Trevor,
try it on gas, you will never go back to flux core! Better welds, no
spatter, less cleaning. Weld up a trolley with room for a bottle behind
the welder and it'll go everywhere.
Craig.
"Pooley, Trevor" wrote:
>
> James,
>
> Yep it was a coppermate, 10year warranty on the windings. 170amp? not sure.
> It is over at my brothers house with the race car at the moment. I have not
> used it with gas, but it welds good with flux cored wire. I've gone through
> a few rolls of this. In the future I will go crazy with it when I rebuild
> the 1600 project car at home. I want to do a 2 door conversion + seam
> welding etc. I've been to busy with racing and maintaining the car to go ape
> with welding. I would suggest buying one of those electric helmets and there
> is a good book called "performance welding" in the Box Hill library. My old
> mans a mech eng and he looked into it for me. He suggested to go for the
> copper transformer not the Aluminium ones. Buy one with a trolley as mine is
> barely portable (read efin heavy). It will mean that your mates will be
> hassling you on the weekend, but they can always use it if they come over
> with beer I suppose. Do you think you can make it to Sandown on the 5/11/00.
> Your welcome to bring any car you want, even the Starion, but hopefully the
> 2 door (Z18T power?).
>
> Catch ya later
> Trev
>
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