Clarke mig welder

[L14MNP]

The wire feed on my Clarke 175TE (iirc) is very erratic.

I was forced to use one of those bollocks hobby bottles yesterday when welding a mates car.

No gauge. No point. (That's without mentioning the copious other drawbacks of them.)

[Andy]

you cant use gas on max!!!!
christ on a shopper man!

[L14MNP]

you cant use gas on max!!!!
christ on a shopper man!

"Are you on gas?!"

"No, but that fookin welders are!"

[GRUNT 16V]

If you want propper gas but on a budget get on to hobby welds website! They have distributers all over the uk

[L14MNP]

If you want propper gas but on a budget get on to hobby welds website! They have distributers all over the uk

Or BOC. They do a bottle now that is the equivalent of about 100 of those throw away things, for £35.

[Mike]

That looks like almost zero penetration!
On thick plate like that, the colour change alone is usually staring you in the face, when the weld has penetrated.

That is seriously helping to support a house?

That's a second pass chap, I ground a chamfer onto the rectangle plate & double passed it on all four sides. This, and 2 more with joints in the recesses are holding up a mezzanine floor that is still there now.

I never realised there were so many pro welders on here before. But as we all know, its always easier to criticise some one elses work...

[gearbox90]

Was a pro welder for over 10 years, coded and qualified. I was also quality controller for over 30 other welder and trained more welders than I can remember.