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AndyT
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Sounds normal to me they only last 20mins or so.
Bin the gas and go gasless easier and more consistent to learn with. A small spool should only be £5. Or find a friendly pub landlord and "borrow" a CO2 bottle, you'd have to scrounge or buy a regulator to fit but the gas is only a few quid. |
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LT28 1979 2.0 Pampas Nevada Camper LPG 93K, 1980 T3 A/C Camper 98K,1994 RRC 3.9 LPG 120k , 1998 Audi A6 Est 2.5 V6 diesel 127k
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petergeeky
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Hi,
A lot of the gas places sell CO2 in large bottles - at one time it was difficult for "private" people to get hold of CO2 bottles, unless like Andy says, you knew a friendly pub landlord. But the gas depots don't seem to bother about it so much - I get mine from a place called Wirral Gas near Birkenhead - obviously no good if you're in Bristol, but I'm sure there'll be something similar locally. They sell the propane/butane camping gas type bottles, but they also do CO2. I guess the first time you'll have to pay a deposit on the bottle, but a 3ft tall refill cost me about £15 last time, and it seems to last forever. Obviously, as mentioned you'll have to buy a guage (loads on Fleabay), but the outlay is worth it in the long run. Rgds Peter. |
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MostlyMonki
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I recon mine are lasting about 5 minutes! |
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team french
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is there a leak anywhere in the line? machine mart do two sizes of the dissposable bottles but the bigger ones still dont last to long. do you have a regulator on the bottles? if so turn it down and practice welding and turning it up slightly untill you get no porosity and a clean weld
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1978 2litre LT28 abbomination!!!!
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kimbobill
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Couple of things. If your mig has been cooped up in the shed over winter check the wire hasn't gone rusty, you'll find out when it spits and sputs at you! same as if you try to weld rust and if you are underneath wear some thick cloths as you'll do the Tyburn jig if the hot rocks get through. Gauntlets I only use one on my right hand (non welding hand) unless it's a hard to get to place and it's likely to drop on the hand.
Just make sure you know where all the fuel and gas pipes run before you start |
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T4 Caravelle converting to a day van and still looking for an LT
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Chappy
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Anyone had any experience in getting hold of oxyacetylene bottles? Bags and torches are easy enough on ebay, but not so with the bottles. I'm guessing that it's more to do with eBay rules that owt else tho. I fancied a OA setup for welding and general use.
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Back in the slow lane, yeah!
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LT35-Craig
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BOC gas do them, have a search and see if they have a depot near you.
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canny bagga Tudor
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I haven't been on the mig welding forum for a few months but was back there the other day. A bloke called Weldequip who posts on there has been selling welders and equipment for a while now, but via pm's. Anyway, he's now got a webshop on there. He seems like a decent fella who knows his stuff and always dispatches orders very promptly. Here's the link to his shop . . . http:////www.mig-welding.co.uk/shop/ . . . and a few pages of posts from satisfied customers: http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3918 Tony |
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1993, LT31, 2.4 petrol (with a 1E engine), lwb, camper conversion project.
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Jam-Man
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Oxy-acetylene bottles aren't on ebay 'cos they are technically always owned by either BOC (or the other outfit but can't quite remember their name now- oxygen products or something like that). There are BOC agents all across the country and you can rent various size bottles from them. Be warned though they are expensive to rent and BOC put the price up every year with the same lame excuse regardless of whether the wholesale price has gone up or down in the preceeding 12 months! Also, oxy/acetylene equipment, unlike MIG or manual ARC for those of you not familiar with it is hard to use, potentially much more dangerous and does require proper training from someone who knows how to do more than cut metal with it!. It, together with TIG are truly the best ways of welding car thickness stuff though.
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Jam-Man
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Oh, forgot to mention... Oxy/Acetylene bottles are available on the 'black market' but they are inevitably empty and you will have trouble getting them filled if you don't have a trusted friend with a proper BOC account...
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AndyT
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Mine is gasless and I'll put up with the spatter.
BOC are taking the ****. |
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Jam-Man
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You are certainly correct about BOC Andy. They suck! But if you need the gear as we do they've got you up against a wall for sure. Argon mix on the MIG does make it a lot nicer though!
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bibblybobs
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I use gas from Halfords and the current bottle I have has lasted a year and a lot of panels. I turn on the gas tap until I just hear the gas then stop. If you open the gas tap fully it will only last about 10 mins.
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1984 LT31 2.4 petrol Camper
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lt31ollie
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for the people who keep running out of gas quickly..
turn the wire speed down and hold the torch near youre cheak, the purge of gas should feel simular to breath on the back of youre hand if you have to much gas, this can drag air into the sheid of gas which will give you porosity. ive been working as a fabricator for the last 5 years and this is how i always metre how much gas i need. also if you use 0.6 to 0.8, welding body panels is far easyier and stronger as the you get full weld penatration rather than if you use 1mm up you will end up with cold lap as you have to run the welder on a low setting with not much weld penatration hope that is of some help |
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NickV
Not Quite Newbie Joined: 13 Nov 11 Location: Bideford Status: Offline Points: 10 |
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True...
It can blow the diodes on the alternator which turn ac to dc
So always disconnect the alternator before welding. I disconnect the battery too as it only takes a sec!
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Yardie dayglo dan Joined: 18 Nov 08 Location: Gods Country Status: Offline Points: 358 |
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Right fellas, just my tuppence worth but if you going to do the welding lark, don't go for a gasless model, go for at least a 150 amp gas fed model (it's worth spending the extra). There's lots of places you can get gas from, admittedly it comes with a bottle rental fee which is about £18 a month. A full bottle of either argoshield light or coogar 5 should set you back about £75 notes depending on if you use air products or BOC. If your new to welding get some practice on scrap material first and with mig clean material is really important. Then it's up to you experimenting with the amount of current and wire speed. If your stuck ask someone we all had trouble at some time.
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A GUY HAS TO HAVE HIS TOYS!!
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Yardie dayglo dan Joined: 18 Nov 08 Location: Gods Country Status: Offline Points: 358 |
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Oh and disconnectthe battery, at best you could fry your ECU at worst your battery will blow up due to the hydrogen it produces when it boils. Have fun!!
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A GUY HAS TO HAVE HIS TOYS!!
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AndyT
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Update on the gas side.
Got a nice big BOC Y bottle (40kg) this afternoon, found a special deal for diy bods. Gas is £24.48 a refill and annual rent £34.15 + vat of course. No stupid contract, monthly bills. Normal prices are £50.36 and £105.06. |
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max and caddy
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How? did you just ask at boc? im on the intrustrial tariff...too expensive..whats the catch?
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AndyT
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Found the info on the mig welding forum.
Just ring 0800 111333 and ask about the Volkszone offer. Only catch is it's Y size only, reasoning being that it fits in the boot!!. |
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