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Cruiser
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Welder advice
Ok I would like to buy a little mig welder for projects, looking at the 115v range welders. Does anyone have a eastwood, hobart, nothern, or any other brand and how much do you like it. Yeh its not directly bike related but it will be used for bike projects and most advice I get here is good.
Cruiser
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From: western pa
i have a lincoln sp135+ ran about 700 new with a big bottle and cart etc..
try to buy the best welder you can afford, it's one of those tools that will outlast you
lincoln, miller, hobart all good machines
i wish i woulda went 220. mine car weld up to about 3/16 with no problems.
try to buy the best welder you can afford, it's one of those tools that will outlast you
lincoln, miller, hobart all good machines
i wish i woulda went 220. mine car weld up to about 3/16 with no problems.
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Ok I would like to buy a little mig welder for projects, looking at the 115v range welders. Does anyone have a eastwood, hobart, nothern, or any other brand and how much do you like it. Yeh its not directly bike related but it will be used for bike projects and most advice I get here is good.
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From: St Louis, MO
i have a lincoln sp135+ ran about 700 new with a big bottle and cart etc..
try to buy the best welder you can afford, it's one of those tools that will outlast you
lincoln, miller, hobart all good machines
i wish i woulda went 220. mine car weld up to about 3/16 with no problems.
try to buy the best welder you can afford, it's one of those tools that will outlast you
lincoln, miller, hobart all good machines
i wish i woulda went 220. mine car weld up to about 3/16 with no problems.
Road Captain
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I have owned a Lincoln SP180 MIG for 20 years (220 volt plugs into the dryer outlet), use it all the time, never had one lick of trouble. I call it my metal caulking gun.
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I have a Hobart Handler 140 and a Hobart Champion Elite. I have used that 140 more times than I can remember with no problems what so ever. Hobart is top of the line right along with Lincoln and Miller. As a matter of fact when you buy a Hobart it will have Miller parts all over it. For example the Hobart mig welders such as the Handler 140 comes with a Miller gun. One think to know though. Don't waste your time welding with the flux core wire. Go ahead and get a bottle of the appropriate gas for what you will be welding and weld with solid wire.
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Ok I would like to buy a little mig welder for projects, looking at the 115v range welders. Does anyone have a eastwood, hobart, nothern, or any other brand and how much do you like it. Yeh its not directly bike related but it will be used for bike projects and most advice I get here is good.
And consider a TIG/stick welder, instead of the MIG, much more versatile and capable of much better looking welds, especially on thinner materials. The newer briefcase-size inverter-types are way more efficient. Either way, you (generally) need to spend $1,000, or more, for a good used one. If you just gotta have MIG, the Miller 251 is a benchmark, and can sometimes be found used for ~$1,000-$1,500. In TIG, there are some under-$1k imports that have received good reviews. Eastwood?? Northern??
Avoid the HF crap. Seek: Miller, Lincoln, Hobart.Check some of the welding forums.