herculesinwyoming Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 my wife ordered this for me today! I hope it will be a good buy. http://www.eastwood.com/mig-welder-110vac-135a-output.html?SRCCODE=1FM1363 Quote Link to comment
Farmer Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 That's awesome Quote Link to comment
thatguy Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Looks like it got pretty favorable reviews. Congrats. 1 Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I agree, reviews look great! I just wish it could also be hooked up to 220v power as well. I might consider getting this though! Thanks for posting. 1 Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Sale Price ends Nov 30. Free shipping Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 God damn it... I want it now. Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Price was $279.99 now it's showing $299.99 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 looks like a good deal alot of the difference between more expensive name brands and just larger welders in general is the duty cycle (how long you can weld without a break) useing it for lighter duty and sheet metal applications you will likely never exceed the duty cycle anyways good deal post your reports when you get it Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Price was $279.99 now it's showing $299.99 Nevermind, it's correct. Just need to use the link supplied above! Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 I look forward to trying it out. I haven't welded in a very long time, so i will have to freshen my skills too. Anyone have advice on shielding gas? Buy a bottle, or rent? What are my options there? Quote Link to comment
yellowdatsun Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 ALWAYS use shielding gas. The welds will look 1000 times better. Most places exchange bottles. Basically you'll buy the first one, but when you go to get it "filled", they just give you a different bottle....but you still "own" that bottle. Works fine, and is actually a good thing, because they have to pay (and have the facilities) to have the bottle pressure tested and re-stamped every so often. It would suck to do this yourself. 1 Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 if you rent they charge more when its filled thats the rent if you own they exchange bottle and cost is less because you own it find out the difference in price and go from there I own my bottles it just made sense to me 1 Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Guess i will buy a bottle at tax return time. Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 can you weld a frame with a welder that small or would you need a 220 welder Quote Link to comment
metalmonkey47 Posted November 24, 2012 Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 Shield gas makes a huge difference. When my brother used to work for the old metal shop, he would bring home huge Miller mig welders with massive tanks a shield gas, and I could (with no experiance) weld brake rotors together with no slag beautifully. Using a H/F flux core, I weld like Indy. Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted November 24, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2012 can you weld a frame with a welder that small or would you need a 220 welder This one is rated to weld up to 1/4 inch thick plate. I will have to wait to get mine to see what it can really do. Quote Link to comment
herculesinwyoming Posted November 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Welder arrived tonight! Tomorrow i will see about a gas bottle for it. Quote Link to comment
Eric Happy Meal Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 nice. ive been looking at getting a decent MIG setup the past couple weeks. i can NOT decide on what to go with. ill have to check this one out. Quote Link to comment
FiveSeventyZee Posted November 30, 2012 Report Share Posted November 30, 2012 Using a H/F flux core, I weld like Indy. -.- ........lol agreed on the gas. I wouldn't weld without a shielding gas. what has you use can be debated a bit I'm sure but I don't think anyone with the option to use gas would opt not to Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 usualy and I dont know why but you can weld thicker material with the flux core then you can with the gas shielded wire useing the 110 welder the welder should have a cheat sheet inside the lid or in the manual for the settings you should be able to look at that and see that with flux core you can weld up to the 1/4 and with shielded gas will probably be a little thinner this was true with my 135 lincolin at least by the settings cheat sheet 1 Quote Link to comment
FiveSeventyZee Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 you can cheat on thicker material by "preheating" the area with a blowtorch first. supposedly gives you better penetration. I have yet to try it though. not have I needed it 1 Quote Link to comment
ol'skoolrob Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 ^^^ genius i've never thought about that before Quote Link to comment
Ranman72 Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 you can cheat on thicker material by "preheating" the area with a blowtorch first. supposedly gives you better penetration. I have yet to try it though. not have I needed it this does work I have done it you can also grind out and make multiple passes but you want to make sure you get it hot enough to melt together Quote Link to comment
Draker Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 How are the welds with this? Quote Link to comment
Eric Happy Meal Posted December 11, 2012 Report Share Posted December 11, 2012 you can cheat on thicker material by "preheating" the area with a blowtorch first. supposedly gives you better penetration. I have yet to try it though. not have I needed it Yes this works. Its also a good idea to bevel the edges whenever possible. 1 Quote Link to comment
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