Thread: $99 chain saw

Originally Posted by isuzurover

No need to antagonise him any further. If/when Matt injures himself with his chainsaw you get the right to say "I told you so" - how's that?

No need for another 10 page thread going over the same stuff.

Yeah no worries Ben

AMEN to that!

Just to change the subject, but still on cheap tools - I noted in Aldi at Wentworthville on Sunday that they have stick welders including safety gear for $49.

John

On a different note, Happy Bday fr tomorrow Dave

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Just to change the subject, but still on cheap tools - I noted in Aldi at Wentworthville on Sunday that they have stick welders including safety gear for $49.

John

Just a rule of thumb, the better the welder, the better the weld.

Well really the easier it is to get a better weld.

Im sure it would work for medium duty but with the price of copper I doubt it would have copper windings and is probably steel meaning it will be prone to over heating under heavy work and wont hold a stable current in light work.

For a couple of hundred you can pick up small inverter welders which are a similar size but are a much much better machine to use and is way more versatile.

Originally Posted by mcrover

Just a rule of thumb, the better the welder, the better the weld.

Well really the easier it is to get a better weld.

Im sure it would work for medium duty but with the price of copper I doubt it would have copper windings and is probably steel meaning it will be prone to over heating under heavy work and wont hold a stable current in light work.

For a couple of hundred you can pick up small inverter welders which are a similar size but are a much much better machine to use and is way more versatile.

In general, I am sure you are right - although I doubt anyone winds any transformers with steel - probably aluminium like most, but undersupplied with core and as you indicate, prone to overheating and with poor current regulation. And certainly the inverter types you refer to are better, but then at four times the price they would want to be!

I was not recommending this machine, about which I know little, but just mentioning it. It may well be suitable for occasional light work, although probably not for a beginner.

And for quite a few people, particularly those on superannuation or pensions, the difference between fifty dollars and a couple of hundred is the difference between welder or no welder.

However, I suspect that keeping your eyes open at garage sales etc should bring some excellent bargains for stick welders, a better machine, a lower price, and probably a bunch of rods thrown in.

John

Originally Posted by JDNSW

In general, I am sure you are right - although I doubt anyone winds any transformers with steel - probably aluminium like most, but undersupplied with core and as you indicate, prone to overheating and with poor current regulation. And certainly the inverter types you refer to are better, but then at four times the price they would want to be!

I was not recommending this machine, about which I know little, but just mentioning it. It may well be suitable for occasional light work, although probably not for a beginner.

And for quite a few people, particularly those on superannuation or pensions, the difference between fifty dollars and a couple of hundred is the difference between welder or no welder.

However, I suspect that keeping your eyes open at garage sales etc should bring some excellent bargains for stick welders, a better machine, a lower price, and probably a bunch of rods thrown in.

John

Yep I agree there that it would probably do the job....at least for a while, I think I basically said that in my original post but I also agree that a garage sale would be a much better place to pick one up or even better, for $50 you could hire an Inverter welder and get a small pack of rods, auto mask and gloves as well as chiping hammer from Kenards for a day but then again it isnt there for that quick tack up for the trailer but if you were to buy a cheap welder and needed to do a bigger job then that may be an option as well.

I know of 3 older type ARC welders that need new homes, 1 I know works ok, 1 isnt working at the moment but was just lose bolts inside that put it out of service and the other is 3 phase WIA which is throwing sparks out at me when I plug it in so I need to find out whats wrong with that one.

The WIA I think we will be keeping (although not much use to me seems I have a MIG and it's not really a portable welder being 3 phase but the other 2 I will probably be getting rid of soon.

I will put up a post when I know more.

Originally Posted by waynep

Dean (953) was looking a little lopsided on the weekend, but that might have been the beer

Thanx 4 organising an enjoyable & productive W`end on the hut Wayne, it was 1 for the do`ers, not the talkers.
Cheers Dean.