Anything welding

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

 

The box the welder came in was still taped from the factory. The box was never opened. The hose and regulator are in sealed bags. I plugged in the unit at my friend's house and it powered right up. The drive motor works fine and I adjusted wire speed to check that and it works great. Online reviews are good as well.

 

Then I guess you got a good welder then. Get a can of welding gas, some decent 70s wire and build something.

Just watch out for fires. I've been welding for 30 years and I still worry about smoldering embers. I can't count the times I went to sleep wondering if I don't have something smoldering. Up I get and out to the shop I go to check.

 

I get to drive 19 hours one way just to take a weld test at the end of tbis month. I'ma cry like a bitch if I bust the test lol

 

There are these things called planes, you should check them out sometime!

 

Can't bring your tools with you on a plane ! And if I pass, I stay up there for work for a couple years so a vehicle is needed lol

 

Good luck!

 

Pray tell where are you going ??

Just how are you figuring your 19 hours.

In any case Good luck

Back in the day I used to fly with all kinds of tools . Now they would freak seeing the Air drills and Impact guns let alone the hardware

 

16 hours driving. I figure 19 after fuel stops and rest and whatnot. Going to a nuclear plant in south Carolina. 1" plate test with backing strap 7018 all the way. Simple twst but they said they have been busting people left and right just for simple visual flaws like cap height and whatnot. I'm nervous lol

 

Copy that. Good luck on your test!

 

Make sure you allow enough time to be fresh and rested before doing your test .

I don`t know about South Carolina but up here it is hard to find skilled workers companies are using Bill boards trying to attract potential employees