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10 years ago I was in your place. If I needed something welded I brought it to a small shop with a friendly owner. After doing this and... -
All good advice. Lincoln, Miller and Hobart are the usual suspects for the Home Shop welder. I'll just add one thing: MIG welding...
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Another thing to consider, if you are going to be welding outside or working on old rusty equipment, a stick welder will perform better...
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I have an 8500 watt Hobart gas engine welder (AC/DC CC/CV) that does double duty as the backup generator for the house. It's in a...
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Taking a course is definitely a good idea. I've done all types of welding for 40 years as an amateur. I currently own two machines...
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McMXi were typing at the same time. We're both basically saying the same thing in different ways. He's more eloquent than I.
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One other tidbit that I'll share. You might consider buying a decent acetylene setup first and start by learning to gas weld. The...
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@HappyTopster, I went to a government sponsored welding school and spent a lot of years working as a welder in the diving, construction...
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So I did the same a number of years back and started in the shallow end of the pool. Videos, reading are great (I particularly like...
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I went to the local HS class offered at night before I bought any welding equipment. Back then everything I owned broke on the weekends...
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Once Upon a Time...... There was a stubborn/block-headed guy that had more money than sense, and he decided to he was going to learn to...
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It's fixed! Maybe I made a rookie mistake.... I went back and looked at the owners manual and the WSM and I don't see anywhere a picture...
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Well my BX turned into a forklift today of sorts. We bought a new Blackstone griddle smoker combo. It took five of us to load it in the...
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My newest acre should of been mowed a month ago. It was 16-20" tall but the mower knocked it down.