grsthegreat
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Not if it is on a trailer and gas powered!!!!:thumbsup:
My portable is a Miller Trailblazer 250g
that very true....but the OP was asking for a cheap welder......not a refy the house welder HEHE
Not if it is on a trailer and gas powered!!!!:thumbsup:
My portable is a Miller Trailblazer 250g
I need a welder for odd jobs around the acreage. Nothing too heavy.
I don't have a lot of $$$ to throw at this...so what do you think would be better?
A small 120v MIG or a 220v Stick Welder?
Not too heavy as in...repairing Cat 1 implements and angle iron/flat bar and square stock.
Northern Tool has a 200A AC stick and has good reviews...only $139.99. or I can try to find an old tombstone Lincoln...but seems the old used price is more than the $140 at NT.
I used to operate my own trailer fab business ,so I have several welders I have a 250 amp miller mig w/spool gun, a 90 amp ( Lincoln mig PAC 100) wire feed/ flux core an old ac/dc stick and a set of torches.
Now that I am not welding primarily to earn my living I find that the welder that I use the most is the small flux core .If for some reason I had to give up all but one of my welders it is the one that I would keep,I would like better if it had slightly higher duty cycle(I think it's 15%) but for most jobs that you are going run into around the farm it works well.
The flux core can be used outside,the wire is very forgiving for sitting around for long periods( unlike stick electrodes) and for a novice it is easy to teach yourself to make quality welds.
With the small 120 wire feed welders most will weld 3/16" in a single pass 1/4" in multiple passes.when you get in to the small 240 wire feed welders some will do up to1/2" ,so you need to figure out what you will welding the most and size accordingly. ......Craig