I'm looking to buy a welder. The first job would be for doing my exhaust but other jobs in the future would include fab'ing up brackets and things like that for the truck. Any thoughts on what kind to get? How are wire feed welders?
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Lincoln 135-plus is what I use for 90% of the stuff I do. Compact, simple and plenty of power for most any odd-job. Will plug into a 115V 15 amp outlet so long as you run it at mid setting or lower (good for most exhaust/light fab work)
Plug it into a 20 amp outlet for thicker stuff. Couldn't recommend the unit higher overall.
I use C-25 gas for everything steel/stainless and so long as it's set up right and the welds are prepped well it has always done a great job.
I have a big old arc welder (tombstone style) for really heavy or "dirty" stuff - something a small MIG will not do well at all.
Plug it into a 20 amp outlet for thicker stuff. Couldn't recommend the unit higher overall.
I use C-25 gas for everything steel/stainless and so long as it's set up right and the welds are prepped well it has always done a great job.
I have a big old arc welder (tombstone style) for really heavy or "dirty" stuff - something a small MIG will not do well at all.
the only 115 V welder I ever liked was the first miller cricket but those have now suposedly went the way of the albatrous.
I bought a 110/115 lincoln a few years back and it was absolute junk so I replaced it with the lincoln 135 amp 220 unit and it was 100% better.
Nothing works as well as a 220 three phase welder(even makes a hack like me look like I can weld) but they are tough if not impossible to get the right power in a home shop.
I bought a 110/115 lincoln a few years back and it was absolute junk so I replaced it with the lincoln 135 amp 220 unit and it was 100% better.
Nothing works as well as a 220 three phase welder(even makes a hack like me look like I can weld) but they are tough if not impossible to get the right power in a home shop.