Preston Welding Supplies

FOR ALL YOUR WELDING AND ENGINEERING NEEDS IN PRESTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

GIVE US A RING ON 01772 821692 OR SEND AN EMAIL TO dbteng@hotmail.com

Here's a short video showing a Cros-Arc 200S MMA welding machine in stock here at Preston Welding Supplies and available for you to try before you buy. It's small lightweight machine with big capabilities, inverter based and with probably the highest duty cycle of all the machines in it's class. Comes complete and ready to weld all for £225.00+vat.

It's a 240v single phase machine, fan cooled and only weighs 7.7kg

MMA or Stick welding is the most versatile and portable type of welding, no gas needed just a handful of electrodes and you're sorted.

We always have in stock a large range of electrodes so that you can weld pretty much all metals such as: Mild and Carbon steels, Stainless Steel, Cast Iron.

We also have Protective clothing for welders, Abrasive cutting and grinding discs, Fluxes, Wire brushes, Welding machine spares and consumables.

Stealth P3 Welding respirators now in stock, the best by far, replaceable filters and no steaming up inside your welding helmet or safety visor. Great for welding and grinding operations, you won't be disappointed, only £18.00+vat

Alloy Wheel repairs

Alloy Wheel Repairs.

We repair Alloy wheels pretty much every day and have been repairing wheels for many years. The most common problems are cracks on the inside edge of the wheel.

                                       

We see wheel rims with this kind of damage all the time. You think you've picked up a puncture and your tyre constantly needs pumping up. So you go along to get the puncture fixed and find that this is the problem, no worries we fix them fast, same day if you get in early enough, even if it's later in the day we'll do our best to get you back on the road.

Wheel rims are part of the MOT test and a crack is a fail.

Bent and buckled wheels are very common too, we have specialist equipment and can true your wheels up in no time.

They are not all this bad but even a small dent in the rim will give a wobble on your steering.

Sometimes its the outside of the wheel which has hit a kerb.

We can weld it up then reshape it.

A quick touch up to the paint and you're sorted.

Give us a try for any wheel repairs you need, we'll do our best to help you out and back on the road fast. 

Please note that we do not have the room to store your car whilst repairs are done we only want your wheels with or without tyres..

Also please be aware that we reserve the right to refuse to repair any wheels which we think would not be safe to use after any repairs.

Give us a try phone 01772 821692

Dave's Tips

How to identify TIG rods.

I thought i'd do some short videos to show a few little tricks which help you get along as a welder, some of you may already know what I am telling you in the video but hopefully I can help someone with my information here.

The first video shows you a method which I use to identify which of the most common two Tig filler rods is which, most filler rods are identified with a four digit code but some are not, and anyhow if you happen to burn off the bit with the identification on, you would be left guessing what you have in your hand, if you are anything like me, in a busy welding workshop environment and you have lots of partly used rods on your welding table and you just want to get that job finished and don't want to get a new rod from the tube, here's what to do. The most common Tig filler rod for Aluminium is 4043 the next most common is 5356.

A word of apology though, I have just watched the video through again and realised that I have shown you the wrong side of the identification on the 5356 rod so it does not say 5356 on the side you see, it did on the other side,sorry, I am a better welder than I am video maker!

Aluminium Road and MTB frame repairs

Repairs to Aluminium Road and MTB frames.

I have been doing repairs on bike frames for quite a while now. On MTB's it tends to be cracks which have appeared over time or maybe since a big collision. On a Road bike frame it's mainly damage to the rear drop-out and derailleur hanger. Todays job was on a Commencal hardtail Mtb frame where the top of the seat tube had broken off completely just above the original weld.

The paint had to be removed from the frame near to where I was going to be welding.

The broken top of the tube was re-attached using ACDC Tig at around 65amps with a 1.6mm 4043 filler rod, the frame material is 6061. I also added a small gusset to the front of the break and extended it along the top tube, hopefully this will help spread the load and prevent any further failures.

Job done and customer happy, he's back on the road or maybe trail.

Jasic JA140 gets even better.

