The small pie cut area isnt the best flow queen, but it works. As soon as I welded the last peice my tank ran out of gas!





Tell me my setup isnt the best thing youve seen! Can anybody guess what I made my "cart" out of?

 

weight bench ^ ?

 

^Winnar!!!

I was gonna throw it out & I didnt have a cart at the time, so I just made cut it up & made it out of that. I'm gonna somebody to bring a shopping cart from safeway soon so I can make a new car out of that lol

 

hahahha

 

wow I cant believe how horrible my sentence structure is!

 

Your welds suck *****. A bit of advice for using those horrible, horrible Lincoln retail units - ALWAYS have both the wire speed and amperage on their highest settings.

The adjustability on those 100 amp machines is a joke. You can't weld for **** unless the settings are maxed out, so they might as well just get rid of the *****.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Russell_K &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Your welds suck *****. A bit of advice for using those horrible, horrible Lincoln retail units - ALWAYS have both the wire speed and amperage on their highest settings.

The adjustability on those 100 amp machines is a joke. You can't weld for **** unless the settings are maxed out, so they might as well just get rid of the *****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

He's right those Lincoln's from Home Depot suck! Not hatin' or nothin'. It is affordable and not many can afford better so it will somewhat do the job for now but if you plan on doing more welding get a tig or a better mig. I'd recommend a Millermatic 210 or 251. I got the 251 and love it! Here's a pic of what it looks like.


http://home.comcast.net/~cadyridah4/IMG_0905.JPG

 

Well when I bought it I was only lookin at 112v units. Could I get somethin better in a 112V?

You guys are right though, its a home depot mode 3200HD. The muffler shop near my place uses a 112V SP-135T & his is slightly different.. His welds always look better, but he works in a closed area where I was actually welding in front of my house where it was a lil windy.

It didnt help that I was closin pretty big gaps in some areas either lol..


So, anything better in a 112V model that is the same size? As you can see by the look of my bottle, I only do small stuff like exhausts & dont really use it too often.

 

Hmm, maybe I shoulda bought something with more voltage control like the miller 135.. Can anybody comment that?

Keep in mind im limited to 112V

 

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The adjustability on those 100 amp machines is a joke. You can't weld for **** unless the settings are maxed out, so they might as well just get rid of the *****.</TD></TR></TABLE>

So your saying to weld 16 gauge you need it maxed out ? I've used the machines, if you know what your doing its a good machine.

 

I love my Millermatic 135. I've never had any problems with it. It's stable, and leaves you with room to grow, since you can upgrade to a spool gun, etc.

 

I have a lincoln 175 pro. It's been pretty good to me.... Pretty much the same thing as yours with 5 tapped amprage settings. I've only used the shielded wire and my welds look decent. Sometimes I wish there was a lower voltage setting but that might be because I'm using the shielded wire which welds hotter than gas. I thought yours would look better

 

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I'm not saying to switch welders, I'm saying you have to learn how to use the one you've got. It looks like you didn't use any gas at all, so either you weren't flowing enough, or it was the wind. And you need to crank up the power. Those welds shouldn't just sit on top of the metal. And hold the gun closer to the work piece so you can lay a solid line instead of constantly breaking the arc and leaving those little ***** everywhere.

I don't know why you didn't practice more before welding on something you're actually going to use. Why do people always do that?!

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by RCautoworks &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

So your saying to weld 16 gauge you need it maxed out ? I've used the machines, if you know what your doing its a good machine.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Well I've got a 100 amp Lincoln retail unit, and I weld 18 gauge at full amperage. Even on the second highest setting it poops out.

 

You want a welder with infinite settings. Those small units have tap settings. Say you wanted to weld 16 gauge and at setting 2 it doesn't penetrate but at 3 it burns holes. With infinite you can set the heat to a setting betweenn 2 and 3.

 

Thats a great welder, I mean I have a dynasty 200dx tig and I still use that little lincoln mig-pak for ...well a lot of stuff lol....definately worth the price.
Good stuff

 

Yeah I know what you mean..

How much argon should I push out through my regulator? I set it at 15..
I WILL practice before I do another peice you can bet on that. When I did this one I basically just mocked it uup, tacked it & then took it off the car & welded it on the driveway floor.. So yeah, definately not the ideal setting to weld something with precision.. I figure this exhaust doesnt require too much precision though..


I JUST received more supplies today!
V-band kit, new muffler, more bends & I just gotta fill up my argon tank & pick up some scrap metal to practice on

 

at work we run the gas at about 35.. at home in the garage with the millermatic 135 we run atleast 20..

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 19civic93 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">You want a welder with infinite settings. Those small units have tap settings. Say you wanted to weld 16 gauge and at setting 2 it doesn't penetrate but at 3 it burns holes. With infinite you can set the heat to a setting betweenn 2 and 3.</TD></TR></TABLE>

With the right speed and control you can weld anything ( nothing thicker then 1/4 ) with these welders.

 

Thats a perfectly fine welder... maxed settings for good welds... i don't think so. You just need some practice. I have a shitty Harbor Freight Flux Core welder and with the right prep, wire speed, and technique my welds look much nicer than those. Not knocking your welds but saying if I can do it w/o gas you certainly can do it with.

Edit: haha, beating a dead horse after bob's reply.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CRXDrew &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Thats a perfectly fine welder... maxed settings for good welds... i don't think so. You just need some practice. I have a shitty Harbor Freight Flux Core welder and with the right prep, wire speed, and technique my welds look much nicer than those. Not knocking your welds but saying if I can do it w/o gas you certainly can do it with.

Edit: haha, beating a dead horse after bob's reply.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Drew your also a stud though, from what Brandon says

 

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With the right speed and control you can weld anything ( nothing thicker then 1/4 ) with these welders. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Of course with the thicker stuff it would work fine but for really thin stuff it would be more difficult.

 

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Of course with the thicker stuff it would work fine but for really thin stuff it would be more difficult.</TD></TR></TABLE>

The only time I have an issue is if you forget how to control your own speed.

 

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The only time I have an issue is if you forget how to control your own speed. </TD></TR></TABLE>
I never said those welders don't work infact you can make any welder work for you once you tune yourself to the welder. The quality of the job is what your sacraficing though. All I was trying to say is having an infinite setting makes life so much better. Better welds, better control, and easy on the person welding. If it makes the job easier and produces quality welds then it just makes sense. I'm not telling everyone to go out and buy the best. I'm just stating that there are differences. If there wasn't then I think everyone would have a home depot welder.

 

The WeldPac 3200 HD is EXACTLY the same thing as the SP135T. There isn't **** wrong with that welder. I've been using one for the last 4 years, with great success. For exhaust tubing, I would use voltage tap B and about 3 or 4 on the wire speed. Something is wrong if you have to max out the settings to weld exhaust tubing. I use a 25ft 10ga extension cord with mine, and it works great. If you are using a long, light guage extension cord on a underrated outlet, you will have problems. This machine requires at least a 20 amp outlet, and the best results will be had with a short, heavy guage extension cord or no extension cord.