Just bought this same welder, set it up on Friday, never done MIG before, all MMA. I'm very happy so far. My 2 Nephews helped get me started. One of them is a professional welder & he was impressed. Thank for sharing.
I made up a trailing lead, using a 13A plug to 16A Socket & a 16A plug on welder lead, then a simple job to switch between 13A & 16A supply depending on job.
@@AnchorDesigns James, got a lot of railings to fabricate for garden here, but I would like to see you do a update on your R-Tech 180 before I decide on that or a OXFORD MIGMAKER 180-1, I,m old school, so use to the older tech,this R Tec inverter is something new to me.
@@stuartandrews4344 used it this morning like most weekends. Still chuffed with it. I wanted to go Oxford (as I mentioned in the video) however the person I dealt with really put me off. I then went to two agencies (as you can’t buy direct) and I was dealing with typical sales type approach “we have some ex demo” special prices all this rubbish. Although Rtech isn’t Uk produced and this is a big thing for me Oxford was my first call. But Rtech felt right at the time and still does today. No regrets and this isn’t sponsored!
Same here. I will probably never use more than 13A at home - but I have the option of 16A if I take the welder somewhere else and higher amperage available and needed.
thank you james, i gleamed so much imformation from your video, from gas bottle supplier to which discs to use in the grinder, will call R-tech tomorrow and meantion your video, might help you at some point, gotta say, your workshop has some really old well made stuff in it, was looking in the background throughout the video thinking how well thought out and useable youve made it..
Hey Wozzer, Did you speak with R-Tech and were they willing to apply a bit of discount? Did they make you feel special? I only ask because I intend to buy one of these, it looks like a quality machine.
Thanks Nicholas! I used to live on a boat (hence Anchor Designs) and had an old lister onboard happily chugging away on her! Thanks for the comment and welcome aboard 🍻
I have one of these which I bought used off a bloke who just wanted to build a trailer. It's a very nice machine with plenty of power form the sort of jobs I do. I had a small Sealey or SIP before and there is no comparison. Just a look at the wire feed tells the difference. one is made of plastic and slipped a lot and the R Tech is metal and does it's job easily.
Dream on. Wait till the R-tech breaks - it'll be the board - your mid-range Sealey or Sip will be running long after this ^ has died. I have all 3 btw & weld for a living - 2 Sips, 1 Sealey & a dead R-Tech. I'd take a Sip or Sealey any day of the week in preference. The R-tech had NOTHING done in terms of hours when the board went bad. Cost of repair made no sense, so it's stayed busted. I'm not a fan.
Funnily enough, I just ordered the rtech 180 today on the strength of reviews on a VW T4 forum I'm on, and then backed up after watching the same Geordy fella called John, you probably saw! Lol! I've got mine to replace my Dads 25 year old or so, SIP migmate 130, which, at best, is shocking - well, wire feed certainly is - after not welding for 20 years or so myself. Looking forward to taking delivery. Cracking review by the way. You have a new subscriber👍
It's a pity that it is a national secret how much these welders cost, one of the very important things we all want to know. Apart from that, great vid, unless you live in Liverpool. LOL
i know this is a old video i am looking for somthing like this can i plug this into any plug in my house but in my garage i have a 30amp plug can i use that
Hi James a good straight forward no nonsense setting up a hob mig welder, i have a Clarke mig 150 and its OK but looking at ur new machine it looks far more superior with better features. Would u be interested in a Manchester rapidor power hacksaw In good working order on its own trolley 240volts a box of new starrett blades, it's just too big for my shop and I'm looking for a Kennedy saw like yours cheers dan
Thanks Dan really appreciated! With the power hacksaw I was after one for ages! But I’ve got x2 saws now plus the evolution shop saw, thanks for the offer but I Best not even ask the mrs! 😅 the Kennedy ones do come up, often at autojumbles I’ve found usually < £100. Happy hunting! 😃
Came for the welder (which I have bought) but was interested to know the make of the bench grinder/linisher on the bench? Will you do a video about it?
Shame this machine needs gas or the process of Welding needs gas? You can opt for a gas less mig welding machine. It all depends on what you want and how much you wish to invest into the skill and the machine, I mentioned in the video a company called Hobby weld. It’s a not rent deposit rental of co2/argon mix bottle. Best of luck and thanks for the comment.
Nice review. Same hobby weld bottle and pref for TIG gloves. :) Got the same machine, from Santa (wife) after 20 years of using a rather basic 150 rated machine. I've also bought the stick torch. Really looking forward to using it over the holidays. Cheers.
Worth saving for Shane! I did the same thing years back with a blue Clarke mig welder! I used to have one hand on the torch and the other feeding the wire spool! Best of luck for the new future welder 🍻 thanks for the comment
@@AnchorDesigns I'm struggling to learn with a Clarke. Already replaced the cheap plastic wire feed and it still doesn't feel right. Really hard to learn with possibly rubbish equipment. Tempted to shell out £500 for this but it's painful after already paying £300 for a rubbish Clarke...
