Re: Bargain Alert Thread
Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:09 pm
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Cheers, bargain acquiredBorderer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:09 pm Ex demo Sonder bikes on sale at Alpkit
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Cheeky Monkey wrote: ↑Sat Jan 18, 2020 11:13 amCheers, bargain acquiredBorderer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:09 pm Ex demo Sonder bikes on sale at Alpkit
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Apologies to Escape Goat that it kyboshed me buying his
Oh for Pete's sake! Luckily same price as the replacement I bought. Maybe I should get another as a potential replacement replacement.BigdummySteve wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:31 pm
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Is it better than a normal gas less mig mate , been looking around as mine is starting to give up the ghost , not that it welds that great with brewery gas anyhow but boc don’t like their gas bottles in residential premisesBearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:53 pm I think this probably belongs here - I picked up a wire flux mig from Lidl today for those outdoor, upside down and hard to reach jobs and it's surprisingly good. WF mig sometimes gets a bad press but that's mainly because it's not exactly like a normal mig and you need to adjust a few things.
Anyway, if you fancy the idea of a mig welder but don't want the expense of buying gas, I'd recommend one of these - £80 well spent. While you're in, I'd also pick up some spare wire for it - £6 for 2 spools is very cheap and if you're not sure then buy the .9mm stuff.
Mods please delete this before I do something stupidBorderer wrote: ↑Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:09 pm Ex demo Sonder bikes on sale at Alpkit
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450g / 104m reels.What weight is each reel?
Better's subjective. It's certainly not better than my big mig set but that was a grand Nice thing about flux core is there's no gas to get blown away(kind of), so it's very handy for those outside jobs. Can be prone to a bit more splatter but if you keep the torch a little further from the work than you normally would it's limited. For owt delicate, there's always a bit of anti-splatter. Ampage will drop right down for thin stuff or up to 140ish for 3mm-4mm plate/angleIs it better than a normal gas less mig mate
That needs doing again, it's leaking everywhere!
I was very surprised how good it was. Nice uniform bead with plenty of pentration. You've only 2 controls - amps and wire speed so very little to mess up.Have you "tested" your new welder?
If so what's it like compared to your pro mig?
Mig is generally considered to be the easiest and in truth the hardest bit is getting the settings sorted - once that's done, anyone should be able to 'join bits of metal together' after half an hours practice. Something like the Lidl welder is about as simple as it gets but can still produce good results.Seeing this about welder I have a question. How difficult is it to learn to weld? I sometimes have a need to weld, generally a small job, and feel it might be worthwhile to be able. Otherwise I have to pay someone or find another way.
STOP TEMPTING ME!Bearbonesnorm wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 6:34 pmMig is generally considered to be the easiest and in truth the hardest bit is getting the settings sorted - once that's done, anyone should be able to 'join bits of metal together' after half an hours practice. Something like the Lidl welder is about as simple as it gets but can still produce good results.Seeing this about welder I have a question. How difficult is it to learn to weld? I sometimes have a need to weld, generally a small job, and feel it might be worthwhile to be able. Otherwise I have to pay someone or find another way.
I've got an old set on my Dew, the rotors are cheap and nasty (read: LOUD) but otherwise they have been faultless and played nicely with some spare Avid/Shimano rotors I had lying about. I'd put them on a par with Clarks M.2's.ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 12:46 pm Cheap hydraulic brakes still on sale at Wiggle. £12 an end. You will probably want to swap the hoses around. And you will need Tektro barbs/olives if you want to shorten them.
https://www.wiggle.co.uk/tektro-draco-a ... isc-brake/
I've bought and fitted these so happy to give them the thumbs up.