Improving your welding?

[muddstopper]

I cant believe I just read thru this entire thread. Kind of reminds me of a bunch of school kids trying to show how smart they are. On one side you got a person that thinks he knows it all and aint about to concede he's not as smart as he thinks he is. On the other side, you have a few more kids that know something, but lacks the sense to ignore the other side. He said, she said, did,not, did to, blah blah blah.

I will just say this, "Its best to take care of your older workers or they will quit you, and all you will be left with are the uneducated that lack the experience to get the job done" Wish I knew who said that, but every day I find this quote is closer to the truth.

 

[PhysAssist]

I cant believe I just read thru this entire thread. Kind of reminds me of a bunch of school kids trying to show how smart they are. On one side you got a person that thinks he knows it all and aint about to concede he's not as smart as he thinks he is. On the other side, you have a few more kids that know something, but lacks the sense to ignore the other side. He said, she said, did,not, did to, blah blah blah.

I will just say this, "Its best to take care of your older workers or they will quit you, and all you will be left with are the uneducated that lack the experience to get the job done" Wish I knew who said that, but every day I find this quote is closer to the truth.

Amen Brother!

 

[PhysAssist]

I cant believe I just read thru this entire thread. Kind of reminds me of a bunch of school kids trying to show how smart they are. On one side you got a person that thinks he knows it all and aint about to concede he's not as smart as he thinks he is. On the other side, you have a few more kids that know something, but lacks the sense to ignore the other side. He said, she said, did,not, did to, blah blah blah.

I will just say this, "Its best to take care of your older workers or they will quit you, and all you will be left with are the uneducated that lack the experience to get the job done" Wish I knew who said that, but every day I find this quote is closer to the truth.

Amen Brother!

 

[Cherokee140]

I just spent an hour reading through this thread hoping to improve my welding, be it from a pro or a hobbyist, unfortunately i got nothing from either only bickering.

If a tip works good it doesen't matter to me if it comes from a pro or a hobbyist, what matters is it works.

I see bashing of 110v vs 220v units.....

Same here, but I did not read the entire thread. I have taken a few classes but that is it, I am not a welder, but I can stick two things together and they usually stay together. Personally I have a 110 welder and have had it for about 10 years now....it has done everything I need it to do (mostly car bodies)....but once and a while I have something thick I can usually get it to stay and be strong.

I was hoping to come and learn a little more about working with that thick metal with a low powered machine, but looks like I came to the wrong place.

 

[Sodo]

I was hoping to come and learn a little more about working with that thick metal with a low powered machine, but looks like I came to the wrong place.

Maybe it WAS the wrong place, but it could change. ( ? ? ) With luck. Also there was some 'tension' in the forum, which threw people off and gets in the way of knowledge. Hopefully that's gone now.

It took some time because I'm slow - but I may may have figured out what the problem is in the forum.

Pros don't have much to offer with regard to 110v machines because they have 220v. Most (active) hobby/maintenance welders have 220v, so the BULK of forum responses you will get, will be from members with 220v (just by statistics). Even if they are stick welders they will answer 110v MIG welder posts with how they'd do it on 220v. And what do you EXPECT their answer to be? They want to join the discussion but off-topic is all they've got.

Even if they have a 110v MIG they don't know how to extend it's range, thus have little 110v experience (because they have no need). Every time they have a problem they drop the 110v and go blast it with 220v, even if the 110v MIG may have been the better machine for the job. Keep in mind that 220v welders can't find any help for their 110v MIG (on forums) either. This lack of 110v assistance affects those guys too they just don't know it.

There's very little forum assistance for 110v MIGs because statistically, most 110v users are inexperienced. Which is surprising considering high quality 110v machines have been available for 10, 20 years (and how many are sold). Basically most people (as they get more serious) find the need to spend the money to get 220v to their welding area and this leaves the 110v users hangin'. It's a knowledge gap that occurs naturally.

Maybe we need a new thread called "Improving your 110v MIG welding".

 

[roadhunter]

Looking forward to hearing more from Mark about his 110v offerings.

 

[Shield Arc]

I was hoping to come and learn a little more about working with that thick metal with a low powered machine, but looks like I came to the wrong place.

Cherokee140 you are more than welcome to PM me. Maybe we can exchange email addresses so we can send each other pictures. I have a whole bag of tricks that may be able to help you.

 

[Furu]

Cherokee140 you are more than welcome to PM me. Maybe we can exchange email addresses so we can send each other pictures. I have a whole bag of tricks that may be able to help you.

Cherokee 140 take him up on it. It is an offer of great value and he can really help you.

 

[dragoneggs]

Cherokee 140 take him up on it. It is an offer of great value and he can really help you.

Totally agree with Furu here... I was lucky enough to spend a few hours with SA and learned quite a bit.

 

[dragoneggs]

Maybe we need a new thread called "Improving your 110v MIG welding".

That sounds like a good idea... I have a 110/220 MIG and am interested in what I can do if/when I am stuck with 110v.