@@shanedowley2877 I bit the bullet and got a Lincoln Bester rather than an R-tech (but I think I'd probably be happy with both tbh), and MY GOD it's so *so* much easier learning how to weld with good equipment. It just works. I point the thing at some metal and it sticks it together. Yeah, I burn through sometimes but I know what I did wrong because I'm in control. The old Clarke made such messy porous welds, the wire feed was always inconsistent. Really glad I upgraded. Sold the crappy Clarke for £180, so didn't even loose that much money on it.
@@hanvyj2that's great, I'm glad it worked out for you, I'm gonna go for r tech this weekend, mighty mig 150 so bad I don't think I could even sell it!! Hopefully have better luck this time🙏😂
James have you developed a left hand cup arm for your sharpening jig as I am having trouble finding some one to alter my right hand one ( first one sold )
Hi Douglas, good to hear from you. With Covid and all the house move it just hasn’t been on my to do list at the moment and the way things are going with the factory’s I get them made it’s not looking good. If anything comes to light I’ll give you a message. All the best- James
Hi James, great video, where did you get the mini table from? I just weld on my workbench and I keep setting it alight. That little table would be great.
Hi, The mini Table is a 'scrap part' from work. its from a heat exchange from a nuclear submarine!....However for the size id recommend an old cast iron surface table a lot of workshops scrap them and find a lot going on eBay and gum tree for not a great amount of money. Or ask if you can rummage through the local sheet metal workshop scrap bins. Often Laser cutting shops have some nice scrapped parts/off cuts. J.
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Just bought this same welder, set it up on Friday, never done MIG before, all MMA. I'm very happy so far. My 2 Nephews helped get me started. One of them is a professional welder & he was impressed. Thank for sharing.
thanks I’m going to order one. had my mig for about twenty years now and it’s been tired for ages now. looks nice and un fussy. Cheers Glen...
I made up a trailing lead, using a 13A plug to 16A Socket & a 16A plug on welder lead, then a simple job to switch between 13A & 16A supply depending on job.
I have since done that! Great tip 👍
@@AnchorDesigns James, got a lot of railings to fabricate for garden here, but I would like to see you do a update on your R-Tech 180 before I decide on that or a OXFORD MIGMAKER 180-1, I,m old school, so use to the older tech,this R Tec inverter is something new to me.
@@stuartandrews4344 used it this morning like most weekends. Still chuffed with it. I wanted to go Oxford (as I mentioned in the video) however the person I dealt with really put me off. I then went to two agencies (as you can’t buy direct) and I was dealing with typical sales type approach “we have some ex demo” special prices all this rubbish. Although Rtech isn’t Uk produced and this is a big thing for me Oxford was my first call. But Rtech felt right at the time and still does today. No regrets and this isn’t sponsored!
Same here. I will probably never use more than 13A at home - but I have the option of 16A if I take the welder somewhere else and higher amperage available and needed.
thank you james, i gleamed so much imformation from your video, from gas bottle supplier to which discs to use in the grinder, will call R-tech tomorrow and meantion your video, might help you at some point, gotta say, your workshop has some really old well made stuff in it, was looking in the background throughout the video thinking how well thought out and useable youve made it..
Thanks for the comment Warren! Really appreciate the support, happy welding! ☺️🍻
Hey Wozzer, Did you speak with R-Tech and were they willing to apply a bit of discount?
Did they make you feel special?
I only ask because I intend to buy one of these, it looks like a quality machine.
Takes me back seeing the old listers sign in the background, just found your chanel
Thanks Nicholas! I used to live on a boat (hence Anchor Designs) and had an old lister onboard happily chugging away on her! Thanks for the comment and welcome aboard 🍻
Looking for a hobby welder and found your review. Brilliant thank you :)
I have one of these which I bought used off a bloke who just wanted to build a trailer. It's a very nice machine with plenty of power form the sort of jobs I do. I had a small Sealey or SIP before and there is no comparison. Just a look at the wire feed tells the difference. one is made of plastic and slipped a lot and the R Tech is metal and does it's job easily.
Dream on. Wait till the R-tech breaks - it'll be the board - your mid-range Sealey or Sip will be running long after this ^ has died. I have all 3 btw & weld for a living - 2 Sips, 1 Sealey & a dead R-Tech. I'd take a Sip or Sealey any day of the week in preference. The R-tech had NOTHING done in terms of hours when the board went bad. Cost of repair made no sense, so it's stayed busted. I'm not a fan.
looks like i'm gunno be getting myself one.
Bought the same welder a month ago and just setting it up today, very pleased with it, good review too 👍🏻
Funnily enough, I just ordered the rtech 180 today on the strength of reviews on a VW T4 forum I'm on, and then backed up after watching the same Geordy fella called John, you probably saw! Lol!
I've got mine to replace my Dads 25 year old or so, SIP migmate 130, which, at best, is shocking - well, wire feed certainly is - after not welding for 20 years or so myself.
Looking forward to taking delivery.
