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Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 17th, 2012, 12:02 pm
by munepit
I traded a $300.00 revolver for this.



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Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 17th, 2012, 6:43 pm
by EJ21
Nice! Congrats. Ready for some work yet? Haha. I need some welding done.

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 17th, 2012, 7:24 pm
by chrisrigby
weve got a 180 at the shop grat little machine. curious to see how it does with hard wire and gas, as ours stays set up with inner shield for dirty shitty jobs

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 17th, 2012, 8:27 pm
by Lake_v2
Nice score youll never need another welder, if i need something big welded your getting a phonecall from me

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 18th, 2012, 5:07 am
by munepit
Anytime. Need to get 220 ran into the garage first. Then is on!

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 19th, 2012, 2:47 am
by REDxj5150
score!

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 24th, 2012, 7:48 pm
by sduncan
Thats a great machine for the garage. Helluva deal too. Get some gas and 035 wire for it and you're set.

Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 26th, 2012, 4:00 pm
by VICTORG93307
Was it the gangstah revolver ?

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Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 26th, 2012, 4:38 pm
by munepit
Well, I'm ready to start burning some metal. I made an extension cord and a jumper so I can use the dryer plug until I get the 220 wired at the box.





I picked up 63' of Soow 6/3 wire. It's huge.


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The jumper I made.

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I also have 2 4x4x1/8" sheets I'm going to stack on top of each other and make a welding table. I can get all the steel I need at Sierra Recycling for free.

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Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 26th, 2012, 5:57 pm
by VICTORG93307
I'll send you a list of stuff I need made.

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Re: Got my first welder!!

PostPosted: July 26th, 2012, 9:50 pm
by chrisrigby
take one of those sheets of sheet metal and drill a few holes in it. making little tacks at a time (so it dosnt warp too bad) plug weld it together in the center. it will be alot stiffer and more resistant to warpage. you can also hit up jims or B&B for a piece of USED 1/2 in plate. it makes a much nicer table for the fact that it stays flatter. and resists biving when you tack to it then start pulling parts into shape. just my .02