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Engineer Consumables (welding rods, cutoff discs etc)

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:17 pm
by BrettInUte
Im looking for some tips of where to buy consumables.
I dont want cheap stuff that wont do a good job - but I dont want top price stuff where I dont need it.

Comsumables in question are

  • Arc welding Rods. GP 2.5mm and 3.2mm
  • 9 inch grinder cutoff wheels (metal)



The last lot of 3.2mm rods I bought welded well - but cost $25 for 2 KG. I can get cheap rods down to $6 /2Kg. Im not the worlds best welder - so Im assuming the cheap ones would be harder to use and make a crap job ??


With the grinding discs - Im looking for a good long lasting brand at a reasonable price...[/b]

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 12:22 pm
by leehamescort
FJ's Discount everything in Bayswater has cheap grinding disks. The real cheap ones don't last long but they have a german brand that are a little dearer but last 3 times as long.

They have cheap rods too but they suck. The decent rods are worth the extra dollars.

Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2008 3:15 pm
by matthewK
migweld on greens road dandy southn and all boc are good

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:41 pm
by Leighroy1984

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:43 pm
by pcman
robot trading has the best price on discs tho iv4e only ever brought 100mm and 125mm ones

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:53 pm
by chimpboy
leehamescort wrote:FJ's Discount everything in Bayswater has cheap grinding disks. The real cheap ones don't last long but they have a german brand that are a little dearer but last 3 times as long.

They have cheap rods too but they suck. The decent rods are worth the extra dollars.
Hah, how good is that shop? I love browsing there.

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:44 pm
by 80rangie
Yeah, I always find stuff to spend on in there :)

Posted: Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:34 pm
by AFeral
Would'nt bother with GP rods try some 16tc from Wia loads better.
just get a job as boilermaker all consumables then come free with the job :roll:

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:31 am
by V8Patrol
Buy in bulk :armsup:

only way you'll save money on name brand stuff ;)


EG:
Satincraft (CIG rods) almost halve the cost per pack if you grab 10 paks !
WIA 16TC rods will cost about 1/3rd less if you buy 5 paks
Cut off wheels are the same, buy a box and the price comes down slightly but buy 10 boxes and they come out to $1 each !...... (normally $3.15 ea @ my local Mitre5)

China imported welding rods are ok as are the Indian rods..... if you can put up with the fumes these rods produce. Worst smoking rods ever !
Same applies to their cut off wheels, they work but are not generally long lasting or 'user friendly'......

:cool:

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:13 pm
by zagan
For rods I just get the CIG weld ones, I don't care what the price is as they are pretty cheap in the first place.

For grinding Flexovit disks seem good, use them at work, but I go for months without using a grinder anyway so a 10pk would probably last me 6 months to a year at a guess.