MMa welders

[madbrains]

We're looking for a inverter stick welder able to run of a 13 amp plug , what's out there if any use , as its only for occasional repairs not looking to to spend a fortune ( too tight ha ha ! )

 

[gtigriff]

Parweld xti 160 off welding supplies direct on here.

 

[Adeptandy]

+1 for the Parweld

 

[Ukjay]

These have a good following.

 

[bodo]

I got a very good one from Rtech, really impressed with it

http://www.r-techwelding.co.uk/arc-welder-r-tech-pro-arc175/

 

[burr elm]

A few months ago i needed to replace my ancient arc welder and like you i don't do loads of welding these days and was about to place an order then my mig welder died and was not worth repairing. Looking on ebay as i do i found a mig/arc all in one.
Clearly made in the PRC but being sold by a company in Italy, everything said don't buy it but the company has good feedback and its two machines in one, 180 amp arc and gas/gasless mig at the flick of a switch. So pressed the buy now button coughs up the £236 plus £29 p/p, machine arrives, first thing is test the arc, works fine, couldn't check the mig as had no wire at the time. Since then i have polished of a 5k box of 3.2mm rods and a couple of kilo of mig wire. Very impressed with it and so handy being a combined machine, i found the arc leads to short for anything so purchased some extensions.
Company goes by the name of tigmig-europe on ebay.

 

[KB6930]

Techarc are a bloody good inverter welder had one for two years now no complaints and it's used a fair bit.

 

[robin banks]

I can second a vote for tigmig my mechanic has 5 welders and his 14yr old son bought a tigmig stick and might welder from ebay. The father is very impressed with it and coming from him is a good compliment. I got one of there plasmas and am impressed for the money. In fact you wouldn't be without a plasma for the price.

 

[Ray996]

Draper inverter been very gd .5 years use and still going

 

[madbrains]

Thanks all for replying, will probably go for the parweld machine , just have to go and find my piggy bank now!