I was a fairly competent stick welder, haven't had any equipment for 20 years.
I bought a cheap 110v MIG about 15 years ago, spend stupid money to get the gas coverage bottle set-up. I couldn't weld crap with it! It was terrible, I gave up and put in in a corner. About 5years ago, I mentioned to a coworker. He convinced me to buy a roll of flux wire. Shazam, I can weld again! It's dirty and you have to chip and wire brush after each small pass but it works. The secret is that these little machinnes don't have the power to melt the .035 solid wire and penetrate the work. The flux cored wire is much easier to melt and will do the job, IF YOU ARE PATIENT. My favorite project is a 55 gallon BBQ on wheels. I stuck it together with my MIG. Tossed it into my truck and went to a friends house where i 'Made it one piece' with his cheapo stick machine. I made the drum easy to swap out (They burn & rust thru}. It is really dandy on top of being fugly. -- Peter T. Arnold P.M. x3 All Mail to: Secretary Hartford Evergreen Lodge #88 A.F. & A.M. 34 Country Club Drive Windsor, CT 06095 ----- Original Message ----- From: "LarryT" <l02tur...@comcast.net> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 2:21:57 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: lawn mower transaxle My Lincoln MIG has the same kind of controls - 2 rockers. Of course, the welding machine is more capable than the operator ;-) I definitely need practice.... LarryT 91 300D OilAnalysis Time? Looking for Weber Parts or Porsche Posters? www.youroil.net -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Cathey" <j...@windwireless.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2010 8:49 AM To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: lawn mower transaxle >> Mine has four power levels > > As does my name-brand Hobart 135. I thought that would suck, > but so far it's not been much of a problem. > >> It has a smoothly variable wire speed, > > Ditto. > >> but the wire feed drive is pretty flimsy looking; > > OK, there it's different, the Hobart seems generally well-built. > It's certainly heavy enough, as it's old-school iron and copper. > I did OK for $50 (and many hours restoring it to functionality). > > The thing I most noticed about the HF units in the store is the > feel/quality of the switch on the gun. Uck. The duty cycle is > usually notably low on these welders, too. > > Like many of their tools, though, I'm sure it's WAY better than > no welder at all. > > -- Jim > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
