Thanks mate. Useful as weighing up different welders.

@dan91sgarage

Жыл бұрын

No problem, It's performed well for me over the past few months of ownership. Happy that I bought this one.

thanks for the review would like to see a head to head comparison of the two what they can and can't do also would like to see how well your new machine can Tig weld steel and stainless steel look forward to seeing you release the video. Plus your manifold would look better if you tig weld it...🤟

Intresting review update, treat your mig welder to a Argon Flow Meter, ( Fits between your regulator and gas hose)allows fine tuning of gas flow, will save you wasting gas.Would prefer TIG every time for welding manifold.

@dan91sgarage

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tip, I would like to learn TIG at some point but feel to do it properly I should buy a dedicated TIG machine with pedal etc. rather than use scratch tig on the mig180. Then can do alu as well. Don't have the funds unfortunately. The mild steel manifold came out well I think and most people have access to mig / enough mig skills to make stuff. TIG requires more training to be competent.

@stuartandrews4344

Жыл бұрын

@@dan91sgarageUnless you have lot of TIG work, then it's hard to justify the expense of a dedicated TIG machine for a home workshop.

@phils2180

Жыл бұрын

Just get one of the pea shooter flow gauges, they're cheap and give you a true flow reading at the gun tip where it counts.👍 Unless appearance is paramount, a good MIG weld will be fine for manifold work IMO.

Very useful!👍 I'm in the process of replacing my 30yr old 100A Clarke, which is still working but I now need something a lot more powerful. This and the 250A version (perhaps a bit overkill if I'm honest) are on the shortlist. Inverter welders are new tech for me and seem to get mixed reviews, especially from old school welders taught on transformer machines but the backup and warranty fro R Tech get good reviews. You can pay much more for a machine of comparable specs and there's also plenty of inverter MIG's out there for a quarter of the price but I just wonder about there longevity.

@dan91sgarage

Жыл бұрын

Exactly my thought process before I bought this! Very happy with the R-tech, wouldn't hesitate to buy an inverter welder now. Just keep them clean (carefully blow out the dust) and they're supposed to be just as reliable as the transformer beasts. Great warranty, UK sales and backup etc.

Hi Dan, I'm looking at putting a 16amp socket in my shed for my welder, just wondering if you had a spare mcb and ran it off it, or had to share one with something else? The reason I ask is that I have no spare mbcs in my consumer unit... Enjoyed your vid BTW 👍

@dan91sgarage

7 ай бұрын

My electrician friend did the wiring, so I had a new consumer unit fitted for all the garage electrics. It has its own dedicated 16amp MCB in this for the 16 amp socket only.

Thanks for the review. What MCB do you have for the 16A socket on the consumer unit?

@dan91sgarage

2 жыл бұрын

Not sure, it's probably B or C Curve. R-tech say it'll weld at 160 amps on a 13amp plug, so if it can't weld at 180 amps on a 16a B curve I don't know what the point of a 16 amp plug is at all! Most 150 amp welders are on 13 amp any way right?

@stuartandrews4344

Жыл бұрын

Using a16A Type C breaker here.

Hi would be good to know your thoughts after using your Rtech MIG . Thanks 👍

@dan91sgarage

Жыл бұрын

Pleased with its performance since day one really, no problems to speak of, would have preferred if it had the capability to pre-shroud with gas before introducing the wire but no porosity so far. Welded up a mild steel turbo log manifold and its held together fine even with my self taught "style" of welding. Also welded up a 1.5mm wall mild steel downpipe and welded a stainless catalytic converter into a 1.5mm wall stainless exhaust system fine as well. The infinitely adjustable dials (not stepped) is a bit daunting at first with the extra adjustability but you soon get used to the benefit of being able to add just a tiny bit more voltage /wire rather than going up a step and it being an animal! Good machine, glad I spent the extra over the Rohr 200 I was also looking at (better warranty with the R-tech too).

How does it perform on welding thin materials , just thinking about whether it will be suitable for welding thin pipe for exhaust system

@dan91sgarage

10 ай бұрын

Very happy with it, I welded up a downpipe for the turbo in 1.5mm mild using 0.6mm wire and hobbyweld 15% argon mix gas no problems, good penetration, no blow outs. Because the power and wire speed are infinitely adjustable knobs (not 4 step clunky switches) you can fine tune it really well. I've welded down to 1mm fine aswell for test pieces. Deffo wouldn't want straight CO2 as sheilding though, argon mix for me. kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6uAmNd7fZrUmqw.htmlsi=NAF_LbyslC3_F2Zx

Hi Dan! Why not Tig?

@dan91sgarage

2 жыл бұрын

I don't have much experience with Tig welding. I needed a new welder and I am better using a Mig. The DC inverter Mig 180 can do stick and scratch tig as well so I may get a tig torch and learn for future work! Good question!

Why would you want to Pre gas.. Its a shielding gas to shield the weld so just a waste of gas if it comes out before starting to weld

@dan91sgarage

Жыл бұрын

On all the mig's I have used before, the triggers had a first stage that would release gas to ensure that there was shielding gas to shield the weld, the second stage of the trigger introduced the wire. If the wire makes contact with the work piece before sufficient gas is there (both wire and gas released together) it could be in danger of porosity. Perhaps modern machines are faster at starting the gas flow and don't need this feature any more, it could also be dependent on where the valve to release the gas is located (machine or torch handle?) Don't forget you can get stainless mig wire as well to run in these machines and we know how sensitive that can be. The ability to pre and post shroud with the trigger would be nice, all I'm saying. Also when you turn the gas bottle off you can use the "gas only first stage" of the trigger to drain the reg without having to take the tension off the wire feed mech. As I said in the video, so far, no porosity on the mild welds I've done. 😀