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PostPosted: 11:53 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Aldi arc welders are back on Thursday! Reply with quote
https://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/media/offers/01_11_week_43/Product_detail_Wk43T34.jpg


https://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_21512.htm

£34.99 for the welder



https://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_21514.htm

£3.99 for some rods
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 13:58 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Note that it's worth spending at least the same again on a self-darkening visor, or at the very least, a bit less on a flip-down style one.

They also have a reciprocating saw for £25, which is useful because mine got broken last week Smile/
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PostPosted: 14:58 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Blimey at that price if you manage to get one decent job out of it, it will have paid for it`self Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 16:11 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I bought one ages ago and couldn't get on with it for teaching myself to weld, gave it to someone who knows what they're doing and they were pleased as punch.
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PostPosted: 16:16 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I am sorely tempted, already got a MIG, could do with something I can use outdoors.
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PostPosted: 16:17 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Oh and note that most probably this will need a 30A or similar supply.
However, with a 13A fused plug it should be fine providing you don't get the rod stuck at high Amps - get used to releasing as quickly as possible and minimal fuses are needed.
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PostPosted: 23:02 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Are the deals store specific or nationwide?
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PostPosted: 23:08 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nationwide for Aldi.
Lidl make some pretence it's locale based, but I think they just want your postcode for their datas!
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PostPosted: 23:09 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
G wrote:
Oh and note that most probably this will need a 30A or similar supply.
However, with a 13A fused plug it should be fine providing you don't get the rod stuck at high Amps - get used to releasing as quickly as possible and minimal fuses are needed.


Wut? So I should plug this in where the oven plugs in? Oh wait I use a gas oven too and gas heating. So is this worthless to me?
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PostPosted: 23:23 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
fatpies wrote:
G wrote:
Oh and note that most probably this will need a 30A or similar supply.
However, with a 13A fused plug it should be fine providing you don't get the rod stuck at high Amps - get used to releasing as quickly as possible and minimal fuses are needed.


Wut? So I should plug this in where the oven plugs in? Oh wait I use a gas oven too and gas heating. So is this worthless to me?



Use a RCD protected socket and it will trip that before it blows the plug fuse, mine trips at high amps when sticking but its far easier to press the reset on the rcd socket than change fuses each time.
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PostPosted: 23:58 - 25 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
I have the same welder under a different name. Ultra cheap. Had it 5 years, still works. I have used it quite a bit but it only works with really thin rods.

Useless on any major welding job but still useful to have. Good for practising I suppose.
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PostPosted: 13:05 - 26 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snow rider wrote:

Would you buy a cheap Chinky bike?

So why would you buy a cheap plant?
They are useless, and trust me please, I am in the know after using most of the cheapies on the market.

If you buy cheap you buy twice. Take some time, look at duty cycle, and spend about £300 on a decent plant and the same on a night school to do you welding. It sounds easy but it isn't.

Only would buy a cheap chinese bike if it was VERY cheap.
If it was, might buy one to learn on and have a mess around with.

I've had my cheap welder for maybe 5 years now and it's done absolutely fine.

It has quite succesfully helped me stick two bits of metal together many times.
Sure, it doesn't give the best welds, but like a noob on a Chinese bike, I suspect that I'm the biggest factor in that.

Mine work fine 4mm rods, just go to be careful of it sticking.

And yes fatpies - ideally it would be in a high Amp plug. Or you could just wire one in easily enough if it bothered you.
But for me, using a 13a plug and occasionally changing the fuse hasn't been a big issue - in the last five years I've spent less on fuses than I would have on a RCD - not that having an RCD wouldn't be sensible to make it a bit less hassle.
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PostPosted: 18:28 - 26 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
They are crap. Anything more than a few inches of weld will kick on the kill switch for 10 minutes to stop it going on fire.

No good for sheet metal. No good for heavy plate. No good for multiple welds. Great for tiny jobs and making bright lights c/w hot sparks.

Save £10 in your budget for some decent welding gloves and safety glasses (chipping hot slag is fking dangerous).
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PostPosted: 18:44 - 26 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snow rider wrote:
spend about £300 on a decent plant and the same on a night school to do you welding.


If someone is in the market for a £35 welder it is because they want to have a go at welding and/or will use a few times a decade. Spending £600 on kit and lessons in order to stick a few bits of angle iron together and make some sparks is fucking stupid. Those that NEED good kit already know £35 isn't enough.
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PostPosted: 19:03 - 26 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
SoND wrote:
They are crap. Anything more than a few inches of weld will kick on the kill switch for 10 minutes to stop it going on fire.

While I think I do have one of those, it's another cheap one I've got.
No, you wouldn't be able to build a 1/4 scale replica of the titanic with it. But for my level of welding (which has pretty regular checking of my work) it's never cut out that I can remember.

I just leave my auto-darkening mask of for chipping slag. Welding gloves are definitely sensible; using latex gloves because you've got them on already, is not.
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G wrote:
Welding gloves are definitely sensible...


I just use my leather motorbike gloves.
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Just don't buy it thinking you can (without extreme difficulty) repair a car with it! For car work MIG is vastly superior, having used both. Far better to put the £35 towards a decent secondhand gas MIG, rather than having to buy twice when you find you're making more holes in your sills than you're repairing.

For odd jobs on thicker stuff though, could be worth a punt at £35. Then again, I got a ye olde SIP weldmate similar to that for £5 off ebay.
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I'm willing to bet my bike that I can join two bits of 1mm sheet together with an arc welder similar to this without blowing any holes. Wink
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PostPosted: 22:36 - 26 Oct 2011    Post subject: Reply with quote
Snow rider wrote:
G wrote:
Note that it's worth spending at least the same again on a self-darkening visor, or at the very least, a bit less on a flip-down style one.


I think the term your looking for is Reactor light.


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