I love my R-Tech welder. I bought a Sealey mighty mig and I just couldn't get good consistant welds. The R-Tech worked straight out of the box and every weld has been spot on, couldn't recommend it highly enough.

I find immense inspiration from watching your videos, thanks Trev! I'm always amazed at the brilliance if your work, keep up the great work!

Nice to have a tool that exceeds your expectations. Thanks for sharing and best to you and yours in these trying times.

Great video Trev, nice to see that you had a guard fitted to your grinder as there are so many people not using them these days that it’s getting scary. I once used someone else’s grinder without a guard and managed to put a nasty cut in my index finger with a slitting disc, I was lucky not to lose my finger. If I had to get into a tight corner to grind something then I would use my die grinder. Perhaps you could put a small section in one of your videos on how you use grinders etc, thanks,best wishes, Chris.

Thanks for all your fine work, and explanations. I find that you inspire me to continue with my own projects.

Good video , just been setting up my tig welder tonight too . Nothing better then getting new tools . Looking forward to watching your fab vids . Top work 👍

I have to unpack my MIG tomorrow, thanks to you I have made a small section for my 911 and need to fit it. Thanks for the confidence.

Great to see you back Trev. 😀 Missed ya tips ands tricks. All the best

TREV YOU ARE BACK INTO THE FUTURE MASTER OF SPACE AND TIME. YOU ARE SCARING ME RIGHT NOW

That's a nice bit of kit you've got there. I like the amperage display.

Nice job on that battery holder! 🙂

A mate bought one of those very welders. The arc stability and wire feed consistency are those of a much more expensive machine. Iv been welding for 15+ years and was really impressed with the capabilities of the machine full stop. The price bracket makes it impossible to ignore. Great bit of kit overall.

Hey Trev, thanks for the video, it is the highlight of my day. I have a Lincoln 180C in my shop, its been a good machine for me. Congrats on owning a new welder. Nice fabrication for your battery.

Great video and really nice welder not mentioning battery box which I already seen painted :p great stuff thank you for sharing 👍

I'm not a welder! But I'm on with restoring fresh metal let's say all over my 1984 mini😃 After using my friends Mig mate150 that I repaired more than the car I invested in a R-Tech Mig180 & like you say it's so easy to use & I'm not grinding back as much "happy days!" Good vids👍

I have only recently found your channel and am hooked. I’ve spent most of this week going through your tutorials instead of getting on with my own project (it is freezing in my garage at the moment). I wish I had a tenth of your skill! If you are looking for subjects for future videos then dent removal from aluminium and aluminium rust treatment would be interesting (especially for Land Rover owners). I’d love to buy an R-Tech Tig but am worried if I buy a DC machine I will later regret not being able to weld aluminium, but the AC/DC machines are so much more expensive.

Thanks, great show. Keep them coming. From michigan, USA

I’ve wondered before about the mask over a helmet. I was told to use gasless wire when outdoors, which has worked thus far though I tend to only do small jobs. It does take more cleaning but I usually have to ground my welds so it doesn’t make much difference to me. I'm really looking forward to your next video as I often weld very thin materials and I’ve gone wrong more than once. Another great video, thank you.

Hi Trev. I bought one as well. I'm running on flux-cored wire as I can't get hold of any gas at the moment. It's doing a good job on 0.75mm

Great video Trev...like always! And particularly like the new extended outro, ...that baseline is phaaaat. :-) I have also recently bought the R-tech 180 Mig welder, ...as I scatted my Clarke welder years ago, just through pure frustration. And had struggled to commit to replacing it ever since. But after the watching your recent video's on more the Tig/Mig welding stuff, plus some forum reading and online researsh, it was now clear and a no brainer. Uk supplier, solid product (I like the idea of the euro torch fitment) and solid support. It was pretty tuff to 'click' the purchase button just based on the rrp, ...but I now needed a reliable Mig welder back in my life, and it would have been a lot tougher to pull the trigger on the other known brands in the entry level market, knowing that they really, really fail to represent value for money. Hence why i spent the last 6 years wandering about in the Migless wilderness. :-( Looking forward to the next video. :-) ps. Not sayin that the R-tech 180 Mig is entry level either

Great video Trev. Nice new welder, it does a great job really works well. Battery bracket looks great ! Cheers, Jeff.

