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

[mark02tj]

Been having a running battle with a neighbor for 8-years now. Year after we bought this 5-acres next to us she sued us for adverse possession. Cost me $30,000.00 to beat her in court. She appealed to the state court, and lost there.:laughing:

Last week she cut every strands of my 630-feet long 5-strand barbwire fence, rolled it up and through it way on to my property:shocked:. Bent most of the T-posts over. And top it all off................Admitted it to the cop my wife called out! She said another County Sheriff told her if my fence was on her property, tear it down! Oh this is going to be fun!:licking:

I think I figured out what you did to set her off, Shield Arc!! You must have critiqued some of her welds too and that knocked her off her rocker!! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

 

[Arc weld]

She paid a guy with a 120 volt welder to try and teach him a lesson. Neither of them got the penetration they were hoping for.

 

[FredH]

What Shield Arc is going through with neighbor must be a Washington thing ??? My nephew lives on Whidbey Island and went through the same ordeal , Well at least until that Lady got convicted then put in Jail :thumbsup:

Fred H.

 

[bcp]

What Shield Arc is going through with neighbor must be a Washington thing ??? My nephew lives on Whidbey Island and went through the same ordeal , Well at least until that Lady got convicted then put in Jail :thumbsup:

Fred H.

And probably still believes she was in the right.

 

[FredH]

Sodo : Been around this forum for some time and I Believe what S.A. , Arc , Mike and others are talking about as far as 110 / 120 welders is more about What Questions Members , ( be they new or otherwise ) , Ask and also What The Given Situation is for those that may ask . Example , They may have 220 / 240 to a barn or garage and plan on welding heavy metal , ( 3/8" or bigger ) or heavy equipment , etc.... . Those that may ask may also state that they may start out on small metal but go bigger as they gain experience . Thus it is not so much that they don't like 110 /120 welders , it is more like saving someone money by only buying maybe a more advanced welder now , than having to upgrade later . ( Not Putting Words in any of Their mouths , Be it S.A. , Arc , Mike , etc.. , Just My opinion on what I have read of their threads ) .

I Do own a 110 /120 Welder . A Lincoln SP135+ model , that I used for several years burning .035 fluxcore . Welded up to 1/2" with it on several projects around the place here , including converting a home made single gang disk into a 6' wide , 8 shank Ripper that has hooked many items under the surface and pulled the TC 30 front end off the ground even with a loaded FEL . None of those welds have ever broke . I can promise Though that even my Best Looking Weld , cannot compare in Looks to any of those I mentioned , Worse Welds . :ashamed:

That Being Said , I Knew The limitations of the machine duty cycle wise when running that high or maxed out , thus I matched that duty cycle by taking a lot longer building those projects by doing other things . Were as If I had been using a 220 / 240 machine , Projects would of been done much quicker .

I kept that Lincoln , even though I now also have a Longevity 200S mig / stick welder . My Brother has a Miller 212 but also has their 140 auto set machine . Which We actually just used a few weeks ago converting 3/4" galvanized pipe in to chain link fence gates , ( Yea , Yea , I know about welding Galvanized , never said I was smart ) . The 140 was great since it was very portable to take out to the already installed fence and install permanent new gate's and hinges .

I personally Just believe they are trying to " Help " people be better welders and save people money in the long run based upon statements that a member may put in their threads . No Harm , No Foul . Again , Just my :2cents: .

Fred H.


BCP : You know the Lady ?? You are 100 % Correct , in Jail but still Thinks She is Right ?? Thought I was a few cans Short of a 6 pack

 

[rmully]

Yep! Those old 220v buzzboxes are cheap, powerful and so darn reliable. There ought to be a law against a farmer getting by so cheaply. :laughing:

When you break the frame on your old rusty buck rake, you just go in the barn, shoo the rooster off the old buzzbox, look to make sure there's no spiders hiding in the stinger handle. Flip on the switch and wait for the dust to settle.
Then you put a 6011 rod in, take your glove and knock most of the old dried horse manure off the broken piece, and weld 'er up.

Ah, ain't nothing like the smell of burnt horse manure in the morning.

