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Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:40 am
by weldin mike 27
Hey there,

I bought a second hand mig today. An old CIGWELD weldpak 150. Probably 25+ years old. From the the days when little migs held a 15kg spool.

$80 and the dude gave me a brand new reg off his new mig because he couldn't be bothered swapping it out. Bargain.

Play time tomorrow


Mick

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 2:06 pm
by Artie F. Emm
Must be a good machine: they're still making them, for sale at $700 so you did well at $80!

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 9:10 pm
by Tater
Nice!
I once liberated 25 lbs of stainless 309 filler wire from a dumpster. Flawless, 3-ft lengths.
:D

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 2014 11:55 pm
by Superiorwelding
Mick,
Can't wait to see your "play time" results. I am sure we will be dazzled.
-Jonathan

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2014 4:16 am
by weldin mike 27
Hey,

Gave machine a clean to day, checked inside, and powered it up, makes all the right noises and clicks. No wire yet and needs a new great ground clamp eyelet, but seems a goodun

I intend to use my argon cylinder, to test. I KNOW ITS NOT REALLY SUITABLE. but it will prove functionality.

The machine has a stitch weld setting, where you can set the weld time and off time, and all you do is hold your finger on the trigger and move the gun and she does the stitching for you. Not sure if it will be to useful, ha. Ah well.

mick

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 8:20 am
by weldin mike 27
Hey,

Got some wire today and fired her up. Bit of fine tuning and away we went. Because I have straight argon, it really didnt run well at all, but everything seems to work as it should.

Mick

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 9:52 am
by Superiorwelding
Mick,
Glad it is working well! Can't wait to see some welds out of that beast. What gas are you going to run?
-Jonathan

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:08 pm
by weldin mike 27
Hey mate,

I'll have to get onto some pics but the gas makes me look bad, hahaha.

What ever I can get my hands on, I'm hoping to "horse trade", as Jody says, my 3/4 bottle of Argon with another backyarder.

Mick

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 5:36 pm
by Superiorwelding
Mick,
I wish you were closer, I would be more than happy to trade or loan you a bottle. Might take a while to get to you on that boat. :lol:
-Jonathan

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 6:11 pm
by GlenC
Tater wrote:Nice!
I once liberated 25 lbs of stainless 309 filler wire from a dumpster. Flawless, 3-ft lengths.
:D
Nice find!

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Tue Sep 16, 2014 7:26 pm
by weldin mike 27
Thank bro. Damn Pacific ocean. (And Continental device) Lolz

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2014 5:47 am
by TRACKRANGER
Tater wrote:Nice!
I once liberated 25 lbs of stainless 309 filler wire from a dumpster. Flawless, 3-ft lengths.
:D

"Liberated" That's a great word, eh?

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 10:40 am
by Antorcha
Get a bottle of CO2. That machine will run fine on straight CO2 and it's cheap(er)

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2014 6:21 pm
by weldin mike 27
That's the plan mate. Working on funds now.

Mick

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 2:55 am
by weldin mike 27
Finally got a bottle of gas. Had to make a riser to get it to chain up. 0.6³ m which is something like 21.2cubic feet. $180 but I now own the bottle.

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:03 am
by Braehill
Mick,
Sad thing is, I vent over a million cubic feet of CO2 a day while making Hydrogen, and pay for a permit to do it.

Len

Re: Finally got a mig for home.

Posted: Sat Feb 07, 2015 3:29 am
by weldin mike 27
And taking old cars off the road in California is gunna help....