Neighbor (the mini lathe guy from earlier posts) introduced me to one of his buddies who has a few tools for sale - he's upgrading. Anyway...
He is selling a mig welder. Specs include "everything but the bottle." Unit runs on 120 volts, 20 amps; max output is 70 amps. Accepts flux-core or plain wire. At least to start, I would use the flux core.
When I used a 220 volt/225 amp stick welder I recall that the home welders available (non-mig) of ~50 amps output were not very capable.
Now, I don't want to build a ship; are these "mini" migs significantly better than 70 amps would suggest? Can they weld thicker stock using repeated passes? What would be their maximum practical capacity? Don't mind a bit of prep (bevelling... or ?) but I sure do like the small size/weight. The 120 volt is a plus. Yes, if pushed I could install a 220, 50 amp circuit but I would rather not.And the price can't be beat (compared to the same model new).
Your thoughts please. Thanks
Dunc
He is selling a mig welder. Specs include "everything but the bottle." Unit runs on 120 volts, 20 amps; max output is 70 amps. Accepts flux-core or plain wire. At least to start, I would use the flux core.
When I used a 220 volt/225 amp stick welder I recall that the home welders available (non-mig) of ~50 amps output were not very capable.
Now, I don't want to build a ship; are these "mini" migs significantly better than 70 amps would suggest? Can they weld thicker stock using repeated passes? What would be their maximum practical capacity? Don't mind a bit of prep (bevelling... or ?) but I sure do like the small size/weight. The 120 volt is a plus. Yes, if pushed I could install a 220, 50 amp circuit but I would rather not.And the price can't be beat (compared to the same model new).
Your thoughts please. Thanks
Dunc
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