Show us ya MIG's

Post by **dano80** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:14 pm

OK, just got a new welder, and was wondering what everyone else uses.
It's not the latest and greatest but it welds

I'll start.....

Post by **dano80** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 7:17 pm

Sorry about pic....not sure what photobucket did with it!!!

Cheers, Dano.

Post by **bogged** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:03 pm

is this Dec 2008 ... Month of SHOW US YA......

Post by **Struth** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:10 pm

Yerrrrrrs, not a good time to be "show us your....." ing

Now if only I had a picture of a russian jet

Post by **dano80** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:22 pm

bogged wrote:is this Dec 2008 ... Month of SHOW US YA......

Bog, get in the christmas spirit......
Did think there were a lot of "Show Us......."

Dano.

Post by **Weiner** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:51 pm

Post by **Weiner** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 8:54 pm

Whoops, double post

Post by **dano80** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:01 pm

Nice Set-up, Weiner.

Dano.

Post by **Weiner** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:30 pm

dano80 wrote:Nice Set-up, Weiner.

Dano.

Cheers, now if only I could weld

Post by **Emo** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 9:58 pm

I don't have a photo but I've got one of these.

Post by **jav** » Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:30 pm

Emo wrote:I don't have a photo but I've got one of these.

me too

Post by **WRXZook** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 6:36 am

jav wrote:
Emo wrote:I don't have a photo but I've got one of these.

me too

And me too.

Post by **dano80** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:49 am

They must be the goods then!

Cheers, Dano.

Post by **Burdy** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:03 pm

Mines the same as this but the older model

Post by **sloshy** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 3:12 pm

Burdy wrote:

Thats the one I got

Post by **joeblow** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:46 pm

had one of these the last 7 odd years....never let me down.

Post by **nastytroll** » Sun Dec 21, 2008 7:56 pm

sloshy wrote:
Burdy wrote:
Thats the one I got

You should get a better grade fan fitted as the procraft series is prone to cooking boards. The workshop series is a far superior machine.

Post by **sloshy** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:52 am

nastytroll wrote:
sloshy wrote:
Thats the one I got
You should get a better grade fan fitted as the procraft series is prone to cooking boards. The workshop series is a far superior machine.

I've had it for about 4 years and use it for work and home and never had a problem, one of my mates has 3 of them and uses them for factory maintenance and shutdowns, and he has never had a problem either

Post by **nastytroll** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 12:20 pm

sloshy wrote:
nastytroll wrote:
sloshy wrote:
Thats the one I got
You should get a better grade fan fitted as the procraft series is prone to cooking boards. The workshop series is a far superior machine.
I've had it for about 4 years and use it for work and home and never had a problem, one of my mates has 3 of them and uses them for factory maintenance and shutdowns, and he has never had a problem either

We run migomag, kemppi, cig and wia at work. The info I gave on the unimig pro series came from the welder repairman (cant remember company name at mo) and he said he does heaps of repairs on pro series from failed fans causing board failures. A new quality fan is cheap insurance.

Post by **bubs** » Mon Dec 22, 2008 1:00 pm

I have this one 255 lincoln redimig - remote

Post by **dano80** » Tue Dec 23, 2008 9:26 pm

sloshy wrote:
Burdy wrote:
Thats the one I got

Thats the same one I almost bought, only it was the 200 I think. The only reason I didn't end up going with it, was the salesperson said "We don't stock them anymore, we had a few come back." I seem to think that the profit margins prolly aren't that great, or something like that! Especially since he ended up selling me a chinese one.......It works great for the price though, would have loved to be able to afford a WIA or something similar.

Post by **Gutless** » Wed Dec 24, 2008 12:13 am

I have these two

and the SP170 Lincon

Post by **Mick.** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:37 am

I've got a Migomag 215 like the one above. We also use Migomags at work. I was doing some welding the other day with a Unimig (not sure of model) at a mates work shop the other day and I couldn't get a good weld out of it so i took it home and welded everything up with my mig.

The other guys there also hate the Unimig (ex panel beaters) and also think the Migomags leave the Unimigs for dead. After using both I see what they mean. The migomag actually makes a bad welder look like a pro.

For someone who doesn't need to weld every day I'm sure the Unimigs would be alright and there pretty cheap compared to the likes of Migomag but if you want something to last years that you use everyday then I'd go a Migomag. The ones we have at work are over 10 years old and are constantly being used and they never miss a beat.

They would be easily the most popular choice amongst Smash repair shops.

Cheers Mick.

Post by **Weiner** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:09 am

Mick. wrote:I've got a Migomag 215 like the one above. We also use Migomags at work. I was doing some welding the other day with a Unimig (not sure of model) at a mates work shop the other day and I couldn't get a good weld out of it so i took it home and welded everything up with my mig.

The other guys there also hate the Unimig (ex panel beaters) and also think the Migomags leave the Unimigs for dead. After using both I see what they mean. The migomag actually makes a bad welder look like a pro.

For someone who doesn't need to weld every day I'm sure the Unimigs would be alright and there pretty cheap compared to the likes of Migomag but if you want something to last years that you use everyday then I'd go a Migomag. The ones we have at work are over 10 years old and are constantly being used and they never miss a beat.

They would be easily the most popular choice amongst Smash repair shops.

Cheers Mick.

Its the price difference between the 2 which makes people get the unimig

Post by **joeblow** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 8:19 am

Mick. wrote:I've got a Migomag 215 like the one above. We also use Migomags at work. I was doing some welding the other day with a Unimig (not sure of model) at a mates work shop the other day and I couldn't get a good weld out of it so i took it home and welded everything up with my mig.

The other guys there also hate the Unimig (ex panel beaters) and also think the Migomags leave the Unimigs for dead. After using both I see what they mean. The migomag actually makes a bad welder look like a pro.

For someone who doesn't need to weld every day I'm sure the Unimigs would be alright and there pretty cheap compared to the likes of Migomag but if you want something to last years that you use everyday then I'd go a Migomag. The ones we have at work are over 10 years old and are constantly being used and they never miss a beat.

They would be easily the most popular choice amongst Smash repair shops.

Cheers Mick.

X2....could not have said it better myself. the migomag is also good in the fact that it doesn't have knobs or gimmicks you don't need. a few mates of mine have used various welders, then saved for a migomag and you can't wipe the smiles off thier faces!

Post by **hulsty** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:53 pm

Dad and I bought outselves a CIGWELD Transmig 200, great for home fab, knocked up my rear bar not probs and plent of otehr work

Post by **nastytroll** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 5:55 pm

When its time for a new mig I'm trying for a WIA, or at least a migomag or lincon.

I have a SIP 215 AUTO TURBO bought it when i was a 1st year in 1997. Its ok and does the job but it is a cheap welder and as stated above there is no comparison between cheap and quality.

Post by **wrksux** » Thu Dec 25, 2008 7:57 pm

no pics

linconl 180C for home

Esab 320 mig at work just big enough for 4wd fab work

Post by **ajsr** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 12:08 am

always had a soft spot for esab machines . migomag nice also

Post by **ferrit** » Fri Dec 26, 2008 8:52 am

we have a really, really nice 3 phase remote head WIA at work, even i can make a weld not look like duck crap with that!

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