So what are you saying, Keith, just when I
thought I was all fixed up with both a buzz box
and an acelylene setup (that only took me from
1973 to 1984), it's time to go out and get not
one, but two new welders?
Dick J
--- Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net> wrote:
> Kinda an interesting choice in Welders... Brad
> has one and I have the Sp100
> both are great little welders... and I did a
> test Aluminum welding session
> with Lincoln with a .045 liner and a .032
> aluminum wire set up for the
> Sp125 .... it uses Argon as it's primary
> shielding gas.... instead of the
> Argon Co2 mix.
> it was actually pretty easy to do.... but
> ...you really neat a spool gun to
> do this correctly... but the wire feed like
> they were showing me worked
> without one..
>
> I am with George on this one... I would tig the
> Aluminum rather then use
> the Mig.... For Steel the 125 will do about
> everything you would ever need
> to do on a race car... I really like mine...
>
> Keith ( geez feeling lonely... Joe is the only
> one who beat me up all
> day...NO this isn't an open invitation trust
> me... )
>
> ----------
> > From: Dick J <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
> > To: Ferguson, Darrell <dfergus@bactc.com>;
> 'dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com';
> land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Lincoln SP 125 Welder
> > Date: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:18 PM
> >
> > Nope, you haven't gotten caught in a "time
> warp",
> > I've just been reading through my "folders"
> in
> > order to move on to my next stage of Land
> Speed
> > Racing. I had this filed away as the "next
> > welder I'm getting".
> > What do you have to do when changing from
> welding
> > steel to welding aluminum, just change the
> wire
> > and amaperage settings?
> >
> > Dick J
> >
> >
> > --- "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
> > wrote:
> > > It's actually a Lincoln SP 125 plus. It
> rocks !
> > > I've put plenty of wire
> > > through it, built the entire chassis with
> it,
> > > and no complaints. My
> > > recommendations for setting up the unit
> would
> > > be to get a large bottle of
> > > your 75/25 mix (CO2-Argon a.k.a. Stargon,
> > > Stargold, Goldgas..) Get a good
> > > flow meter (not the BS little regulator
> they
> > > recommend for it) and use 10
> > > lb. spools of wire. When you set the welder
> up,
> > > make sure it's on a good
> > > circuit that has at least 10 gauge wire
> running
> > > from your breaker panel to
> > > the outlet, preferably a dedicated circuit
> just
> > > for the welder. Don't use an
> > > extension cord if humanly possible, if you
> do,
> > > use the largest gauge
> > > extension you can find. Believe it or not,
> the
> > > current capabilities of your
> > > home or shop electrical system dramatically
> > > effect the quality of your
> > > welds. For pretty much anything you'll ever
> > > weld on a race car, from
> > > sheetmetal to rollcage tubing, this little
> guy
> > > smokes every other compact
> > > mig I've ever used. As to flux core
> machines, I
> > > wouldn't trust my life to a
> > > weld from one of those units. Visually the
> > > welds look OK from the fluxcore
> > > unit, but when the Mig is dialed in, you'll
> > > have a tough time telling some
> > > of the Mig welds on my chassis from
> Heliarc.
> > >
> > > Darrell ferguson
> > > BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
> > > # 939 BBFALT
> > > http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> > > [SMTP:dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com]
> > > > Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 8:54 AM
> > > > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > > > Subject: Welding and Welders
> > > >
> > > > hey dick j - i would recommend a lincoln
> mini
> > > mig (sp - 130) i think, it
> > > > should handle 1/4 plate no problem. my
> > > brother darrell has a lincoln
> > > > sp-100
> > > > i think, but it could use a little more
> power
> > > once in a great while- maybe
> > > > he will speak up on the forum, but i
> would
> > > highly suggest getting a welder
> > > > that is NOT flux cored, and it must have
> > > infinite heat range control and
> > > > infinite wire speed control if you want
> tasty
> > > welds (infinite meaning not
> > > > a
> > > > stepped switch control, rather a smooth-
> > > wherever-you-want-it control).
> > > > darrell and i have poured literally
> hundreds
> > > of pounds of wire thru his
> > > > unit, and i would highly recommend it ,
> its
> > > got alot of "balls" for its
> > > > portable size and works GREAT - doug @
> black
> > > radon
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
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