BOC 190C MIG opinions ?

Sep 19, 2006 4 Replies

Does anyone have any experience of the BOC 190C MIG



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I'm thinking about getting a new machine as my hobby MIG is a bit tired so I wan't something that is a tad more hardwaring. The duty cycle is only 15% at 175amps but for my kind of use that's irrelevant (car repairs and a the odd bit of fabrication) I'm in the UK so I'd prefer a British machine plus Millers etc arn't that available over here. Also does anyone know if these machines come with a regulator ?



Many thanks in advance as always



Jim


Had a Murex machine for many years, and its very good indeed (basically same thing as BOC).

Would say though if you are looking to do car repairs a machine with spot/stitch function would be an extremely good idea.

k

According to the blurb on the website it does both, which is one of the reasons I'm seriously looking at this model :-) I know of the Murex reputation too, you've only got to look on eBay to see ancient examples of kit that still work like new ! We'll they're either ancient, very much abused or both !

Thanks for the input Ken

Jim

I have a BOC Transmig 110. It's old, around the early 80's. I love it. I'm only a hobby welder BTW. How much is the one you're looking at, out of interest? Mine is a big old beast!

I was recommended (on here) Butters, Murex & Cebora. Perhaps try looking on

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for a deal

Brand spanking new £633.33 inc VAT (£539.00 without, I think this is for the non euro torch model (I'll go for the euro version).

That's with 5 yr warranty on the transformer, inductor and rectifier

2 yr on everything else and 3 months on the gun. I'm in credit with BOC at the moment aswell and they're only a mile away.

I'm going to give it about a month before getting a new MIG so I thought I'd ask here first. Also BOC let you pop in and try anything out before you buy and generally give you a bit of a discount if you get on with their staff :-)

I upgraded my O/A gear from various makes all to BOC and was amazed how much difference it made so I'm a bit of a fan of theirs !

Jim

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