Which Stick Welder for a New Welder?

[Welshman]

For what it's worth - I just ordered an Everlast PA 140ST today. Mark was very helpful and answered a lot of questions.

 

[bearcreek paul]

Good luck with you new welder.On the bright side you won't get a hernia moving it around!

 

[Haywire]

I wish there were such a thing as a stick/mig/plasma unit but Mark says it isn't technologically possible without the price being off the charts.

Ian

 

[deereman75]

I wish there were such a thing as a stick/mig/plasma unit but Mark says it isn't technologically possible without the price being off the charts.

Ian

what about getting a TIG/stick/plasma, and hooking up a voltage sensing wire feeder, like a LN-25 to the stick output, you would have mig/stick/tig/plasma.

 

[Shield Arc]

what about getting a TIG/stick/plasma, and hooking up a voltage sensing wire feeder, like a LN-25 to the stick output, you would have mig/stick/tig/plasma.

Well technically you wouldn't have Mig. You'd have a wire feed but not GMAW. Generally Mig runs on CV, not CC.
But I read an article years ago, where the author had good luck with 1/16-inch bare wire, with 75 / 25 gas running on CC. :confused2: :laughing:

 

[deereman75]

Well technically you wouldn't have Mig. You'd have a wire feed but not GMAW. Generally Mig runs on CV, not CC.
But I read an article years ago, where the author had good luck with 1/16-inch bare wire, with 75 / 25 gas running on CC. :confused2: :laughing:

So would you have to use flux core?

 

[Shield Arc]

You can use flux core self shielded, I've also read where there are flux core gas shielded wires that can run on CC.

Since about the mid 1990's for FEMA, and other seismic code work only CV machines are allowed. But you're a few years away from worrying about code work.

 

[Cacinok]

Friend of mine came over and looked at the wiring in my metal building. There's a 50 amp breaker in the main box that runs to the metal building. My friend said the wires coming in to the subpanel in the metal building were big enough to simply put in a circuit breaker (50amp iirc) and then run a dedicated welding circuit and mount the plug where I needed it.

Still haven't found a tombstone or comparable miller since my original post.

 

[Travelover]

..........Still haven't found a tombstone or comparable miller since my original post.

Did you try Search Tempest?

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[Haywire]

Someone was advertizing a welder on the local radio station for $40. Of course you don't know what kind of condition it was in.

Ian