Anything welding

Canceled, Anything on a $300-400 range?

 

Used, locally.

 

Not unless you buy used You got to pay to play. This would be the smallest welder you would want for truck fab stuff. And that's hitting the duty cycle a lot welding 3/16th+

http://store.cyberweld.com/millerma...rxuPBtcWems9m_gF--Zq7TJF51g4epbBgABoCLyfw_wcB

 

Where? Willing to relocate? Travel? Base metals qualified? Processes? My company is always looking.

 

Will this miller millermatic 135 115v wirefeed mig welder do the job?

http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/tls/4737301946.html

 

No you want at least 180amps

 

Getting the Hobart better and yes already have 220 connections

 

Yes, go to a lowes or homedepot store and get this one.

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Lincoln-Electric-Weld-Pak-125-HD-Wire-Feed-Welder-K2513-1/100670933

Mine is around 3 years old and I can weld just about anything with it.

My experience:

15 years experience welding and fabrication ASME certified pressure vessels and heat exchangers.
I have been certified on stick and mig.

 

Do you weld MIG with that one?

 

What type of gas is better for DOM tube welding? Argon, CO2 or 25%/75%?

 

Mix for cleaner welds, straight co2 for small welders as it runs hotter than mix.

 

No, just fluxcore.

A lot of my welding is outside, and do not want to deal with bottles.

Example of my work,

 

But is flux as strong as MIG?

Maybe I'll spend the extra buck and get the miller 211

 

Yes.

Mig and flux-core are both er-70, which is a 70,000 pound wire, which is the same as a 7018 welding rod.

MIG uses gas for shielding while flux-core has flux inside the wire that provides shielding.

If you are working outside, around a farm, welding on farm equipment in the field, flux-core is the only way to go.

EDIT

Here is my welding setup. I was tacking a section of cattle panel on the chicken yard gate.

I just load the welding machine and generator in the back of my truck and drive to wherever I am going to be welding at.

 

This 1 has been great to me so far.
http://store.cyberweld.com/twfa14miwew1.html

But there is this 1 too....
http://store.cyberweld.com/hoha125.html

But the larger you can get the better. just like Jerry said.

 

Get the 211 you will not be happy with Flux of your welding on your truck you want gas.

 

I run 90/10 in my Mig welders the welds are a lot cleaner but you need a bigger welder that can handle the higher amps. We weld .120 wall around the setting recommended for .250 on the welder because the lack of C02 in the mix.

 

Welding thicker metal is not limited by the size of the machine, but rather the knowledge of the welder.

One does not weld 3/4 inch thick steel with a single pass. Stack your beads and you can weld anything.

 

We are not talking industrial welding we are talking truck fab We don't run multiple passes on .120 wall. Anyone needing to run more then one pass on thinner then .500 needs a bigger welder.

 

If someone is welding 1/8 thick plate or pipe, why would they be happier with mig? When the finished product is wire brushed and painted, the two welds are going to look exactly the same.

To answer tacomonazuls question about mig and flux-core:

If the majority if your welding will be inside, get a mig.

If the majority of your welding will be outside, get a flux-core.


I went with flux-core because:

1. I did not want the hassle of a bottle.

2. All of my welding is outside. Whether it is on a truck, bar-b-q pit, gate, trailer,,,, etc all of my welding is in the open.