New Lincoln 305g

[weldermike]

Well, I picked up my new Lincoln engine drive yesterday and I finally got a chance to mess around with it today. I slapped together a outdoor welding table ive been meaning to get at. The top is 1/2" 304ss and the rest is stuff I had laying around, im not finished yet, ill give it more















tomorrow. Anyway the 305 is a awsome machine, cant say enough about her. Crisp arc and just a beauty machine to work with. Ill do a full report on her once I tweak with it but just figured I would share the first project. Loving it already!

 

[Shield Arc]

Holy cow! Is it the machine, or do you know how to weld?! Those are very nice looking beads.:thumbsup:

 

[weldermike]

Forgot to mention sunshowers and wicked snow all day. 60degrees and snowing wtf! :0 not too bad for a hack with a good machine! I really cant wait to tweak with her more!

 

[creekbend]

Congratulations regarding your new machine. Best wishes. BTW, nice work.

 

[Shield Arc]

Wait until you get that LN-25, and see what she'll do on CV.:cool2: I just won an LN-25 on ebay for my buddy Jack, who also has a 305-G.

 

[weldermike]

Wait until you get that LN-25, and see what she'll do on CV.:cool2: I just won an LN-25 on ebay for my buddy Jack, who also has a 305-G.

Awsome shield, I cant wait to get mine! Few weeks hopefully. Gonna mess with that table in a bit, just gotta put some pads on the legs and maybe some paint on the steel parts. Its gonna stay outside so may as well give it some protection.

 

[Arc weld]

Talk about bucks up. That 1/2" stainless must be worth a few bucks. 305G's are a very good machine. Check your oil every day. My buddy's on his second 305G and it was using oil for about the first 400 hours. I think after he burned some big rods and got it broken in, it stopped using oil. It's also a good idea to crank it all the way up and burn a few big rods every once in awhile to get rid of excess carbon. Try the downhand pipe mode. Apparently it makes a different sounding arc burning 6010.

 

[weldermike]

Talk about bucks up. That 1/2" stainless must be worth a few bucks. 305G's are a very good machine. Check your oil every day. My buddy's on his second 305G and it was using oil for about the first 400 hours. I think after he burned some big rods and got it broken in, it stopped using oil. It's also a good idea to crank it all the way up and burn a few big rods every once in awhile to get rid of excess carbon. Try the downhand pipe mode. Apparently it makes a different sounding arc burning 6010.

I scored on the plate, I got that for $200, I just had to drive 160mi to pick it up. Thanks for the heads up on the other stuff, will definately keep tabs on that. Im also curious myself to try that down hill pipe mode, I will look into it today. Thanks bud!

 

[Shield Arc]

Got a pretty good deal, $720.00. Guy is suppose to drop it off Wednesday morning so I can take it for a test drive. He ask if I had a welder where I could try the LN-25 out! :laughing:

 

[weldermike]

Got a pretty good deal, $720.00. Guy is suppose to drop it off Wednesday morning so I can take it for a test drive. He ask if I had a welder where I could try the LN-25 out! :laughing:

Homerun there shield! Yeah funny stuff, I had a neighbor staring at my anvil friday night and he asked me, tell me exactly what you would use this for :0 Hes a farmer and I said tell me exactly what you would use a tractor for. Then he sipped his beer and spit his dip on my basement floor. I told him dont EVER do that again, and I was glad he didnt have to take a crap!