4' x 4' x 8" Router Build

**m.i.k.e** · 11-03-2022

Originally Posted by JAZZCNC >> Not strictly true, with the correct setup and a skill full welder then even a cheap welder can give excellent welds on thick material without too much pulling or distorting as you can see on these pictures of machine we made, one is 5mm plate onto 10mm done with a Cheap £150 180A Ebay Mig, the other is this base frame with some long welds on10mm plate.

I was just trying to keep his chin up, now you have posted them pics up JonnyFive will have an inferiority complex

atb Mike.

**JAZZCNC** · 11-03-2022

Originally Posted by m.i.k.e

I was just trying to keep his chin up, now you have posted them pics up JonnyFive will have an inferiority complex

atb Mike.

Somehow I don't think JohnyFive is a snowflake so I'm sure he'll be fine....

But in all seriousness, the point of my post was more to let people know that even a cheap Mig can produce very nice welds even on thick-ish material. Yes, 10mm is pushing the limit of a cheap welder but it can be done.