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  1. raybonz

    raybonz Moderator

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    I'd love to have one of those welders just for the fun of it!
     
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    I did a little welding yesterday. I would never admit it was my weld. Temporary exhaust fix.

    I am skilled in carpentry, not welding, but would like to learn how to weld better.
     
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    With the right coupon and $90+ tax u can have one too!!

    And this welder has paid for itself a few times over!! Contact figure how I got by without it. I have stitched my light duty bush hog up many times and reinforced a bent support. Tacked boat fenders back on. Fixed my wood cutting buddies floating dock, and can't remember how many stripped bolts I have welded nuts onto to get out!!
     
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    Is it easy to work with? Been many years since I have struck an arc.. I was using high end welders at work with helium argon gas, think they were called TiG or inert arc (had a foot pedal to control power)?.. I found stick harder to learn and never tried wire feed.. Those weld so nice the metal looked like one piece once sanded!
     
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    Its messy splattered weld due to flux core but on thick stuff its easy. I had never welded before and after a few hours and YouTube I was welding good enough for the stuff I do. Like repairing lawnmower decks and such as that. Welds always are holding for me. I'm not welding trailer hitches or couplers or anything but its a huge money saver around the house and farm.
     
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    http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Grade-Ult...ower-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1387906816&sr=1-9

    Is this like yours?
     
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    No I have a flux core or gas less mig welder.
     
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    Are the frames just rusted out?
     
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    Hardest part about learning MIG or flux-core is the pace. Once you pull the trigger, you are gotta keep up with the machine. If the machine setup is right, it's like a hot glue gun for steel. Spend a lot of time learning how to setup the machine and it will pay dividends.

    If you can TIG, you can MIG, it's just very different and a much faster pace. TIG is very slow and controlled by comparison.
     
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    So MIG would be the way to go then? If I decide to do this I don't want to spend too much money as it would be more of a toy than anything..
     
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    MasterMech The Mechanical Moderator

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    It's the easiest to learn, cheap to run, especially with flux-core or gas less wire, and the most versatile for around the house stuff. The 110V machines are quite capable for 1/8" steel and can go heavier than that if you use the proper prep and multi-pass techniques.
     
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    I mostly tig and stick with some flux core welding on real thick stuff. We do a lot of alloy with tig and auto mated tig.
     
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    ^This^ I the MIG is set right, it will make you weld like a pro. I can Not weld overhead (on the bottom of a horizontal surface) with an arc welder. With a MIG set up to weld every other way, I had no better luck overhead. One day I was trying and a friend said "turn up the wire speed". It was that simple, welding overhead no problem now.
     
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    Here's a test I took a month or so ago.

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    I forgot to mention, if you want to weld outside, you have to setup with flux-core wire or use a wind break of some kind. With regular MIG, the wind can blow the shielding gas away from the weld and that's not going to be pretty.
     
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    Great advice thanks! Think this will be my next toy! :D
     
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    Not many dairy farmers left around here. They've all starved out. With the price of milk at wally world, dairy farmers should be getting rich. Too many middle men getting rich, farmers and consumers are getting F'ed.
     
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    Agreed! Farming is the strength of a nation.. Japan found this out during war when they had no food.. No farming in USA makes vulnerable and also puts us at risk of banned pesticides etc..

    Ray
     
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    l have never welded before and I can weld upside down its pretty easy.
     
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