welder

[bill m]

I need a welder for mostly welding retention for adding teeth to cast partials. I have a mini torch (oxygen propane) but am not satisfied with my results with it. I am looking for a arc welder (yates and bird) but have seen the little pulse welders on ebay and am intrigued by them. They are chinese so I am not sure about them. I realize a laser or good pulse welder is the way to go but price makes them unreachable. I am looking for opinions. Thanks

 

[sidesh0wb0b]

i too am considering a laser welder addition to the equipment. prob sometime this spring or summer. looking forward to seeing what users say

 

[rlhhds]

You could risk trying the cheap Chinese stuff. But if if does not perform to your standards then you have to buy a good one in the end. It is least expensive to do it right the first time than it is to do it right the second time. I bought my pulse welder many years ago when it was in fashion to buy a $30,000 laser welder. At $9000 at the time I thought it was expensive but it turned out to be some of the best money I spent. It is still going strong today.

 

[Affinity]

I have a pulse welder, its great for retention pins. Its for sale, theres a listing here on the forum. Its a lampert dentapuk.

 

[bill m]

I have a pulse welder, its great for retention pins. Its for sale, theres a listing here on the forum. Its a lampert dentapuk.

Thanks for the offer but can't spend that now.I will keep it in mind.

 

[Axis Dental Milling]

Is this Bill Marais?

 

[bill m]

No I am bill matwijec from Rome ny.

 

[Axis Dental Milling]

Ah ok, well anyways nice to have you on here Bill from Rome NY.

 

[bill m]

Ah ok, well anyways nice to have you on here Bill from Rome NY.

Thanks enjoy reading what others think

 

[sidesh0wb0b]

No I am bill matwijec from Rome ny.

ah bill, my mentor was from Rome, NY. I grew up in Rochester.

 

[Baobabtree]

I have been using a schutz pulse welder for about 9years now, like all new equipment it took a few goes to get a feel for it. It uses tungsten tips which need to sharpened on a cut off disc fairly regularly to keep the tip in good condition, otherwise you get a ppphhhhtt noise where the spark isn't as intense. I use it regularly to add tags onto chromes. In the early days it was a single piece of stainless steel ortho wire, but we had a couple come back within 12mths as the tags had fractured at the join. I changed the design to a small U shape with tags at 90degress to the U and weld those 2 tags to the partial frame. Much more support and use that design everytime now. Wouldn't be without it, think we paid £6000 for it from memory.

 

[JohnWilson]

I know its pricey but a laser welder will last a career with MINIMAL cost to maintain. I have had mine for 15+ years and have replaced a filter 2 times and water yearly. Its built to last and I could not do with out it. Gramm Alpha!

 

[AJEL]

You can look at jewelery sites look for soldering machine. The Yates is a soldering machine. Yates & Byrd perfect flow is good solder. I have a old torit soldering machine and a Laserstar desktop. The Laserstar I have replaced 3 filters, deionized water every year, 1 bulb, 3 lens front filter protectors.. I bought in 1999. I use it for repairs, wire frames, Implant welding, all on 4 sub frame construction.