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Mechpro Inverter Welder

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Has anyone had experience with a Mechpro 140AMP Inverter Welder? Model MPWINV141?

I'm thinking of upgrading from my old tranformer welder and want something lightweight for small jobs here and there....
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Dunno about that specific welder, but the boss has a blue one, probably CIG, they are a neat bit of gear for doing light jobs, handyman kind of stuff, we have welded up a heap of gates and yard panels with it. :D
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Well, they had one left in stock locally, gave me a good price coz it was the last, and so it's now in the shed. I'll do a write up once I've had a bit of a play.....
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Is that the one for around $230?
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curan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:57 pm Well, they had one left in stock locally, gave me a good price coz it was the last, and so it's now in the shed. I'll do a write up once I've had a bit of a play.....
They are bloody handy, we quite often use the bosses hooked up to a generator when doing repairs on the yards at the shearing shed, just hang it over your shoulder and drag the ext lead along behind. You can drive them with a 3.5kva gen set, would probably work on a 2.5kva set, but we havent tried it on that one yet. :D It will work with either 2.5 or 3.2mm rods.
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Rabbitz wrote: ↑Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:30 pm Is that the one for around $230?
Yeah, but I got it for about $25 less ......
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Nice.

When you have a play, let us know if you think it would be suitable for someone who has zero experience to get and use for handyman type stuff.

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Rabbitz wrote: ↑Sat Aug 11, 2018 6:36 am Nice.

When you have a play, let us know if you think it would be suitable for someone who has zero experience to get and use for handyman type stuff.

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No worries. It will be a couple of weeks away before I get a play (back to work, bugga).
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