My boss has this welder in the storage room and I was wondering what type of welding I could do with it. I would like to make my own catch can for starts, if possibe, then do a little exhausts work. I have NO welding experience and I'd like to learn on this instead of buying one. What type of metal can I weld on with it? catch can, exhaust, maybe manifold in future. Thanks guys.

 

lol its a stick welder. you can weld structural building **** with that. have fun trying to weld anything thats thin like exhaust tubing.

 

Yeah, dont bother touching that if you want to make a catch can, unless you want to make it out of plate steel.

 

you can still set it up for tig, and practice on it

the only shitty thing is scratch start

 

I mean it doesn't have to made out of aluminum, but the way yall are talking it is used for heavy duty steel.

When I asked my boss what it was used for, he pointed up at the metal I-beams in our shop, but I figured it could be used for different stuff.

 

That may be one of the most classic welders of all time. You can do a lot with that thing. Since you have no welding experiance browse this site. I stumbled acrossed it last night. Pretty cool. www.weldingtipsandtricks.com

 

How much or what could I weld on since I am a beginner, but I am a good and quick learner? I will check out the site.

 

i dont know if that machine can be converted to tig.its ac only.without high frequency you will not be able to tig aluminum.if it was a dc machine you could hook it up old school with a gas valve on the torch.scratch start.being ac only not sure thats going to work.you could try some small size rod and pratice stick welding some light gage steel.