mill5y Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Been looking for a little welder to do litle jobs on the escort and on the celica were needed. Dnt and cnt go breaking the bank so just looking for a half decent unit to do the old bodywork bits and some light fabrication work nothing major..... saw these on ebay caught my eye, Sealey good brand name *guareenteed* but gasless- does this really matter?? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEALEY-100Amp-No-Gas-Gasless-Mighty-Mig-Welder-Wire-/370381352306?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item563c72ed72 And the wolfe again a pretty well known name and it runs non gas or with gas http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Wolf-Mig-140-Gas-No-Gas-Mig-welder-kit-/370468547658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item5641a56c4a The wolfe has a lot more stuff thrown in (cheap mask hammer etc..) but in the questions it says it will run on a 15amp house socket but only on lowest power settings. My garage only has a 15amp supply. For welding the odd body panel or even a patch in the floor if needed am I going to need high power?? Which of the 2 if you were in my position would be be more confident about?? Or if you know any more for around the 150 mark any suggestions??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 (edited) Personally I wouldn't go gasless, I had the same decision not long ago, couldn't decide whether to brand new cheap or good second hand. I bought one of those Sealey's and couldn't get a decent weld on panelwork although it wasn't bad on anything with a bit of meat to it. I ended up sending it back and bought a second hand Clarke 100EN and never looked back it goes low enough to put a good weld on panels and will take 0.8mm and 1.00mm wire, it's pretty good up to 5-6mm too. The plus with going with a gas welder is you can always use gasless wire if your welding in strong wind etc... It'll weld pretty much anything you could wish too on a car Edited March 2, 2011 by princy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wolverine1984 Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Sealeys do a lot more different welders to the one you posted up, I know I send out enough of them every week. Pretty sure you can get a gas welder for about the same price as that gas-less one. Don't actually know bugger all about welders, don't even know the difference between MIG/TIG and ARC except for what boxes they come in http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/MiniMIG-Welder-130Amp-230V-Sealey-S0771 thats about the cheapest one i can think of - also they must be pretty well made as we send loads out but very rarely see those in for repair! Shame I cant set up a company and buy the stuff at my staff price then sell it on - would offer to buy you one at staff price but I wouldn't be allowed one as brought a Welder before Christmas for my dad and they only let you buy so much as it supposed to be for yourself/family or close friends for personal use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mill5y Posted March 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Personally I wouldn't go gasless, I had the same decision not long ago, couldn't decide whether to brand new cheap or good second hand. I bought one of those Sealey's and couldn't get a decent weld on panelwork although it wasn't bad on anything with a bit of meat to it. I ended up sending it back and bought a second hand Clarke 100EN and never looked back it goes low enough to put a good weld on panels and will take 0.8mm and 1.00mm wire, it's pretty good up to 5-6mm too. The plus with going with a gas welder is you can always use gasless wire if your welding in strong wind etc... It'll weld pretty much anything you could wish too on a car I trust the judgement of gen5 owners so much I just bought myself a decent second hand clarke 100en. All being well I'l pick it up tomorow cheers for the info guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princy Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 I'm chuffed to bits with mine, it's done everything I've thrown at it to date Just in case it doesn't come with instructions regarding settings etc.. you can find them here http://www.clarkeservice.co.uk/manuals/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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