Thats a good tip Jim. Any attempt to do long welds distorts thin metal. I have
just found using .6mm helps to avoid blowing holes in thin metal. Learning to
weld can be frustrating but satisfying when it comes together.
Ken
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On 22 Oct 2013, at 06:39, fixit-wo...@hotmail.co.uk
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> Glad you are running now. The prices are about norm. Air Products now do a
> bottle which you
> Buy for about 130 pounds as i remember and get refilled. Much better than BOC
> as no rental! Much depends on loca
Glad you are running now. The prices are about norm. Air Products now do a
bottle which you
Buy for about 130 pounds as i remember and get refilled. Much better than BOC
as no rental! Much depends on location, more in north than south.
Standard bottles require a large regulator but the Air Produc
Hi Mark,
Had the same issue -I was using a H reg donor.
I resolved it with the addition of a relay (might have been two) for the
fog lights powered by the headlights. Its a simple fix, but awkward due to
the access and space.
I also recall an issue with the switch colour which is worth a c
Thanks Ken,
I am not sure why, but on the web there have been notes of the same behaviour,
it seemed to be impossible and then difficult to get gas to flow. Now its fine
and controllable. Why? - I am not sure, maybe just a new valve with some
plastic dust in the system? Tried different bottl
I have to say i use 0.8mm wire for everything.
Something shown to me by a car body repairer was not to try and do continuous
welds on thin sheet (car body thickness), instead do a single quick weld
without moving the torch, then release the trigger, move the torch half the
weld dia and then do
hi Derek,
I've used the 160 version for some years with small bottles and large.
I found with the small bottle and regulator that screws on top of the bottle,
if you power off the unit with gas connected, when you press the trigger you
can hear the gas hiss at the nozzel as you turn up the regu
