Wooohoo! (welder)

Good going, that's a decent deal. Not much to go wrong with the AC-only stick welders. You've actually gone one better than I, since in all the amazing deals I've found on machinery there hasn't been a basic welder.

GTO(John)

Check out this Century welder on ebay at $4.99 right now. You'll be sure to get a laugh...

I checked out the seller's other auctions and noticed that you could also buy a paintball gun with the same cool housing. Aint it amazing, the advances made in packaging these days :)

Koz

I wonder if one of his other auction winners is singing into a stinger. Feelings, nothing more than feelings...

Wayne

Hmmm, it redirects me to some Mediaplex thing (that's blocked by my Spybot settings). Had to stop it before redirecting to get this:

you trim the crud (everything but dll?ViewItem?item=...) it'll fit on a single 77 character line without wrapping.

Anyway... now THAT is funny! :o

Tim

-- "I've got more trophies than Wayne Gretsky and the Pope combined!" - Homer Simpson Website @

On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 15:39:18 -0400, asdf calmly ranted:

Tim, YOU SUCK! (Nice deal.)

I want to watch the guy test it at 220v!

the real works/broken mic. I wonder how it does that...

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On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 13:08:30 -0700, Koz calmly ranted:

The mic/welder is only $93.38 to ship UPS ground to OR. ;)

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I've got a few thoughts which you may find useful:

First, if you can afford it, get one of the $50 HF autodarkening hoods. Makes a big difference being able to start your weld without having to take your eyes off where you are to flip down the helmet.

Second, you can brace the loose end of the rod with your other gloved hand while that hand is resting on or near the work, so you're not trying to start by waving a foot long rod and can focus more on trying to strike an arc. If you stop and restart, you sometimes have to tap the end against the ground to break the end of the flux off.

Third, I find I really like running 7014 and 7018AC rods more than the 60xx, mostly because I've yet to learn to run them well. Most hardware stores around here sell Forney brand which is quite servicable, if getting to a real welding supply is a problem. Any good farm or tractor supply should also have a good selection if you are blessed to have one nearby. If you shop around, you can sometimes find 1/16" rod which can be fun for smaller welds.

Fourth, a good ground is everything, and the closer it is to where you are welding, the better, not merely the part of the assembly closest to the welder.

Lastly, I've not needed to use rod over 1/8" yet, so a

30A dryer circuit has worked just fine...

--Glenn Lyford