Welding 3/16" & 1/4" with 120v wire-feed

[ray66v]

I dont understand why so many farmers own a $200 welder and have a half million dollars in farm equipment.

I would agree, and not recommend a 120 volt welder.

The discussion was about, can you do it, not if it was a good idea.

 

[weldermike]

I would agree, and not recommend a 120 volt welder.

The discussion was about, can you do it, not if it was a good idea.

Can you have un protected sex and get away with it. Yes you can, so keep pluggin away cowboy.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

I dont understand why so many farmers own a $200 welder and have a half million dollars in farm equipment. Claiming they use whats at hand to get the job done, and then argue it to death. Must not be a priority for them shieldarc. Let em wallow in there foolishness. You can kill a grizzly bear with a 22 as well. I wouldnt recomend making it a part of daily procedure. Sooner or later youre gonna get f'd. Buy the right equipment is what the man is saying, and those machines top out on 1/8 and i dont give a crap what anyone says. Can i get away with it if i had to....yes i can, but i wouldnt argue like chowderhead that its fine for daily practice. Same argument all the time. 40grand worth of toys and trailers laying around and a $200 welder. "That should hold for a bit, let me grind it a little more tho...looks like shlt" Same old story.

Wasn't it you that passed on the joke: "What's the difference between farmers and welders? Every welder doesn't think he's a farmer..." :laughing:

 

[weldermike]

Wasn't it you that passed on the joke: "What's the difference between farmers and welders? Every welder doesn't think he's a farmer..." :laughing:

Yup ......i can grow weeds with some soybean in it. I dont brag about it and argue that im right. Im a welder not a farmer, so ill save my arguing for bad welding practice advise.

 

[MinnesotaDaveChalmers]

Yup ......i can grow weeds with some soybean in it. I dont brag about it and argue that im right. Im a welder not a farmer, so ill save my arguing for bad welding practice advise.

****, I can't even grow weeds with soybeans in it. Just weeds that looks like my lawn when mowed

EDIT: WTF, this site even bleeps out ****? What if I greatly like saying ****? :laughing:

 

[ray66v]

Can you have un protected sex and get away with it. Yes you can, so keep pluggin away cowboy.

I have had the same discussion about spray guns many times.

Many insist that a spray guns from the Chinese store are good enough for anything. But, if you know the difference, because you use a spray gun all day, you can't bear to use one of those Harbor Freight guns for spraying primer.

Sometimes junk is all they have to work with, and they need to get-er-done.

 

[brain55]

I have had the same discussion about spray guns many times.

Many insist that a spray guns from the Chinese store are good enough for anything. But, if you know the difference, because you use a spray gun all day, you can't bear to use one of those Harbor Freight guns for spraying primer.

Sometimes junk is all they have to work with, and they need to get-er-done.

Oh man! You mean instead of paying $400 for that DeVilbiss gun to paint my '55 in my driveway 20 years ago, I could have done it with a $20 Harbor Freight gun?

I wish I would have known. Lol

I'm definitely a use the right tool for the job kind of guy. Which also means I've spent a pile of money on tools over the years.

I've used 110v MIG welders before. I choose not to personally.

Brian

 

[ray66v]

Oh man! You mean instead of paying $400 for that DeVilbiss gun to paint my '55 in my driveway 20 years ago, I could have done it with a $20 Harbor Freight gun? Brian

Yes, but the most important thing is still the weldor, rather than the welder.

 

[Sodo]

Yes, but the most important thing is still the weldor, rather than the welder.

Thanks I'll take that as a compliment but this machine is so easy and easy to help people weld good with it. Welding 1/8 - 3/16 is where it shines. Takes a little more skill to do thinner like 1/16. Thicker might not require much more skill, but if your workpiecs is heavy, you should fully understand cold lapping, and where to not to start your weld. And understand structure.

Funny too that my wife and kids use hot glue guns, so for many years I've been calling it "my hot glue gun." They would laugh hard if they saw this thread.

Looks like TBN has got a little pig-pile going, MUST shut down this 120v welder thread ASAP!. This problem appears to be bigger than I thought. Actually its comical. What possible reason can there be for it? It's like discussing manhood, seems to bring out the core emotions.

Anyway, here's a pic of a 3/16" repair on my car-trailer. The welds are strong as the base material, and better than most of the existing welds from the MFR. Which broke, (which is why I had to repair it). I use this trailer to haul the tractor and excavator since they are both less than the 5600lb capacity.

It is good advice that not everyone can be trusted to properly assess repairs on trailer hitches. If anybody is not clear that this weld is not related to the hitch, then that's you.

 

[dragoneggs]

People are chiming in with different perspectives and experience hence the different attitudes. Obviously 110V welding units have their place and applications and much can be done with them. My question regarding my 120v/230v welder is whether I am generating the same output power assuming the same settings except for the input voltage? I think the answer is yes but I haven't got 230v wired up yet properly in my shop to do some honest side by side testing.