Got this welder off the Gumtree.sg .
Previous owner was a lady teacher from the big ITE campus
in Simei.
She was using it for art and craft..... a nice
surprise.... did not know you
could find people welding for art here in Singapore.
The machine is in an excellent condition.
It is a 230V AC machine with an output of 130A, meant for
1.6mm to 3.2mm rods.
Although designed to be run off a 16Amp power outlet,
it runs okay from the normal household 13Amp socket.
Yet to try to see if it trips the fuse if 3.2mm rods were
used.
Ran a few tests and am quite happy with it.
Welds very well on 2.6mm RB26 / E6013 rods..... smooth...
little spatter.
2.0mm rods give more spatter..... maybe it’s me… not the
machine.
I am a newbie at welding.
Intended to use this machine on thin metals.
I have been looking
around for 1.6mm rods… could not get hold of any.
They are like unicorns here…. almost non-existent.
Smaller rods would put less stress on the machine…. but it
is said that welding
with small rods will be a nightmare.... they are hard to handle.
So many said so on the forums.
Edited 16 Jul 2013
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