeonjake]

now then i was going to go down that road myself, but to be honest i do ok as i am,

i was on good money in brazil, africa,both nigeria and angola, im in scotland at the mo, and to be honest its good money, and i get to see the kids here,,lol,

my mates just done his cswip, and hes x welder, about time more ex welders did it,

take care mate jake

[overherebc]

now then i was going to go down that road myself, but to be honest i do ok as i am,

i was on good money in brazil, africa,both nigeria and angola, im in scotland at the mo, and to be honest its good money, and i get to see the kids here,,lol,

my mates just done his cswip, and hes x welder, about time more ex welders did it,

take care mate jake

It's handy being an x-welder when you reject a weld and get the, what do you know about welding question and you can pick up the rod and run a nice vertical on something.

Usually stops the comments.

Too cold in Scotland by the way

[pigeonjake]

its not to bad here at the moment, i was here for 8 weeks last winter, now that was cold, i should be back home end of sept, the wifes hoping so anyway weve got another baby due on the 20th sept,

jake

[Soutpeel]

Mig welders are not very popular here (as you've noticed!). So finding a decent entry level model is going to be pretty difficult I think, there just isn't much of a market for them. Supplies will be subsequently sparse as well. I might suggest that you get a Tig welder, you'll be able to do the thin delicate stuff and can also use it as a stick welder for the big and nasty. Welpro has a wide range of readily available models and appears to be a pretty respectable company. Also someone referred me to this company that sells some western brands... http://www.diamondinter.com (likely at a premium though).

The shipyards and big fab yards in Thailand use these these machines along with flux corded wire, as well MIG/MAG for the sake of welding a gate and few posts...SMAW ?...not sure why you would want to p*ss around with wire feeder and gas for a job like that ?

The reason why MIG/MAG and flux core not so popular in Thailand...very simple....Thailand produces SMAW electrodes for export and MIG/MAG and flux cored wires are imported, in order to protect the Thai SMAW industry the import tax on these wires is quite high.