One nice thing about a decent MILLER or LINCOLN
welder, even the small weld pack 100, is they tend
to have a resell value.
For Marc, I would look into the Weldpack 100 with
gas. For $600 you get a fairly decent, if not light
duty, system. Not too bad. If you sell it, you can
still get at least $300 for it (out of $500, keep your
Argon cylinder).
For a nice 200 Amp wire welder you are up in the $1500
range. That is good for 3/8" steel plate.
I would STAY CLEAR of any machine sold by Harbor Freight,
Northern, or any "made in China" machine. They can produce
decent machines, but the ones imported are built to
maximize their profits. I have a 20 year old Hobart TIG
welder (250 Amp @ 100% duty cycle... ) that still runs
great. Paid $1400 for it, and could probably get that
for it now. ;-) Next on the list is the Miller machine...
(wire feed MIG).
Tom Walter
P.S. For my next welder, I would love:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1674489734
(good price, and I am really tempted to buy this machine
as it has the second aluminum spool feeder tossed in as
a bonus...)
Adam Fox wrote:
> My suggestion would be to buy the most powerful mig you can afford. You will
> find that the smaller handyman types have a very limited duty cycle and only
> weld effectively for short periods before needing a cooldown.
>
> Adam
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: lou daly <lou_daly@yahoo.com>
> To: snyler <marc@animalfirm.com>; Datsun Roadster
> <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 7:38 AM
> Subject: Re: Welding (OTish)
>
>
>
>>mig welding
>>I had a real bad tr 250 a long time ago
>>and i ended up replacing the frame with a newer
>>tr 6 one the was less rusty but still needed
>>the crossmembers where the - irs susp bolts on -
>>fabricated and replaced
>>the car also needed rocker panels too
>>(they were very easy as they have no curves)
>>
>>anyway
>>i had a very little arc welding experience
>>but knew nothing about mig but i bought the cheapest
>>mig i could find and was able to do a pretty good job
>>(the cheap stuff generally will develop wire feed
>>problems eventually)
>>
>>unlike arc welding, mig is really easy to
>>pick up as the burn area is really small by comparison
>>so you can still be a novice without destroying stuff
>>
>>Lou
>>
>>
>>--- snyler <marc@animalfirm.com> wrote:
>>
>>>List,
>>>
>>> I 've been attempting to size up the looming
>>>320 project again, and
>>>I'm looking at the body repair. I have a donor car
>>>that looks like it
>>>will provide all the patch panels I need except for
>>>rocker panels.
>>>Sounds great, but for the fact that I've never
>>>welded a stitch.
>>> Any advice on books and videos? Also, do any
>>>of you have any
>>>experience with some of the small MIG ready machines
>>>out there? I was
>>>looking at the Lincoln MIG PAK 10.
>>> The sheetmatal on the bed/box is heavier than I
>>>would have guessed,
>>>it
>>>looks to be 18 ga. on the box walls. The fenders
>>>are lighter (20 ga.?)
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>>-Marc T.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>==========================================================================
>>
>>>Marc Tyler TDROC Sisterdale TX
>>>1970 1600 #SPL311-31016
>>>1965 L-320 #L320 013642
>>>
>>>
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>>
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