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Author Topic: What's a good inexpensive welder for fabrication work?  (Read 267 times)
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« on: March 24, 2010, 10:17:40 AM »

I'm looking for a welder to do some fabrication work on the Mustang. What welders do you guys use? I need something decent but inexpensive too.
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« Reply #1 on: March 24, 2010, 01:50:04 PM »

I'm looking for a welder to do some fabrication work on the Mustang. What welders do you guys use? I need something decent but inexpensive too.


welders and cheapness are not 2 things to go together... can you get them for 30-100 bucks... sure.. will they work good.. hell no... (believe me ive had 2 cheapos that aint worth shit)..  stay away from campbell hausfeld and Chicago electric welders...

one 3 brands id look at to get... Hobart, Lincoln, and Miller.. Sears has a 220v 50amp Ac/Dc stick welder by lincoln that works great... ive used it to weld on my stang many times... my only downside to it is atm im limited on distance to weld.. things frelling heavy to move around so i dont move it often.. so it limits me to about 3-4 ft length..  and i had to wire the garage for a 50 amp circuit.. (wasnt hard really).. you could easily add some wheels to move the welder around easily though if you wanted... i just didnt have a need to do it yet... plus its tucked in the corner of my garage...

the stick welder would work.. but migs and tigs would be better for fab work.. both of those though i wouldnt get anything thats gasless.. less you want some piss poor weak welds...

but heres my current welder that i use... yet to have any problems with it so far..





and where it sits in my garage now


granted now its turned sideways and the shelfs pushed closer to the door... but thats where it sits now...
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« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2010, 03:22:01 PM »

almost forgot... if your going to be using it to weld panels onto the body your better bet would be to get a tig... for 3 reasons why...

1: you can keep the heat down and minimize the warping effect heat has on the panels...
2: tig welds are softer so when you go to flatten the panels back out with a hammer and dolly set theyll flatten out easier...
3: tig welds will expand and contract at the same rate as the body panels will so the welds wont show up when the sun heats up the metal..

Mig welds are harder to smooth out using a hammer and dolly.. and the weld material expands and cools at a different rate than the surrounding metal does... so if you paint the vehicle with dark colors your welds can show up when the sun starts heating the steel up during the day... once the sun goes down and the steel cools the lines fade away...
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