I have a "free to me" deal in the subject genny/welder if I want it. I know little about its history, and more than likely it will need some love to get running again. I have perhaps 10-20 minutes of welding experience. I've ran literally a couple beads on a couple projects. My old man sets up the machine and says "here." Not much of a teacher, but really neither am I. So I'd be cutting my teeth on this welder. Would I best flipping this for a stick welder to learn with? My welding needs are small now, but I could see some bigger projects if I ever get comfortable with it. Here's a terrible pic, b/c I know we like pics.
It might be better to get it running and trade it for an electric job if you don't want to have to listen to the gas engine running all the time to use it.
That looks like it will stick weld already, and like Mike said, listening to the engine is a downside but it might be just the ticket if you don't have a good way to power an all electric?
I will recommend the Miller Maxstar line for nice machines that will work on 110 with a 25 amp breaker. They'll do 150 amps @20% duty cycle. Most home stuff won't ever need any more than the 20%.
This is exactly what I'm thinking. I have light sleeping kids and wife as is. It makes it less fun to tinker when I get yelled at by the boss.
I found an older econo tig miller for sale local this weekend. I have this maxstar 150s right now. It doesn't like to tig on low amperage at all. It's just a stick machine and has hot start on it.
Iam not very good at welding but getting better bought a cheap mig 170 through harbor freight and a lincoln tombstone style ac/dc off craigs list with lots of extras.My son is teaching me how to use them he is going after an associates degree in welding starts this year.He has learned alot during the previous year of high school and can really lay one down if you know what I mean.Having a welder will pay for itself for sure with what you can fix with it.The lincoln tombstones are hard to beat.