Cracking review by the way. You have a new subscriber👍
Can you time the weld
R tech do fantastic welders I've had one for quite a few years now
It's a pity that it is a national secret how much these welders cost, one of the very important things we all want to know. Apart from that, great vid, unless you live in Liverpool. LOL
i know this is a old video i am looking for somthing like this can i plug this into any plug in my house but in my garage i have a 30amp plug can i use that
Hi James a good straight forward no nonsense setting up a hob mig welder, i have a Clarke mig 150 and its OK but looking at ur new machine it looks far more superior with better features. Would u be interested in a Manchester rapidor power hacksaw In good working order on its own trolley 240volts a box of new starrett blades, it's just too big for my shop and I'm looking for a Kennedy saw like yours cheers dan
Thanks Dan really appreciated! With the power hacksaw I was after one for ages! But I’ve got x2 saws now plus the evolution shop saw, thanks for the offer but I Best not even ask the mrs! 😅 the Kennedy ones do come up, often at autojumbles I’ve found usually < £100. Happy hunting! 😃
Came for the welder (which I have bought) but was interested to know the make of the bench grinder/linisher on the bench? Will you do a video about it?
Shame it needs gas! How would you supply/ set up the gas in a small diy garage/ home workshop? Thanks
Shame this machine needs gas or the process of Welding needs gas? You can opt for a gas less mig welding machine. It all depends on what you want and how much you wish to invest into the skill and the machine, I mentioned in the video a company called Hobby weld. It’s a not rent deposit rental of co2/argon mix bottle. Best of luck and thanks for the comment.
As always great informative and humorous video well done James!
Very kind thank you sir 🙂🍻
Great review, I am looking to buy one of these.
I'm toying with buying one of these for a VW project.. Are you still as chuffed with it as you were in this vid?..
Yes! Still going strong with no issues 👍 only thing that does annoy me is the length of the torch. But I think they do an extended version. Maybe 3m?
Nice review. Same hobby weld bottle and pref for TIG gloves. :) Got the same machine, from Santa (wife) after 20 years of using a rather basic 150 rated machine. I've also bought the stick torch. Really looking forward to using it over the holidays. Cheers.
Thanks for your comments I’m still chuffed with mine! Happy welding and happy Christmas 💪🍻
Great review. Off to buy one tomorrow. Subscribed. Thanks
Thanks for a great video and stay safe and make. 🍺🍺👍👍😷
Cheers Brian! Stay safe mate 🍻
Great review, made the mistake of buying sealey mighty mig 150, so bad I don't think I could even sell it, I'll have to get saving!!!
Worth saving for Shane! I did the same thing years back with a blue Clarke mig welder! I used to have one hand on the torch and the other feeding the wire spool! Best of luck for the new future welder 🍻 thanks for the comment
@@AnchorDesigns I'm struggling to learn with a Clarke. Already replaced the cheap plastic wire feed and it still doesn't feel right. Really hard to learn with possibly rubbish equipment.
Tempted to shell out £500 for this but it's painful after already paying £300 for a rubbish Clarke...
@@hanvyj2 I no the feeling
@@shanedowley2877 I bit the bullet and got a Lincoln Bester rather than an R-tech (but I think I'd probably be happy with both tbh), and MY GOD it's so *so* much easier learning how to weld with good equipment.
It just works. I point the thing at some metal and it sticks it together. Yeah, I burn through sometimes but I know what I did wrong because I'm in control.
The old Clarke made such messy porous welds, the wire feed was always inconsistent.
Really glad I upgraded. Sold the crappy Clarke for £180, so didn't even loose that much money on it.
@@hanvyj2that's great, I'm glad it worked out for you, I'm gonna go for r tech this weekend, mighty mig 150 so bad I don't think I could even sell it!! Hopefully have better luck this time🙏😂
Only just stumbled across your channel, really good review
Welcome to the mad house! 😅 thanks Kieran 🍻
James have you developed a left hand cup arm for your sharpening jig as I am having trouble finding some one to alter my right hand one ( first one sold )
Hi Douglas, good to hear from you. With Covid and all the house move it just hasn’t been on my to do list at the moment and the way things are going with the factory’s I get them made it’s not looking good. If anything comes to light I’ll give you a message. All the best- James
I wish I'd bought an R tech instead of the static arc one I skimt on
Hi James, great video, where did you get the mini table from? I just weld on my workbench and I keep setting it alight. That little table would be great.
Hi, The mini Table is a 'scrap part' from work. its from a heat exchange from a nuclear submarine!....However for the size id recommend an old cast iron surface table a lot of workshops scrap them and find a lot going on eBay and gum tree for not a great amount of money. Or ask if you can rummage through the local sheet metal workshop scrap bins. Often Laser cutting shops have some nice scrapped parts/off cuts. J.
@@AnchorDesigns I'll just pop down the scrappers then and see if they have any nuclear subs between the old Sierras and Escorts
Got any recommendations for half the price ?
A used one?
You will be happy with that MIG
So far so good! It’s been a good investment so far, thanks for the comment 🍻
I was enjoying your video until you made the crass remark re Liverpool sad that good that we broad shoulders and a sense of humour
Sorry George! All just a bit of fun glad you liked👍😉
@@AnchorDesigns I’ll let you off 😊