You can see the plants on the ground blowing as you are welding... if you end up welding out side again a plastic screen or some plywood will help a lot. doesn't have to be really fancy. Even with the gusts you got your welds still came out well. Thank you for all the videos you do, they are great.

Good job, looking forward to the next video. I'm ok at arc and tig, but was put of of mig because I couldn't get the wire speed just how i wanted it. Tig was more fun because I could just add to the weld pool as needed.

Welds pretty well like that but still like my Snap On 130 i have had it 25 years did some great jobs with it and still works great. But thats a nice machine.

I'm really looking forward to your next video. I've got a Stanley welder that size and I have no idea how to set it up.

Love the MIG teaching. Both angle iron and body sheet metal. Thanks! (Hoping you have a way to use mains power when venue has it available....)

Looks to be good little welder

Trev for a battery holder that looks the dogs obvious. Always learn something from your videos. Cheers Dude..

Very nice Trev!

Cracking little set that Trev, many mig sets these days are just too complicated for most people..simple and easy to use is the way forward :)

Great video I wish I had your skill level to do my project . I have so much rust and not a single body panel is straight lol.

Great video as always trev.

a magnific work have you made saludos of spain

Awesome video thank you trev

looks very nice

Hi Trev. Thanks for another great video. I have the same R Tech MIG welder and also bought the spool gun (Although I don't know when I will ever need it) but if you do need it and don't have it ........ Been there got the Tee shirt. Hahaha keep well. Really looking forwards to the next MIG welder video because I really need some set up tips for thinner stuff.

Thank you.

Hi Trev, great to see you on the videos again, I’ve just got one of these r tech 180 mig welders for the jobs needing done on my vw t2 camper, I find this welder fantastic, very adjustable and easy to work, which is very handy as the jobs being done on the vw consist of various conditions and thickness of metals, I’d like to mention I got the R tech welder to replace a Sealey super mig 150 which must have only 2 weeks of welding before the wire feed packed in, got a new one from sealey and it didn’t work , so sent back under warranty, won’t buy sealey again. 🚗💨💨💨

Nice video. Mahalo for sharing! : )

hi looking good nice welder

I've just bought a new IGBT MIG after getting tired of my dad's 30+ years old one, similar to yours. I really hope I can set it up and finally try it out on the weekend. Looking forward to the next video.

Anyone able to tell me if there's a vid showing how to shape more complex body panels? I'm looking into doing the rear corner of my 84' safari swb where the canopy bolts on so its a curve along the top and then basically a cap at the end and have no idea how the sheets going to react with that shape! Cheers fellas.

Hey Trev, greetings from Germany. I am a big fan of both yours and your Mrs KZfaq channels! 🥰 Just a quick question. Why didn’t you leave a gap between the angles and weld into the gap /lay a root. Like you showed in but welding sheet metal !? It would have saved you grinding and welding time I guess !?

And a hand held shield won't mess the hair up 👍

Trev! That battery looks like a monster. What kind is it? I see it's an Exide. Do you have a model number or any info? I'd like to see if I can use one for my purposes. Thanks. Great channel.

The only thing that I would mone at the welder is I wish there was a dust cover for the handheld aluminium gun.but yes I love it.

Out of interest, does the wire speed motor get affected by your wire voltage setting? My cheap old Clarke changed the voltage to the wire speed motor when you changed the welding voltage. Made it so tricky to fine tune. I ended up getting a small transformer just to run the wire speed motor. I suspect a lot of Chinese made welders are the same, but haven't been able to find out.

Все отлично! Не хватает уголка на 80 , удерживать ручки аккумулятора!

