Looking at cheap/chinese welders?

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turoa
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Looking at cheap/chinese welders?

Postby turoa » Mon Nov 07, 2016 8:27 am

Im currently looking at purchasing a little welder for myself to do home jobs etc around the place. Looking for something with a reasonable duty cycle, however I don't really do a lot of welding these days so don't want to buy anything too outrageous. Can anyone comment on what these Weldsmart welders are like?

http://www.trademe.co.nz/business-farmi ... 048935.htm

Duty cyle looks ok for a cheap welder and can come with the spool gun for the 1 time you want to mig aluminium together :lol:

MIG
200AMP (60% Duty)
155AMP (100% Duty)

Does anyone have any experience with these or other cheap welders? Would have loved to score myself one of the Magmate 180's (from BOC) but they don't sell them anymore and they don't come up on trademe very often.

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Re: Looking at cheap/chinese welders?

Postby NJV6 » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:52 pm

Hey,

I can only comment that I have a magmate180 and like it for the money I spent!
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Re: Looking at cheap/chinese welders?

Postby callum007 » Mon Nov 07, 2016 6:49 pm

Looks fine but I'm no expert. the spool gun would cost you half of that.. I recall mine was 300 plus the mini reg etc.
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Re: Looking at cheap/chinese welders?

Postby turoa » Tue Nov 08, 2016 12:06 pm

NJV6 wrote:Hey,

I can only comment that I have a magmate180 and like it for the money I spent!


I wish I could get one! Have done a bit of welding with them and really like them

callum007 wrote:Looks fine but I'm no expert. the spool gun would cost you half of that.. I recall mine was 300 plus the mini reg etc.


Sweet as, I may try and order one. Spool gun would definitely be handy

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