Aldi welding machines

[Sam]

I am a more than competent with Arc and Mig welders, a few people have said these things are pretty good for carrying out repairs for people (not cars) if you know what your doing but terrible to learn with. Anyone got anything to say about these? I figured for £40 including mask and chipper hammer wasnt bad at all. Cheers guys and gals

[SoundillusioN]

I am a more than competent with Arc and Mig welders, a few people have said these things are pretty good for carrying out repairs for people (not cars) if you know what your doing but terrible to learn with. Anyone got anything to say about these? I figured for £40 including mask and chipper hammer wasnt bad at all. Cheers guys and gals

All I can say is that I bought one last year, have yet to fire it up!

[danny_p]

the littel arc buzzboxes, they are cheep they weld.

duity cycel is pritty awfull  you'll burn about 2-3 rods on the run and it'll cut out  but if your not doing much with it it won't really matter spend enough time bashing slag off anyway.  they don'y have the output voltage for fancy rods or the power to lay down big welds.

that mask will be utter sh!te tho, get yourself a cheep automask off ebay i'll make you 100% better.

if you'd be intrested in it i've got a used sip turboweld 8 sat in the shed, 200A  good duity cycel for a buzzbox and dual voltage  230 /400  but it is bloody heavy 

[Sam]

the littel arc buzzboxes, they are cheep they weld.

duity cycel is pritty awfull  you'll burn about 2-3 rods on the run and it'll cut out  but if your not doing much with it it won't really matter spend enough time bashing slag off anyway.  they don'y have the output voltage for fancy rods or the power to lay down big welds.

that mask will be utter sh!te tho, get yourself a cheep automask off ebay i'll make you 100% better.

if you'd be intrested in it i've got a used sip turboweld 8 sat in the shed, 200A  good duity cycel for a buzzbox and dual voltage  230 /400  but it is bloody heavy

I am not to fussed about getting anything decent, If I was wanting to spend some money I would be looking at inverters. As for the auto-tint mask, I already have one for work/when I worked blacksmithing so thats all good. Just thought £40 would be alright paired with a decent set of rods from weld engineer or what not for doing bob a jobs around me at uni, everyone seems to always need something doing and I get asked but they need to track down a welding machine for me to use which is when I don't hear back 

[Diamond Hell]

For the sort of stuff you're likely to be doing (lightweight things, made of tinfoil) I would have thought a MIG rather than arc welder would have been a lot better proposition.

For £40 I doubt you'll get anything that welds any sense, although we're into 'pros working with amateur stuff' territory that photography likes to show of from time to time.

Rarely looks much cop to me. 

[Sam]

For the sort of stuff you're likely to be doing (lightweight things, made of tinfoil) I would have thought a MIG rather than arc welder would have been a lot better proposition.

For £40 I doubt you'll get anything that welds any sense, although we're into 'pros working with amateur stuff' territory that photography likes to show of from time to time.

Rarely looks much cop to me. 

Sorry mister H, you have lost me here? 

[Diamond Hell]

Someone who is a really good welder will be able to make the most of a sh*t welder.  Someone who doesn't know exactly what they're looking for, or doing will make a dog's breakfast and blow lots of holes.

Hand a pro-photographer a sh*t camera and allegedly you'll get great pictures despite the sh*t camera.  I'm not convinced on the evidence I've seen.

[Sam]

Someone who is a really good welder will be able to make the most of a sh*t welder.  Someone who doesn't know exactly what they're looking for, or doing will make a dog's breakfast and blow lots of holes.

Hand a pro-photographer a sh*t camera and allegedly you'll get great pictures despite the sh*t camera.  I'm not convinced on the evidence I've seen.

Ah I see, I am no 'pro' welder but I have certainly done my fair share of tonnage over university holidays for the past few years. May just grab it and if its a bag o sh!te slam it straight on ebay. Aldi sell via area so its not as if every man and his dog is going to have access to them.

[kempie]

so would this be any good for a noob with no wielding experiance or money to pratice with?

[Sam]

so would this be any good for a noob with no wielding experiance or money to pratice with?

The general consensus across the web appears to be... no