JD450A
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Drill your corners, then disc what you can, drill the rest and then file down by hand or with a die grinder
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
any chance of some pix with a wider field of view .... can you cut the entire end off the frame and replace it??
doobin
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Nah, just cut with grinder and fill your excess slits in when you weld!
if you don’t have a mig, this is your excuse to buy one. I recommend r-tech.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
the Warrior from Phil Weekes gets my vote Doob
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
just refill the excess cut with weld
then face it off
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Russell
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There is some 80mm box 8mm thick in the shed so I was going to have a go at grafting that on. I was hoping to use my Clarke150 mig if it works but its so old and knackered it may fail so I might hire a little arc welder again. I'm limited to a 13amp supply at the moment.
Antony Holmes
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i got a cheep (£84.00) inverter welder, works grate only bought it for one job but still going strong and works fine on 13amp and burns 4mm rods no problem i am not saying it is in the same league as Rtec and the like but got me out of a hole at the time and for pocket money
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doobin
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He needs a mig not a stick to do a nice job of that sort of work.
doobin
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If you’re really stuck take a trip to the mainland and I’ll show you how to do it. Near Chichester.
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Russell
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I'll get it on there but my welds won't be pretty.
Antony Holmes
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i wouldn't disagree with that but some times it is a case of getting the job done and a nice job or may be he hasten got £350 + to spend on a mig
Antony Holmes
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same as that it may not look good that metal hot glue gun will get you out of a hole
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
unreal price some of this cheap gear these days
if it'll run a 4 mm I'm impressed ..... same as a lot of things I suppose .. throw away society !!
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Russell
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I would like a proper welder but anything that will do thick stuff will need more than a 13amp supply. That's not a problem but it's more time and another £200 for a cable to the shed. If my 150 mig won't touch it I'll hire a 13amp arc welder and see what that does. I'll get a big r tec arc welder once I've wired up the shed so I can make up some attachments next year.
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
my Esab Caddy runs off 13A, 3 pin socket .. as does the Esab Buddy inverter Ollie acquired earlier this year .... 4mm rods at 60% and 3.25mm rods at 100% duty cycle ..... perfectly adequate for what you need, as it would appear would be Anthony's above .... but a riskier purchase ... my Caddy is well over 20 years old .... TBH I will be surprised if your '150' MIG will put out enough juice to penetrate properly on anything other than spray with 0.6mm wire ..... those lil' MIGs were always wildly optimistic with their output figures
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Rob65
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Yep, stick weld it. A low powered mig is not the right tool and a high power mig is not essential unless time is important to you and you are needing to earn a living with yer welder.
I have a cheep inverter from eBay that runs from a 230v 13Amp supply. Think it’s Italian. Says it’s 130 Amp. Trying to run 4 mm rod is a bit optimistic for it but it runs 3mm very well.
A few beads with 3mm rods on a well prepared joint and 8mm box will be well and truly glued in place and with a bit of practice the welds should be able to be made to look respectable.
We look forward to seeing photos......
Rob
I have a cheep inverter from eBay that runs from a 230v 13Amp supply. Think it’s Italian. Says it’s 130 Amp. Trying to run 4 mm rod is a bit optimistic for it but it runs 3mm very well.
A few beads with 3mm rods on a well prepared joint and 8mm box will be well and truly glued in place and with a bit of practice the welds should be able to be made to look respectable.
We look forward to seeing photos......
Rob
1RB
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Go big or go home
Shovelhands
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and just how the hell do they counter the shrinkage / peel up / distortion from that level of heat in one hit ?
They are not intended for using on that kind of job, I watched that vid the other day, I’m sure they said that they are used to repair huge castings in foundry work? In an automated robot welder rather than hand held. So I guess if the part is huge enough, then it can take the heat?
It was just a bit of fun, expensive fun too I would imagine?
V8Druid
do it as well as you can,but learn to do it better
too right .... was a nice looking Bode welding 'arm' in the vid so assume that's what they're usually using ... submerged arc be far better though ... and cheaper
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