I am a rookie here. I have my welding textbook for my classes that I am starting in January. In the book, "The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding, 14th Edition", it was mentioned about using inverters for Stick welding. I am learning to weld so I can build my retirement home a steel sailboa...

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Also if you are going to go with the thunderbolt check the price o a Hobart stickmate. Other than the paint job they are pretty much the same.[/quote]

Thanks!! I will go price one out.

You may fall in love with tig in the class and could go with something like a lincoln squarewave tig machine and can do DC stick and AC/DC Tig. Regardless you are definitely going to want a machine that can do DC stick because for one its not much more on price and two the variety and quality of st...

Welcome, You have tall ambitions wanting to weld a boat. I have watched several boat builds over the years and it is a facinating undertaking. I would recommend that you take a gas welding class also. There is nothing like learning oxy/acetylene welding to better understand how the steel puddle wor...

Merry Christmas to you. What kind of welder are you looking for? What stuff are you gonna weld? To answer your question.. I will be welding up a steel Sailboat about 40 feet in length. I was leaning toward the Miller Thunderbolt AC/DC Any advice from you old salts out there is welcome. Many thanks ...

Hi forum: I am a rookie to welding and will be taking classes at my local tech college come the first of the year. My goal is to learn to weld, preferably with stick (SMAW officially) since I will be using the skill to build a sailboat which will eventually become my retirement home. I have heard of...