Thinking about getting a welder

chrisinhouston · 01-28-2009, 10:54 PM

Can't decide if I want a gas or electric but I JUST NEED TO DO SOME DAMN WELDING!!!! I was so good in High School shop class at welding that Coach Vicnair used to bring me things from football practice to fix.

Help me decide

HungLikeJesus · 01-28-2009, 11:04 PM

How big of a space have you cleared for it?

classicman · 01-28-2009, 11:16 PM

lol - there's your motivation to clean!

chrisinhouston · 01-28-2009, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by classicman

lol - there's your motivation to clean!

HEY I'M WORKING ON THAT!!!

Griff · 01-29-2009, 05:40 AM

I want a welder too. First I need to build a barn to keep it in... Definitely get a welder, you'll end up with more friends than you can shake a stick at.

slang · 01-29-2009, 05:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Definitely get a welder

Yes, get one. It's one of many great tools that may be helpful in the coming months, years.

Another might be a reflux still for fuel.

Griff · 01-29-2009, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by slang

Another might be a reflux still for fuel.

Need more information.

Undertoad · 01-29-2009, 10:02 AM

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I want a welder too. First I need to build a barn to keep it in...

Savage. That is no way to refer to a fellow human being. Keep him in a conditioned area, he'll be more productive.

Griff · 01-29-2009, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Savage. That is no way to refer to a fellow human being. Keep him in a conditioned area, he'll be more productive.

[Simon]Nah, makes 'em surly.[/Legree]

wolf · 01-29-2009, 10:15 AM

I was thinking about getting a welder too, but they tend to want to have the boys over all though sports season, and follow all the sports, and place incredible demands on any females around, continually screaming for more beer and more chips, doing unspeakable things to the Victoria's Secret Catalog, and continually forgetting to mow the lawn, and you know, they never do any welding around the house no matter how much you need it, so I shot him.

I found a nice software tester, instead.

Shawnee123 · 01-29-2009, 10:50 AM

lol @ wolf!

TheMercenary · 01-29-2009, 12:53 PM

I want to learn to weld and get one of those electric welding machines that use rods. I always seem to have a few odd jobs that come up every year that I could use the skill but I usually end up throwing the items away.

busterb · 02-06-2009, 11:28 AM

Chris, I've been in welding game around 40 yrs. I got a new Lincoln last year as replacement for old one. BTW most places will sell the small & mid-size tanks, not cheap. Nor is getting them refilled.
I bought this ONE for $150. This ONE might meet your needs?
I really want one with ac/dc output, around $500, but my TIG regulator, other shit needed repair, so I got the cheaper one.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-06-2009, 12:37 PM

Buster, if money wasn't the deciding factor, wouldn't a TIG, or at least a MIG, be a lot more useful than either an arc or gas setup?

busterb · 02-07-2009, 06:50 PM

Well gas is good for cutting, brazing, and silver soldering, but on thin steel it distorts from the heat. IMHO, perhaps a like of skill? MIG around the house and not used much, wire gets rusty, jams cable, and you need gas unless you use fluxcore wire. Plus the cheaper ones I've tried suck. I hate MIG!! When fab shops first got them, Some assholes thought you never needed a break. 40 lbs. of wire is a long time between breaks.
TIG I'm not good at, because I'm nervous, shaky. I can build SS beltbuckles, rings and such. But would never call myself a TIG welder.
Tig you can weld more alloys, better with, but you might need to change the gas, rods. TIG DC won't weld aluminum, TMK.
Around here the companys get a better price on bottle refills than me. Some folks come around for work, I just tell them, sorrry no gas. SOBs to cheap to pay. Sorry for TMI

BTW AC welding current will bite your butt, big time. DC you just taste and turn your fingernails blue.

01-28-2009, 10:54 PM	#1
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	Thinking about getting a welder Can't decide if I want a gas or electric but I JUST NEED TO DO SOME DAMN WELDING!!!! I was so good in High School shop class at welding that Coach Vicnair used to bring me things from football practice to fix. Help me decide

01-28-2009, 11:04 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	How big of a space have you cleared for it? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

01-28-2009, 11:16 PM	#3
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	lol - there's your motivation to clean! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-29-2009, 05:40 AM	#5
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I want a welder too. First I need to build a barn to keep it in... Definitely get a welder, you'll end up with more friends than you can shake a stick at. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-29-2009, 10:15 AM	#10
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I was thinking about getting a welder too, but they tend to want to have the boys over all though sports season, and follow all the sports, and place incredible demands on any females around, continually screaming for more beer and more chips, doing unspeakable things to the Victoria's Secret Catalog, and continually forgetting to mow the lawn, and you know, they never do any welding around the house no matter how much you need it, so I shot him. I found a nice software tester, instead. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-29-2009, 10:50 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	lol @ wolf! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-29-2009, 12:53 PM	#12
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	I want to learn to weld and get one of those electric welding machines that use rods. I always seem to have a few odd jobs that come up every year that I could use the skill but I usually end up throwing the items away. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

02-06-2009, 11:28 AM	#13
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Chris, I've been in welding game around 40 yrs. I got a new Lincoln last year as replacement for old one. BTW most places will sell the small & mid-size tanks, not cheap. Nor is getting them refilled. I bought this ONE for $150. This ONE might meet your needs? I really want one with ac/dc output, around $500, but my TIG regulator, other shit needed repair, so I got the cheaper one. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

02-06-2009, 12:37 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Buster, if money wasn't the deciding factor, wouldn't a TIG, or at least a MIG, be a lot more useful than either an arc or gas setup? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-07-2009, 06:50 PM	#15
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Well gas is good for cutting, brazing, and silver soldering, but on thin steel it distorts from the heat. IMHO, perhaps a like of skill? MIG around the house and not used much, wire gets rusty, jams cable, and you need gas unless you use fluxcore wire. Plus the cheaper ones I've tried suck. I hate MIG!! When fab shops first got them, Some assholes thought you never needed a break. 40 lbs. of wire is a long time between breaks. TIG I'm not good at, because I'm nervous, shaky. I can build SS beltbuckles, rings and such. But would never call myself a TIG welder. Tig you can weld more alloys, better with, but you might need to change the gas, rods. TIG DC won't weld aluminum, TMK. Around here the companys get a better price on bottle refills than me. Some folks come around for work, I just tell them, sorrry no gas. SOBs to cheap to pay. Sorry for TMI BTW AC welding current will bite your butt, big time. DC you just taste and turn your fingernails blue. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch. Last edited by busterb; 02-07-2009 at 06:56 PM.

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