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Finished up SMAW pipe for the semester today, moved onto TIG.
Root (6G), not perfect but good penetration and fairly consistent.


6G caps
Pretty happy with how they turned out because the caps is what I struggled the most with.

 

Need advice. Maybe some of you fellas can point me in the right direction. I have never messed with power inverters to step up/step down my volts. Im looking to purchase a quiter welding machine that plugs into 220 and get rid of my loud as bobcat 225. However i have no 220v outlets and my breaker box is old and cant add any new breakers. It would cost more to update all that so a friend told me about using an inverter. My question is whichone is a good one for my appplication? Any of you have experience with some?

 

I think you mean transformer. Inverters change AC to DC and vice versa

 

Update the panel. They are relatively cheap and easy to do if you have wiring skill. I don't know about your area but around me there are surplus electrical stores that tear out old buildings and sell panels with breakers and all that for real cheap.

 

Do you have an electric dryer or stove? Make an extension cord to reach the garage. Those appliances are 240 volts.

But seriously, think about updating the panel.

 

What is that jig in the last picture? Tubing Jig?

 

He might not even have 220 /240 even coming into the house.

This could turn into a major project

Pictures of your breaker box would be a great help.

The neighbors or Wife/ Girlfriend complain about the Bob Cat noise

Ear plugs I never weld without out them Quiets my Diesel TrailBlazer so I barely know it is running

 

I got 220 for my stove. Should i figure out what amps it allows so i dont buy a machine rated for more? I will make an extension cord coming from it.

 

Depends just how far it is from the stove outlet to where the welder is going to be used .

In your case a Sub panel might be a real good option over a extension cord

Remove the breaker for the stove replace it with one to power the sub panel run the stove and the welder from the sub panel . Run wire to where you need the welder outlet or outlets to be.

Any chance your going to be baking and welding at the same time ??

Just which welders are you looking at ??

 

Best answer yet. Put in a sub panel for a little money. Extension cords to run a welder can be pretty expensive.

 

I have an old ass breaker box. I live in a guest house. I dont want to put any money into this house that isnt mine. A 25' cord seems like it will be long enough and i wont be baking and welding at the same time. I need something temporary until i get my own house. I am looking at the Lincoln Electric square wave tig 200.
http://m.lincolnelectric.com/en-us/equipment/Pages/product.aspx?product=K5126-1(LincolnElectric)

It says in the specs i can tig at 130A 60% of the time on 230V pulling 13A. I can run a 3/32 at 100A on 230v 60% of the time pulling 16A. If i got a 10/3 cord and made only 25' do you think it can handle those kinds of loads? Im going to be learning to pipe weld and do some light fab work at the house. Nothing crazy just yet.

 

i would be using this bought from lowes and 2 plugs.

Cerrowire 283-3803A 25-Feet 10/3 SOOW Rubber Flexible Extra Heavy Duty Cord, Black

https://www.amazon.com/Cerrowire-28...UTF8&qid=1476444888&sr=8-4&keywords=10-3+wire

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLisgJxjLiv/

 

The more plugs you have to a given electrical load the more chance for losing a leg.

Just put the 25' input cord onto the welder.

One plug your done . if you can install plugs on a extension cord you can install the input cord on the welder

 

I used to run a Lincoln AC225 on a 10/3 extension cord from a dryer plug with good results. Now I have a dedicated 100 amp 240 circuit to a fused disconnect box for my vintage Hobart T-300. 10 gage wire is normally considered adequate for a 30 amp load. Please see local codes and the NEC for verification.

Howard

 

Wow! has it really been that long since I visited this thread?

Only thing new to offer is, I now need to dust off my aluminum welding skills. Been over 15 years since I used my spool gun.

 

First weld. Not too bad going into it blind. I had no idea what my settings were. This one is a bit hot and could use a bit more deposition, but it was reassuring that it wouldn't be fighting me too long.

 

So I've been considering picking up a welder lately and I've spent a fair amount of time looking at options that would work for me and had settled on the Hobart Handler 140 based on recommendations here and reviews online. I have a dedicated 20A circuit in the garage and concluded that a 115v welder would be fine for my needs.

Fast forward to this past Sunday. I'm out of state for work and went for a drive to visit a friend. I was in my friend's neighborhood and drove past an estate sale and saw lots of tools so I had to stop and take a look. The homeowner (an elderly man) had passed away and his daughter was in charge of selling his belongings. There were lots of pretty cool old school tools. An old cast iron stand-up mill, a full size cast iron lathe, etc. I didn't find anything that I was immediately interested in and shook the ladies hand and thanked her for her time and spotted a box in the corner of the garage. I asked her if the welder was in the box and she said she didn't know. I took a look and it was a brand new unopened Everlast 140E mig welder. I wasn't familiar at all with the brand although I had seen them online. I asked her how much she wanted and she said she'd take $100 just to get it out of the garage. I promptly gave her a nice crisp $100 bill and left. The welder had never been taken out of the box and all parts like the regulator and spare tips were still sealed in bags.

So my question is....is this a decent welder? At first glance it appears to be well made. It has an aluminum drive assembly and it's an inverter welder. The ground clamp is pretty cheap but I can upgrade that later if need be. Any thoughts? Link below is the welder I stole.

http://www.everlastgenerators.com/product/mig/power-i-mig-140e

 

Look at it this way if you could have spent that C note tipping strippers you might have gotten more for your money.

You might get lucky it might even work

I wonder did it not work right out of the box and the gentleman figured it was not worth the cost to ship it back for warranty??

Best of Luck

15 years I am glad it still worked !!

Interesting things like to live in the gas hose unless you had a flow meter still attached