My mom agreed to help get me a welder for christmas! Yay

Anyway, I've talked to alot of my friends about it and they reccomend this unit, because I can upgrade it 2 gas (which i DEFINATLY will do soon after i get it), and I wont have to buy another welder for a while as this one can weld up to 5/16ths mild. I basicly want 2 use it for little projects and fab some parts up for my car, and eventually when I get good, make things such as traction bars, tryangulated strutbars, alum intake boxes, tubular log manifolds, weld together pre-bent roll cages, weld up exhausts, and just kool fabrication stuff in general. Onlysemi-interested in making money off this stuff, but I would more like 2 have custom parts on my car.

Who knows, mabey i'll get really good, and get a TIG and start my OWN fabrication to sell!?

Here are they specs, and I can get it for 410 shipped.



Magnum® 100L welding gun and 10 ft. cable assembly, 10 ft. work cable and work clamp, 6 ft input power cord with NEMA Type 5-15P plug, factory installed gas solenoid valve, adjustable gas regulator for Ar and Ar-blend gases (gas regulator requires an adapter — sold separately — for use with CO2 cylinders), gas hose, 2 lb. spool .025" SuperArc™ L-56 mild steel MIG wire, six spare .023/.025" contact tips, welding handshield with #10 filter plate and clear glass cover plate.

• Ready To Weld! Includes mild steel MIG wire and adjustable gas regulator and hose kit. Just add shielding gas (sold separately).
• Large easy to set ***** provide 4-position adjustable tap voltage control and continuous full-range control of wire feed speed.
• Capabilities include welding 24 gauge through 3/16" mild steel with MIG and up to 5/16" with self-shielded flux-cored wire. Install K549-1 and use Innershield NR-211-MP for flux-cored welding. Install K664-2 and alternate shielding gas to weld 22 gauge through 1/8" aluminum.
• Designed to feed .023-.035" (0.6-0.9mm) diameter mild and stainless steel MIG wire, .035" (0.9mm) diameter flux-cored wire and .035" diameter 4043 aluminum MIG wire.
• Welder settings reference chart conveniently located inside wire feed section door makes it easy to set the machine for mild steel welding jobs.
• Gun trigger safety feature keeps welding wire electrically "cold" until trigger is pressed.
• Adjustable brake spindle accommodates both 8" (200mm) diameter and 4" (100mm) diameter spools of wire.
• Built-in "burnback" function insures proper wire stickout after each weld with no sticking in the weld puddle.
• Engineered and built for dependable service and long life expectancy.
• "Quick Release" idle pressure arm easily adjusts wire tension for positive wire feeding.
• High capacity output filter capacitor for excellent MIG welding using CO2 or Argon/CO2 gas blends.
• Electronic and thermostatic protection from current overload and excessive temperatures.
• CSA NRTL/C approved.
• Three year warranty on parts and labor. (90 days warranty on gun and cable).
• Manufactured under a quality system certified to ISO 9001 requirements.

The price is kinda high for me right now, but I figure I should invest now and spend less later. Im really serious about getting into fabrication, and I believe this is a good first step for me. Let me know what you all think, and if the welder is worth the price, and if you have any other suggestions.

 

that's a great price..

i bought my lincoln 100 back a few yrs ago for about 350 at Lowes.. I ended up buyin the gas conversion kit about a yr later and also a cylnder tank.. At the time, i thought the 100 was fine for what i was doing, but it turned out I should have gone w/ the 135 in the 1st place.. would have save a few $$, but we live and learn..

also, if i were u, i'd get a nice size cylnder tank so u dont have to go to the welding supply store to recharge as often.. i think i've got a 140 lb tank, i'm on my 3rd refill in over a year and i do alot of welding in my garage..

 

Looks like your off to a good start. I didnt know you could weld aluminum with those units... Thats a good Price too!

 

That's a good setup plus it has a NASCAR sticker on it, which will give you mad points with the females

 

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Fe-mulletts maybe.