What do you weld with ?

[mdavlee]

Fibre metal pipeliner FTW

 

[mdavlee]

 

[cantgitright]

A little Hobart 180 at home, Miller 252/251's, Miller Thunderbolt (I think) and a Honda powered Lincoln at work.

Oh, and My favorite new welding accessory...

The 9100XXi!!!

ewww! haha I hate the speedglas!

 

[ncstihler]

I have a Lincoln 210MP at home. It's all I need at the moment, though when I do get to welding, the cycle time annoys the ever living sh!t outta me.

 

[srcarr52]

ewww! haha I hate the speedglas!

How can you hate a Speedglas hood? It's by far the best welding hood I've ever used.

 

[Genius]

I burn wire with a Miller 250x
Stick is a Miller CST 280

I also have a old Lincoln Tombstone welder.

 

[Genius]

What type of hoods do you guys like? I have tried all sorts of the auto darkening ones, short of the extremely high end ones and have never been impressed.

It seems like no mater how dark I set it and how fast I set the response time after welding for long periods of time my eyes get sore

 

[Duce]

Home, garage use. Lincoln Mig 215 and a speedglas hood. Use flux core .035 and .045 wire. Not a professional, but works for me. Everyone else, just has crap. LOL!

 

[junkman]

Dug out my attachments for the snap-on wire feed ,the spool gun is for aluminum ,and i have a tig torch ,i could never get a nice weld with that thing ,maybe you guys can give me some pointers on tig ,it does not have a foot control ,just a knob on the handle .

 

[Genius]

Dug out my attachments for the snap-on wire feed ,the spool gun is for aluminum ,and i have a tig torch ,i could never get a nice weld with that thing ,maybe you guys can give me some pointers on tig ,it does not have a foot control ,just a knob on the handle .
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@Fifelaker

 

[srcarr52]

Dug out my attachments for the snap-on wire feed ,the spool gun is for aluminum ,and i have a tig torch ,i could never get a nice weld with that thing ,maybe you guys can give me some pointers on tig ,it does not have a foot control ,just a knob on the handle .
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The knob is just to shut off the shield gas, just leave it open if you have a solenoid on the line. The red slider is what will control your amperage. Set your welder to AC for aluminum, DC- for steel. Use 100% argon.

 

[junkman]

The knob is just to shut off the shield gas, just leave it open if you have a solenoid on the line. The red slider is what will control your amperage. Set your welder to AC for aluminum, DC- for steel. Use 100% argon.

Well there is my first problem ,had no idea the red thing was a slider or controlled the amperage ,do i move the slide while welding like a foot pedal ? or just find a happy spot and run a bead ? I was told this wire feed will not tig aluminum ,but have not tried it yet /

 

[srcarr52]

Well there is my first problem ,had no idea the red thing was a slider or controlled the amperage ,do i move the slide while welding like a foot pedal ? or just find a happy spot and run a bead ? I was told this wire feed will not tig aluminum ,but have not tried it yet /

If it slides you can use it just like a foot pedal. Or is could just be a switch, which then you have to adjust your amps on the machine and wait on the puddle.

 

[junkman]

How critical is the point being pointed on the tungton ?

 

[Crzybowhntr]

Just an ac lincoln stick

This and Hobart 140.

 

[srcarr52]

How critical is the point being pointed on the tungton ?

It depends on your machine, the type of tungsten and what you are welding. Sometime very critical, sometimes you want a giant ball end.

 

[lwhaples]

For wire I use a SP175 Lincoln,Bought a Miller Diversion 180 to learn tig and then ended up trading a set of torches for a Syncrowave 250 . That welder I like.

 

[srcarr52]

At our shop we have a Miller 180 for general welding, Miller 251 with 0.045 dual shield, Miller 350P push/pull whip setup for Aluminum, Lincoln AC/DC Tig 300. At home I have a Hobart Handler 120.

 

[panteliss]

 

[panteliss]