Jasic JA 140 part 2.

Some of the people who have bought the Jasic JA 140 have said its a great machine, small lightweight and easy to use, not to mention cheap too. 

But wouldn't it be great if it could do Aluminium as well, my answer is "it can". This little welder does have its limitations, of course it does. But if you only want to weld thin Aluminium just now and then, this machine will do it, watch the video to see the Jasic JA 140 Pro, welding Aluminium on the cheap!

Jasic JA 140 MMA/Lift TIG Review

This is a great little machine!

This is the smallest of the Jasic range, a super lightweight portable welder which comes with a 5 yr warranty. Smooth arc welding and great Lift Tig. Simple no fuss machine, watch the video, any questions just contact me by phone or email, try before you buy available.

Cros Arc TIG ACDC 200

We decided that it would be a good idea if we did a few demo's and what's in the box type of reviews on some of the welders and equipment we sell. They are all available on a try before you buy basis, if you have any questions please get in touch.

ALLOY WHEEL REPAIRS

We repair Alloy Wheels pretty much every day here at DBT Engineering.
We offer a fast turnaround and high quality work.Cracked rims are very common, if they are fixable then we fix them fast, bent and buckled wheels are also a thing we deal with constantly, we do our best to get your wheels fixed the same day so that you are back on the road. Check out the videos below:

And this is how it was when finished.

Pot Hole damage isn't always this bad, but we fixed it.

Give us a call if you need your wheels fixing fast.

01772 821692 or email dbteng@hotmail.com

Preston Welding Supplies

Preston Welding Supplies is now part of DBT Engineering.

Frank retired back in October and so I took on the business from him. Frank was keen to know that all his customers would still be able to get all their requirements locally, and I thought that the welding supplies business would compliment my Engineering and Welding work quite well and give customers somewhere not only get everything needed for welding but also somewhere where they can get a bit of advice on which gas or how many amps or whatever.

So here at DBT Engineering you can get consumables and equipment for all types of welding.

We sell Jasic, Cros-Arc and SWP  TIG, MIG and MMA or Stick welding machines.

Rent Free bottles of common welding gases including Argon, Argon5, Oxygen, Acetylene, Propylene and Co2

TIG filler rods in Steel, Stainless steel, Aluminium and Bronzes

Arc welding Electrodes for Mild Steel, Stainless Steel and Cast Iron.

TIG an MIG torches and spare parts.

Gauntlets and TIG gloves,Welding Helmets and protective leather clothing.

Abrasive cutting discs, grinding discs and flap discs too.

Safety glasses and PPE.

Wire Brushes, crack detection sprays.

The list goes on and on.

Don't forget that here at DBT Engineering you can not only get a job machined or welded or repaired, but you can buy engineering materials too, we always have good stocks of Bright round bar in many sizes, we also sell sheet metal in handy sizes for those who don't want a full sheet. Aluminium and bronze also available, if it's not in stock I'll get it for you fast.

Give us a call on 01772 821692

Keep watching this blog for tests and reviews coming soon on welding equipment and techniques.

Aluminium Welding UK DBT Engineering Preston Lancashire

DBT Engineering Services

Aluminium Welding Preston

Ally Welding Preston

Aluminium Welding Lancashire

From the few blogs I have already posted, you may have realised that I do a variety of work.

The work is not limited to what you have seen on my page, there is more to come, I thought it might be an idea to give you a list of some of my services and what I can offer.

Also if there is a project that you have in mind and you are wondering if I have done something similar, then please ask by using the comments section. If I have an advice or information which I can share with you then I will for free. I have been doing this kind of work for the last 34 years, I have lots of experience.

Aluminium Welding or Aluminum Welding if you call it that.Aluminium TIG, MIG and Gas or Oxy Fuel.

Repairs to castings, fabrications, sheet metal, Aluminium framework, Aluminium brackets.

Repairs to propellors, Alloy Wheel repairs, Alloy Wheel crack welding, Alloy Wheel Straightening buckled wheels. Repairs to motorcycle casings, repairing threads in Aluminium casings, Removing broken studs.

