Giant welders??

[CaptainCrash1971]

Does anybody have any experience with Giant welders. I'm looking at a 195 amp one and just wondered if anyone had used one. It's going to be a first welder for me to learn on. The place selling them carries full spares back up for them, and the price looks really good.
I'm not going to be doing any major work on it as my chassis is almost complete, just a couple of none structural brackets, and will hopefully be doing some wrought iron work for in the garden later.
Have looked at the ones that everyone recommends such as the Clarke ones, but can't justify paying 300 quid for something that won't see much action, and have had no luck finding a second hand one!

[CaptainCrash1971]

Forgot to mention, the welder costs £129, no idea if it's a good price or not

[james3004]

sounds like a bargin to me at £129!!!!
I presume 'giant' is the make as i've never heard of them

[gingea1pom]

OK I thought ‘Giant’ was meant in the physical sense. As my knowledge of all things welding is slight I kept quiet. A wise move me thinks.

Cheers Ginge

[CaptainCrash1971]

No, it's not a very big welder, or a welder for giants (I'm only 5'3") , it's a welder maunfacturer. Never heard anything about them, so am a bit dubious, but have had pretty good experience of some of these cheap manufacturers in the past, and it won't be getting used for hour after hour, day after day.

[Coozer]

I've heard some good reports about them but personally look at them as a cheap chinese copy.

Rather than take the risk I went for a Portamig 185 from weldequip on the mig welding forum. Check it out!

http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/index.php

There's tons of resource on there and all the info you need and a few jolly good projects as well!

LG,
Steve