cheapo welder
#21
Wareagle,
You can go 100' out, but you will get some voltage drop in your machine, but you can compensate by turning your machine up. The main issue with a 100' extension cord is cost... that large gauge wire is expensive!!!!
You can go 100' out, but you will get some voltage drop in your machine, but you can compensate by turning your machine up. The main issue with a 100' extension cord is cost... that large gauge wire is expensive!!!!
#22
I bought the Chicago Electric flux/gas welder from Harbor Freight. Was an online only purchase and was on sale for $158. It is a 220v which I easily made a 10ft extension to my dryer plug which is 2 ft from my garage door. Yes, it does weld, but the settings are 1min/1max/2min/2max... which basically means dialing in a good weld is hit or miss... I burn through more holes than I do getting a good spot weld.
I have laid down some really nice spot welds with it... and then in the same breath have had to spend 15 min. grinding down some real crapola.
If I had to do it again, I would drop the extra 250 on the miller-matic 140.
For now, I will grind when I have to... Time is money, but all I got is time on this project.
I have laid down some really nice spot welds with it... and then in the same breath have had to spend 15 min. grinding down some real crapola.
If I had to do it again, I would drop the extra 250 on the miller-matic 140.
For now, I will grind when I have to... Time is money, but all I got is time on this project.
#24
I've never used any of the cheapo welders. I use a millermatic 250 but I have thought about getting one of those china tig/plasma/stick combo units. My dad said he has one of the cheap flux cored welders that I could take to college with me if I wanted to do some work while I'm here but I never used it and neither has he. I'm not even sure what brand it is, he got it on some kind of trade. Maybe when I go home I'll try it out and see how it compares to the miller.
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