I think you nailed it ? I have done this and it worked and my sod buster is still together after 7 years ?. maybe it was the horse **** flux.

 

[Sodo]

My big enjoyment is taking members like Furu and dragoneggs who are smarter asleep than I' am on my best day, and show them some little tricks about welding. To see the look on their faces when the lights come on, and they get it! That is all the enjoyment I need.

Good to get a solid foundation, I never had that, but also never had a reason for it, but now I'm doing lots of projects, would be nice to have. I had to learn from tidbits here and there, and figure it out over the years by watching what welds break and what don't, also watching what's happening as the weld is done. You can't learn reality if you never break stuff, or if all you ever break is "test welds". You have to use stuff in the field, and I think a lot of welders don't get this opportunity to see it full-circle.

Was happy to pick up your note about the "series of Js" pattern though. I've had a few patterns I used but using J's now I like it.

That said, Shield I hope you're not teaching these guys to critique welds on the internet. You seem ready at the quick to use weld evaluation for its "berate value" rather than something people can use to improve useful skills. Lots of people do that on forums and while they don't know better, Shield I think perhaps you DO know better. This teaches horsepucky and if members fall for it (unaware it's just your emotional response) they may repeat it to other forum members (netlore).

Sorry for the nannyism but I think it's a valid point to consider. The welds suitability to join the materials (with consideration to the structure) can far more important and more realistic that what's asked for on a test plate.

 

[Shield Arc]

Sodo you can't even begin to understand the things I've built. For 3-years I built nuclear waste tanks to haul contaminated material from the Handford nuclear reservation to Barnwell South Carolina burial site. Then the bridges, and container ship docks from Dillingham Alaska to Long Beach California. Then all the factories, breweries, can plants, sewer and water treatment plants, oil refineries, etc, etc. I built so much stuff I can't even remember it all! You can't even fathom how much I could jump start your welding abilities in just one lesson. Don't believe me? PM Furu and dragoneggs and ask them.

 

[Sodo]

Sodo you can't even begin to understand the things I've built. For 3-years I built nuclear waste tanks to haul contaminated material from the Handford nuclear reservation to Barnwell South Carolina burial site. Then the bridges, and container ship docks from Dillingham Alaska to Long Beach California. Then all the factories, breweries, can plants, sewer and water treatment plants, oil refineries, etc, etc. I built so much stuff I can't even remember it all! You can't even fathom how much I could jump start your welding abilities in just one lesson. Don't believe me? PM Furu and dragoneggs and ask them.

Not questioning how much you've done, just questioning how much of your experience is full circle. Nuclear waste tanks are, and should be, a ZERO feedback loop. Judging how you assess perfectly serviceable welds, I suspect your feedback experience is about zilch (other than breaking or cutting test plates). In that sense a farmer welder could know more useful info. For example; what constitutes a serviceable weld in the real world.

Can you understand what I'm getting at? Not saying you don't know welding, but I do think you are lacking experience in the maintenance side and perhaps could withhold comment in such matters, as it shows.

Shield I think you could tone it down a bit, and maybe could learn something too. I think your biggest problem is you have no need to learn, you're not designing, building, all that's done before you strike an arc. Your scenario is a pretty small part of what many of us do (with a welding machine). Which is draw, cut, fit, weld, test, paint and use, then re-design a little paint again and keep moving. And have time to eat and sleep too.

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Great that Furu and Dragoneggs are learning. Their experience will come if they build stuff. Experience doesn't come in thru the ears. If there were some folks more experienced (that you've helped) I think they could tell me more than newbies. No doubt you could help me, and I like to know more, ALWAYS. But I think I'm already about 90% where I need to be (the welding part of my projects).

That you would still offer to help me better my welding, that's kind of you, thank you. I would like to do that sometime, but never have the time. If I have a moment, I'm working on a project, that might have 10-20 inches of weld and it's done. Or done enough. I hope you understand my position.

 

[Shield Arc]

Sodo this is what I did for a living, can you imagine how self destructive pile driving equipment is? Trust me, I know how things break, and how to repair them.