As always, love the videos. I have been trying for a twofold learning experience from your videos. Obviously I am learning from the content but I am also trying to be bilingual. I am hoping to become fluent in English as well as American. Anyway, I always watch the commercials on your channel to try and support you, but on this one, the commercials are actually longer than the video by several minutes. Do you still get paid enough to make it worth your time if the commercials are skipped? Thanks for all of the hard work for my benefit.

15kg spools were invented for lancias and sierras, 5kg will do for other cars. :)

my mig180 doesn't have the amp drawn display :(

What diameter wire do you use for body sheetmetal and also thicker material like the 3 MM angle you used in the battery tray? Billk

Thats an awesome Dodge Postal van in the video? Do you still have this? They're tough to find in the states.

How have you found the r-tech 180? I have been considering this welder for bodywork.

Trev, the solution to your windy day problem is flux cored wire. It sucks for autobody sheet metal welding but in some respects is better than MIG (for example superior penetration) when it comes to thicker material and outside conditions. Buy a two pound spool for just such occasions. I agree that either your voltage was too low or your wire speed was too fast. The sound was just not right. It sounded to me as though the wire was pushing on the work, which it should never do. I think you need to play around with the settings some. Start with the recommendations on the sheet they normally glue to the inside panel of the welder where you install the wire and adjust from that baseline. My ears told me that you were either running to at too low of a voltage or at too fast of a wire speed for the voltage chosen.

Why did you not use the arc instead or was it because you was using thin materials

Hi Trv, great instructional videos. No other video exists on KZfaq like the one you did where you showed the internal bits for a Coffee business. Do you have a recommendation for the size of Gas cylinder ? I'm looking to use gas all day on small duel fuel coffee machine on a trike. Space is limited on the front so asking for advice. Thank you.

Trev what’s your thoughts on panel bonding a quarter panel on ?

Nice video. I wish all welders had more simple settings. As a Mini guy I also enjoyed the bit of interest at the end. What's the link with the girl and the Mini furniture?

Hi Trev, I saw a Chinese brand inverter in this video, my experience with Chinese inverters is not good, under high loads, like a water cooker / coffee machine they fail fast, specifications need to be taken with a grain of salt. Good experiences I have with Victron Energy, it's not cheap, but as you will be using it commercially, have the right stuff that is up to the task is essential I think.

If it sounds like bacon frying it's welding, if it smells like bacon frying your on fire.

Your wire speed is too slow, it should sound like bacon frying 👍 if it smells like bacon frying though your on fire 😉

Are you selling your old one?

Why so much sparking?

please plan a vent behind the battery. Assuming its a lead/acid battery. 1 other thing. welding.... pls pls pls show us 1mm top steel welding to a 2 maybe 3mm thick steel. I have major problems with this. IE door skins. ah yes, i am using flux core. cannot afford a gas setup. well gas bottle.

Wanna sell the migatronic?

SVP geen Reclame

*I really love your videos. But my curiosity overwhelms me about your dialect. Please set me straight , My English friend thought it is from the southwest.

i am very critical about gas welding outside about gear used (handheld shield) about way torch pooling weld and mostly about making that frame at around 5th minute of the video. first gas welding is for indoors only any complaining about wind means u know nothing about gas welding, handheld shield really? one inch weld in two stop-start? u can make a meter long weld in one go and if there is possible to walk i did it myself a 2 meter weld in single go this is why handheld crap comes with all the entry level stuff - its just useless. gas welding torch is pointing the way its going - gasless and stick goes backward. yes u can go as Trev did but it looks like u never spend a day cleaning your weld and if you dont need it clean why to have gas welder? just because u have to much money? making the frame i did hundreds of them u may not always need accuracy but welding two peaces and tacking the rest two? it is not a complex peace u can tack all 4 peaces than clamp weld turn around and do the same because heat affects a lot and where is tape? even making jig stuff it is taped. by the way blueish steal means overheating penetration on the other side it is also sign of the overheating which means your amp should go slightly down