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| CorvetteBob | Any of you guys welders? | ||
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If you guys have experience with welding equipment, or even with this equipment, please let me know.
http://www.eastwood.com/welders.html I thinking about one of these, but I don't wanna waste my $$ on a junk welder. Thanks in advance if you can shed some light on these. |
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| Livin_the_dream | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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I would say go with a brand name like Lincoln or Miller and buy local. One day when you need consumables you will be able to buy get service and repairs without shipping it somewhere ...Which welder are you looking at? Figure out what you will be welding in thickness and gauge the machine size from there . I personally bought the next size larger when I bought my Lincoln. If you are not planning on working 8 hours a day don't concern yourself with duty cycles. I personally don't have a problem with using a fluxcore wire - it gives good penetration but leaves some cleanup. In welding its all about penetration so if you were to add the gas and go with mig wire make sure to test weld on a piece and break it apart. It is easy to get a good looking weld but not have enough penetration
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| Raidmagic | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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For that kind of money you can go to Home Depot and buy a nice Lincoln. I have one from them and use it for everything. If you have never welded run to Sears and get the $200 flux core mig. That's what I learned on, used it to do all the sheetmetal on a Bug I'm restoring for my wife. Great little welder. Won't do heavy stuff but most people don't weld over 3/16" anyway.
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| WW7 | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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Those are probably Chinese welders, if you want a cheap welder like these go on ebay, they have the same type for much less..Like mentioned above if you want a good welder get a Lincoln, Miller or Hobart. The sad part is even these welders have some foreign parts in them now..WW
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| rklessdriver | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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I'm going to echo what has already been said.
It is probally a Cebora which are made in Italy and have proven over the years to be pretty good welders but they have always had the problem of getting parts. I have a 10-15yr old MAC Tools 110V MIG welder which is made by them and it worked great until the feed arm broke a year ago... Now I can't get the part to fix it. Buy a Lincon, Hobart or Miller. Will |
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| WW7 | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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The above welders are made in China, here is a answer from a Eastwood rep..WW Dear Cris, They are made in China to Eastwood Specifications. If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to contact us. Thanks, Angela Clark Customer Service Specialist The Eastwood Company 263 Shoemaker Rd Pottstown PA 19464 Phone: 800.544.5118 Fax: 610.323.6269 Email: aclark@eastwood.com Visit www.eastwood.com today! |
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| rklessdriver | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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China.... Even worse. Will |
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| BillH | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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I've had this Lincoln for 20 years. Started with just flux and added the bottle later. It's never missed a beat. It welds very nice for the price.
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| BillH | Re: Any of you guys welders? | ||
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The Lincon's at Home D.
Wire welder, flux only, can't convert to MIG, $269 http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v ... eId=10051&catalogId=10053 Their better flux welder, $419 http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v ... eId=10051&catalogId=10053 MIG, $524 but you still have to buy a bottle http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v ... eId=10051&catalogId=10053 |
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