About twenty years ago I rented a small MIG welder to patch some holes in my rusty Peugeot 304S Cabriolet. It was not a great success and the main thing I remember was having to replace the tiny disposable argon gas bottles very frequently.
Doing my research on the internet I discovered that MIG technology had moved on. No-gas welders were no available with flux coated wire that made gas bottles redundant! Reading further it seemed that the no-gas system was not perfect. Chief disadvantage apeeared to be smokier arc which obscured the weld pool, and a rather messy welding bead. I knew that my welding was never going to be neat but played safe by buying a machine that could be used with or without gas.
As I was still in England I popped back to Machine Mart and picked up a Clark 90EN. It cost me about About 150 pounds if I remember rightly.
So, now I had two welders. I couldn’t wait to get home and learn how to use them.
