Newbie with new mods to his 2210d!!

[Jtullis13]

Welding is somethings I've never experimented with but need to sometime soon.

 

[clemsonfor]

i too was like you a few years ago. I wanted to learn so i taught myself. I just bought the cheap harbor freight flux core welder and taught myself how. Its actually a decent hobby welder. It will do about 1/4". Which will let you fix the and stitch the decks on bush hogs and stuff back togeather and add thinner plates to bad spots or angle iron in spots to stiffen it up. or small trailer repairs...not like welding on couplers or structural stuff. But i can always buy one or take something more substantial to a freind with a larger welder yet still run thier myself. I have actually welded some heavier stuff with a nice mig welder in a loggers shop. And if you can weld with those little flux welders the migs are so much nicer and easier.

 

[California]

I just bought the cheap harbor freight flux core welder and taught myself how. .... if you can weld with those little flux welders the migs are so much nicer and easier.

You are a better welder than me. I could stick stuff together with one of those but never smoothly enough that it looked like I knew what I was doing. I could do nicer work with the $50 yard sale 50 year old 'buzzbox'. (Montgomery Wards 220v 230A-AC stick welder, like a Lincoln Tombstone).

I looked on WeldingWeb and everybody who posted about the HF 90A-AC flux welder was asking 'how do I make this thing work properly?'. Those complaints lessened when HF came out with the black series 90A-AC welder. Maybe that version works better.

I finally bought a $135 used Century 110v welder with DC and gas-capable, that one welds nicely with flux wire. (Similar to Hobart handler 140). Instead of HF's 90A-AC flux welder I suggest pay a little more for anything with DC.

 

[kenmac]

I bought this 1 http://www.northerntool.com/shop/to...devicetype=c&gclid=CNPSxe6T2ssCFdcZgQodi0sC_w a couple yrs ago so I could also weld aluminum .. I really like it..I don't use flux core.. I use gas 75/25 mix

 

[Jtullis13]

That's a nice looking welder, and not to bad of a price either

 

[California]

Man - you guys with rich people's toys! :thumbsup:

 

[kenmac]

That's a nice looking welder, and not to bad of a price either

yes, it it a nice welder ,and it was a good price for having the aluminum welding capability ..
I should have mentioned 75/27 is for steel... straight argon for alum.

 

[kenmac]

Man - you guys with rich people's toys! :thumbsup:

well, I use it in my business sometimes, so It was a business expense for me..I just get to borrow it for my personal use as 1 of my fringe benefits :laughing:

 

[Jtullis13]

Well what ever works!

 

[clemsonfor]

You are a better welder than me. I could stick stuff together with one of those but never smoothly enough that it looked like I knew what I was doing. I could do nicer work with the $50 yard sale 50 year old 'buzzbox'. (Montgomery Wards 220v 230A-AC stick welder, like a Lincoln Tombstone).

I looked on WeldingWeb and everybody who posted about the HF 90A-AC flux welder was asking 'how do I make this thing work properly?'. Those complaints lessened when HF came out with the black series 90A-AC welder. Maybe that version works better.

I finally bought a $135 used Century 110v welder with DC and gas-capable, that one welds nicely with flux wire. (Similar to Hobart handler 140). Instead of HF's 90A-AC flux welder I suggest pay a little more for anything with DC.

It took me awhile and several rolls of wire to get to where i am now.
Lesson learned that i see everyone say. Toss out the HF flux wire and buy some from anywhere else!!!
I can make a good looking bead but its a lot tougher and have to go real slow versus the one large Mig i used. My beads will look good but there will be splatter everywhere from the flux thats just unavoidable.

The bush hogs that i have welded back up on the decks and stuff have not torn back our or cracked where i welded so i assume my penetration was adequate.