Any welder and machinists here?

[speeding_Infraction]

Wish I could weld.

Watch some videos and buy the stuff cheap at harbor freight only one way to learn how

 

[Bustedaw11]

Watch some videos and buy the stuff cheap at harbor freight only one way to learn how

There are deff some amazing welders here. You tig guys are crazy, beautiful work!

I always advise against cheap welding machines. In my experience a cheap box gives cheap results and is more challenging to get decent welds with.
I primarily arc so I think Lincoln red box.
Miller or Hobart makes decent affordable wire boxes.

Never use cheap auto lenses. Slow lense is not good on the only eyes you got.

 

[LibertyMKiii]

I used to own a nice miller TIG machine. I would weld aluminum, stainless, and steel. This was one of my hardest projects. (Exhaust manifold for a Honda k20 swap into a Toyota mr2 Spyder)

 

[Bustedaw11]

I used to own a nice miller TIG machine. I would weld aluminum, stainless, and steel. This was one of my hardest projects. (Exhaust manifold for a Honda k20 swap into a Toyota mr2 Spyder)

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Wait, is mkiii in your username for the mr2???

 

[Rottster]

There are deff some amazing welders here. You tig guys are crazy, beautiful work!

I always advise against cheap welding machines. In my experience a cheap box gives cheap results and is more challenging to get decent welds with.
I primarily arc so I think Lincoln red box.
Miller or Hobart makes decent affordable wire boxes.

Never use cheap auto lenses. Slow lense is not good on the only eyes you got.

I cut my teeth on a Lincoln Tombstone! When I got into Mig at home in the 90's I got a Craftsman mig welder. I pushed that sucker hard, way past it's duty cycle and it still runs but starts buzzing hard, lol. About five years back I upgraded to a Hobart 210MVP and couldn't be happier. Most of the parts are actually stamped or molded with the Miller name anyway. Very consistent and a joy to work with.

In regards to auto lenses I learned my lesson... Got a Miller helmet and it's the bomb Brother plus I can get magnification lenses for my old eyes.

 

[Garcbomber]

I’m just the engineer and more of a grinder when actually doing the process but my teammates are an extremely talented bunch of artists. For scale reference their weld tables are 6x12’.

Much respect for the craft

 

[speeding_Infraction]

Pardon my ignorance, what are those things? The welds are impeccable