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Answered my own question - couldn't get it hot enough to braze.
Am thinking more about the welder. Now I've read more it seems you need an arc welder if you want to weld outside and weld thick things and a MIG welder for thin metals like car panels.
My immediate need is for this captive nut and to weld a nut onto a broken bolt to get it out. I also have a garden roller where the frame has broken that I'd quite like to mend.
For these jobs it's sounding like an arc welder. The MIG forum says that the £50 buzz boxes are pretty useless and would put off a beginner DIY'er. I could face dropping up to £200 for something, but I don't fancy doing that twice.
Does it make sense to get a "buzz box" now and then a MIG later if I start to do some more jobs that need it ?
Am thinking more about the welder. Now I've read more it seems you need an arc welder if you want to weld outside and weld thick things and a MIG welder for thin metals like car panels.
My immediate need is for this captive nut and to weld a nut onto a broken bolt to get it out. I also have a garden roller where the frame has broken that I'd quite like to mend.
For these jobs it's sounding like an arc welder. The MIG forum says that the £50 buzz boxes are pretty useless and would put off a beginner DIY'er. I could face dropping up to £200 for something, but I don't fancy doing that twice.
Does it make sense to get a "buzz box" now and then a MIG later if I start to do some more jobs that need it ?