Thinking about getting myself a welder, but...

[Soundguy]

another thing to remember is that for the most part.. electrons are lazy and take the path of least resistance.

get a vom.. grab leads.. put one to.. say.. a knee, and the other in a hand.. have someone flip thru the ranges till they get a reading. very likely unless you are sweaty.. it will be a megaohms scale.

look at the velding voltages we are dealing with. I'm sure a few of us have done soemthing hasty and touced some part of a live welding circuit when we shouldn't and are (cough) i guess lucky enough to be unhurt now.. do the ohms law. that's why you don't see people electrocuted every single time they plug in their ac welder.

in fact.. i'd wager more problems occur playing with dryer plugs and 4 prong vs 3 prong style connections .. and wireing up the same..... ie.. homeowner tapping into the box and running a short piece of romex over to a 3 prong outlet to run his welder, tapped off the dryer plug in his garage.. etc...

 

[Jesse masterson]

I got a idea , let's end this in saying they both can kill ya and be careful. But they proBley won't ok.

 

[Soundguy]

coulda saved 111 messages as that's what has been said all along....

 

[JDgreen227]

I should admit that I FINALLY got a welder, a gently-used Lincoln SP-125 Plus wire feed model that came with a cart and gas conversion kit...$150.00. I knew the original owner and he takes good care of everything he owns and the Lincoln still looks good for a 7 year old model.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread, I sincerely appreciate all the advice and cautions given here.

 

[k0ua]

I should admit that I FINALLY got a welder, a gently-used Lincoln SP-125 Plus wire feed model that came with a cart and gas conversion kit...$150.00. I knew the original owner and he takes good care of everything he owns and the Lincoln still looks good for a 7 year old model.

Thanks to everyone who contributed to this thread, I sincerely appreciate all the advice and cautions given here.

All right now get out there and lay down some beads! Congratulations on your new welder, and will be looking for you to post some pictures in the future on the welding forum.:thumbsup:

James K0UA

 

[Jesse masterson]

Miller is better haha , don't jump on me I'm joking , just thought I'd start a new argument . Lol sometimes I crack myself up . And I like having the last word lol.

 

[JDgreen227]

No, the last word is mine. You guys spent so much time here telling me and each other how dangerous welding is, and throwing in so much other information to confuse me about what to buy, I almost didn't get a welder after all !!! :laughing:

 

[Shield Arc]

No, the last word is mine. You guys spent so much time here telling me and each other how dangerous welding is, and throwing in so much other information to confuse me about what to buy, I almost didn't get a welder after all !!! :laughing:

Me too!
I'm selling all my welders, and never touching another one as long as I live.
And to think of all the times I've welded standing knee deep in water.

 

[Soundguy]

i have a buddy that is a salvage diver that has "GASP" welded UNDERWATER !!

 

[k0ua]

Me too!
I'm selling all my welders, and never touching another one as long as I live.
And to think of all the times I've welded standing knee deep in water.

Is that anything like jumping in and "getting your feet wet?":laughing:

James K0UA