Aldi welder

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dfen5

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2,397 posts

211 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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Aldi are doing a 140a stick welder, with inverter internals for £69.99 with free delivery on pre order for shipping around the 24th.

Half the price of my cheapest stick m/c. You can get a tenner off for 1st online order if some one emails you the code they get.

Might be worth a punt if duty cycle is not a big issue and you're not trying to put the root in schedule 40 pipe with 6010s.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-140-amp-inverter-w...


EireEng

113 posts

86 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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Saw this on sunday while I was doing the shoppering...

Just bought it. First one to message back here I'll stick your email in for the referral

Mr MXT

7,691 posts

282 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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Me please biggrin

EireEng

113 posts

86 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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PM me your email...and quick, I'm off to bed!

Mr MXT

7,691 posts

282 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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EireEng said:
PM me your email...and quick, I'm off to bed!
"Oops - recipient doesn't accept emails"

EireEng

113 posts

86 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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Mr MXT said:
"Oops - recipient doesn't accept emails"
Try now

Mr MXT

7,691 posts

282 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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Done, thanks biggrin

MDMA .

8,849 posts

100 months

Monday 18th September 2017
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15% duty cycle. I wouldn't waste your money tbh.

hidetheelephants

23,765 posts

192 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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MDMA . said:
15% duty cycle. I wouldn't waste your money tbh.
Only at 140A; even then the average amateur home sparkly stick fetishist isn't going to be pushing that (180 seconds in 10 minutes) limit very hard. 180 seconds is probably 3 or 4 rods burnt, once you add in chipping off flux, wire brushing, grinding out wobbly bits and general faffing. Wind the amps down to 80-100 for 2.5mm rods and it will probably give 40-50% duty.

21TonyK

11,494 posts

208 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Anyone advise if this would weld stainless plate, say up t 3mm and rod 6mm?

dhutch

14,198 posts

196 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Mad how cheap this stuff is, I paid ten times that for my 160amp mig welder. But then it's a ESAB inverter mig, with a nice regulator.

Daniel

DonkeyApple

54,923 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Thanks for the heads up. I need to weld a 3mm mild steel plate back onto the end of a 2mm thick bit of steel tubing. I had previously braised it about 30 years ago but thinking that a good clean up and a weld would be better. I guess this thing would do that job?

hidetheelephants

23,765 posts

192 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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21TonyK said:
Anyone advise if this would weld stainless plate, say up t 3mm and rod 6mm?
Yes, stainless rods can be run with this machine.
dhutch said:
Mad how cheap this stuff is, I paid ten times that for my 160amp mig welder. But then it's a ESAB inverter mig, with a nice regulator.

Daniel
A well known european maker who don't sell rubbish and MIGs are much more complex anyway; it's not really that surprising that a no-name stick inverter can be put out the door for much less?
DonkeyApple said:
Thanks for the heads up. I need to weld a 3mm mild steel plate back onto the end of a 2mm thick bit of steel tubing. I had previously braised it about 30 years ago but thinking that a good clean up and a weld would be better. I guess this thing would do that job?
It will do it, but be sure to clean off all the braze metal before attempting to re-attach, or the weld will be contaminated and the strength compromised(if the weld is non-safety critical or decorative cleanliness is less important but will still make life easier.)

DonkeyApple

54,923 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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hidetheelephants said:
It will do it, but be sure to clean off all the braze metal before attempting to re-attach, or the weld will be contaminated and the strength compromised(if the weld is non-safety critical or decorative cleanliness is less important but will still make life easier.)
It's just a grass buggy I built back when I was 15 but when we decided one drunken afternoon to run it around a bit we failed to take into consideration that we are slightly heavier than we were nearly 30 years ago and one of the plates holding a front wheel on decided to give up. biggrin. Given some of the dubious welds elsewhere I'm surprised that was all that collapsed.

I thought it would be fun to get it back up and running for the kids. I've two of them so safety is obviously less important than if there were just the one. wink

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shalmaneser

5,930 posts

194 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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Can anyone ping me over a referral for this? I've wanted a welder for ages to mess about with and this looks cheap enough to go for!

MDMA .

8,849 posts

100 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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hidetheelephants said:
Only at 140A; even then the average amateur home sparkly stick fetishist isn't going to be pushing that (180 seconds in 10 minutes) limit very hard. 180 seconds is probably 3 or 4 rods burnt, once you add in chipping off flux, wire brushing, grinding out wobbly bits and general faffing. Wind the amps down to 80-100 for 2.5mm rods and it will probably give 40-50% duty.
1.5 minutes ( 90 seconds ), not 180 seconds.

DonkeyApple

54,923 posts

168 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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shalmaneser said:
Can anyone ping me over a referral for this? I've wanted a welder for ages to mess about with and this looks cheap enough to go for!
I would also be very grateful if there are any spare. Thanks.

hidetheelephants

23,765 posts

192 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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MDMA . said:
hidetheelephants said:
Only at 140A; even then the average amateur home sparkly stick fetishist isn't going to be pushing that (180 seconds in 10 minutes) limit very hard. 180 seconds is probably 3 or 4 rods burnt, once you add in chipping off flux, wire brushing, grinding out wobbly bits and general faffing. Wind the amps down to 80-100 for 2.5mm rods and it will probably give 40-50% duty.
1.5 minutes ( 90 seconds ), not 180 seconds.
Arithmetic fail! The point stands though; the duty cycle is short but still usable, the nature of stick welding is intermittent and tripping the overload would be unlikely for most users.

rfisher

5,024 posts

282 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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DonkeyApple said:
shalmaneser said:
Can anyone ping me over a referral for this? I've wanted a welder for ages to mess about with and this looks cheap enough to go for!
I would also be very grateful if there are any spare. Thanks.
Me too please.

dhutch

14,198 posts

196 months

Tuesday 19th September 2017
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hidetheelephants said:
A well known european maker who don't sell rubbish and MIGs are much more complex anyway; it's not really that surprising that a no-name stick inverter can be put out the door for much less?
I hear you, but it's still mad cheap.

Daniel