Farmwelding wrote:What kind of work. If you are doing a lot of repair work on dirty metal-6011,6013 or clean metal more on the 7018 side. What do you want to weld and in what position would be beneficial to know.

general fab work,

what are the best rods "not limited to one rod" to keep on hand for most work?

My earlier post got interrupted and I thought I lost it- as ldbtx says, look into the AHP 200 also. Heard good things about it. Many machines are dual voltage, meaning they'll run off both 110v and 220v. Everlast has a couple dual voltage machines- is the AHP dual? Depending on the layout of the ho...

I did a welding course (all disciplines) about 18 months ago and it became obvious pretty quickly that the instructor had a deep love of OA and only really a passing interest in anything else. I did the OA, did the stick and the Mig, waited and waited meanwhile for 'Tig night'. In the end he did a ...

i would say do some test welds and bent and shock test them, do a little reserch too.. i cant say for certian if this is true or not but testing out some test welds would be a good way to find out how well you can weld and how strong the welds can be made..

depending on your budget and if you can get them look at a everlast i have heard good things about there smaller machines ie 110/220v stuff i have a AHP stick/tig machine but its not fully set up for tig though.. http://www.everlastgenerators.com/ there are some videos on the everlast 160 out there ...

that realy sucks on the welder coming like that. i guess i got lucky with my AHP 160.. i will have to add one thing though.. if one has a good welder AHP, everlast miller ect ect.. i think they tend to be able to do more with that 15 amps then the smaller toasters.. im not sure if its due to the fac...

i would have to second the 1/16 electrode idea.. i mean there out there but i evan am not overly sure how u would go about welding with them on thin stuff..

any one here use 6013 for anything? if so what is it good for?

i too had the same results with 6011 rods on my 80 amps welder.. i think it might be how they make them vs the lincoln rods..

Trying to decide on a good entry level Mig welder. Primary purpose will be for tack welding brackets etc in place for an expedition vehicle build I am going to be starting. All of the final welds will be done with my Tig Welder. That said at most the thickness of material used would be 1/4" ma...

hello everyone just wanted to say hello! kinda new/old to welding i have been dabbling in welding for a while now but decited to get more into welding! i manily stick weld but i am also looking to do more with TIG welding in the future.