Stainless Steel TIG welding, Stainless Exhaust repairs for cars and motorcyles, Stainless Steel Pipe welding, Stainless Steel fabrications.

Steel TIG Welding, Steel MIG Welding General Steel fabrications, Sheet Metal.

Vintage car Aluminium bodywork restorations, English Wheel, Shrinking and Stretching, Forming new panels, repairs to wings, running boards, bonnet, boot. hood , fender repairs.

Fuel tank repairs, Aluminum fuel Tanks made and repaired, yes I can weld them even after they have been used! Air conditioning pipe repairs. Aluminium Intercoolers made and repaired or modified, Aluminium air intake pipes made. etc etc etc.

I also do machining work which includes, Turning of Steel bushes, shafts, spacers, manufacturing special bolts, Screwcutting. Lathe work of all types Manual and CNC.

Milling making new parts or machining parts which I have welded to bring them back to original specifications. Drilling, Tapping threads, Reaming.

A job that is appearing more regularly now is Ford Transit Cam Cover, they crack across the top of the bearing journals, I have successfully repaired a few of them recently and I will post some photo's soon.

Alloy Wheel Repairs in Preston, bent buckled cracked or any other damage, all repairs done quickly, and at a price that might surprise you.

I could go on all day, so i'll stop, that's all for now.

DBT Engineering

50 Essex Street

Preston

PR1 1QE

07866 943582

01772 821692

dbteng@hotmail.com

Carburettors oval bored.

This is a job that I do on a regular basis for a local engine tuner. The idea is to bore the carb oval, which gives more top end without losing anything anywhere else, if you just bore the carb bigger diameter you lose at the bottom end.

34mm carb

The carb is only truly round down inside where the machining has been done, that is where I find the centre position of the carb.

With the boring head set at 34mm I move the machine 1mm towards the top of the carb.

Then bore though till the cut stops, you can't see it but you can hear it!

Stop the spindle and retract the tool making sure the cutting tool is positioned towards the bottom of the carb, that way there is no scratch left in the bore of the carb.

As you can see material has only been cut from the top side of the carb bore.

Job Done.

Alvis Bonnet repairs part 2

The bonnet has been cut down by an inch and a half all the way across the back edge, this needs to be replaced. So it's the usual procedure, tack weld the piece first the seam weld using TIG and about 75amps AC.

Welded inside and out.

This first section was planished flat file and sanded till smooth.

Then on with the next section to match the first.

The sides of the bonnet still had original paint.

This paint stripper works fast and does the job well.

A quick video to show the results.

As per the previous repairs make a patch to fit exactly, tack it first then fully weld it in place.

Lots of clamps and a backing strip.

Finished in the normal way.

The other side was treated in the same way.

The Aluminium trim strip also needs to be extended.

This is not a swage line, it is a solid piece of Aluminium riveted in place.

A small section was cut with a hacksaw length ways along a one inch bar of Aluminium to make a D shaped section about 5mm thick in the centre.

The piece was welded to the end of the original strip but only in the middle, this was to ensure that no distorion was introduced into the finished panel, which would be more difficult to planish out now that the strip was in place. A small amount of body filler will hide the joint before paint.

Then a solid Aluminium rivet was used to secure it into the panel.

The finished repairs which took around 16 hrs.

Alvis body repairs

1934 Alvis body repair

Corners of the bonnet are rubbed and rotted away and in need of replacement.
 1.6mm Aluminium

New metal needs letting in.

Cut out all damaged Aluminum.

An oversized patch, scribe and cut out.

Clamp in place using a Copper backing bar.

Then tack into place.

90 Amps AC TIG

Fully welded inside and out using 4043 1.6mm filler.

Using simple hand tools the distortion in the panel is put straight and the weld is filed flush.

Smoothed out nicely.

Next scribe the cut line

 and trim the panel using snips.

File to the cut line, round all corners off finally finish with abrasive paper on a small block.

 

All done, ready for another 82 years!