The old Lincoln tombstone type welders - not the last 20 year units sold
in big box stores, but the old industrial style transformer welders were
good. The old tombstone welders had a crank on the front to set the amps.
They look old, and they are, so they don't sell well. They were dark
red. My Dad still has one. You can find them on Craigslist for not a
lot more than scrap value.
Most people discount them because they are old, but they weld more like
a MG welder than the new inverter welders.
They have high open circuit voltage which makes striking an arc easier
with 7018 rod, etc.
Dave
On 9/14/2020 1:33 PM, grumpy--- via Emc-users wrote:
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020, Jon Elson wrote:
On 09/14/2020 10:42 AM, grumpy--- via Emc-users wrote:
i'm retired
just look'n to weld steel at home
a stick welder
for about 20 years i was attached at the hip to a lincoln stovepipe
i've tried a couple of the cheap inverters and they are better than
noth'n
just barely
i know have'n a motor-generator unit at home is out of the question
but surely something comes close
I have done some stick welding, but the flux fumes really got to me.
I finally bought a Lincoln Square Wave TIG 250 on eBay and it has
been fantastic.
I can now weld in the basement and nobody even knows I'm doing it.
TIG is a lot
slower than stick, but you can actually see what you are doing
without the cloud of flux smoke,
and you can weld aluminum and copper, too!
You can likely find a decent TIG machine that isn't too expensive,
and give your lungs a break.
i've done my share of tig on stainless tubing
not very good on heavy material
where i worked was a plant that used ammonia refrigeration
my lungs were fried decades ago
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