MMA / TIG INVERTER any good?

[mckenziecz]

I was looking at new welders. I was originally after mig but then i came across these tig welder/inverters, they do arc as well. Are these any good?

like this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ROCKWORTH...440?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item336541f0f8
or
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TIG160S-D...016?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item19b8747400

 

[Noddie]

I would have a good read up on them before you go for it. My thoughts are no, they are just cheap Chinese crap. And for general car work you would be much better with a decent MIG or even the invertor type stick welders if your short of cash. I would get a second hand miller MIG if I were you. Don't discount the price of gas if you go for anything other than stick, its not cheap! And gasless MIG is rubbish.

 

[frank]

mine,s had a right thrashing :grinning: not many left of the 2nd box of rods now (gotta love your council worker mate eh :wasntme

 

[Noddie]

Yes, frank isn't one of the ones that pretends to be a TIG welder to, its just an ac invertor. They are a good budget option and don't require gas which is very good. Imo you will get a neater weld with MIG and you will also have more controle when welding thinner metals (although frank has demonstrated that its possible to weld thin sheet with his.

 

[karlj]

Rockworth used to be a B&Q brand (apparently) and I can't say ive had a problem with mine but then mines just mma rather than mma/tig

 

[mckenziecz]

So not listening to anyones advice as always I bought this chinese thingy.

so far really good! only tried the arc and its great. Arc is so stable. much better then the old buzzbox!
Gonna try and make a video of the plazma cutter tomorrow!

 

[gtsnissanb]

They sell tig inverter welders at JTF near me for £100 probably be shyte though! Theres a reason tig welders are expensive

 

[mckenziecz]

so pleased so far! have tried the plazma cutter and works really well, could do with more powerful compresor, but thats not the inverters fault.
I cant try the tig as i need to get some argon

some pics

pics of tig will folow soon!

 

[Noddie]

Looks good so far eh, the big test is in the TIG arc at low amps though eh. I would like a plasma cutter.

 

[r-reg-sr]

look decent,for that price

 

[sr20bud]

not bad at all that mate is that 3mm plate?

 

[Dan Franke]

With welder i go by the simple rule of... ' If you can lift it, it's not worth having ' ... It's never let me down.

 

[Shaun]

DO MY SILLS! lol

looks like fun