New Lincoln 305g

[weldermike]

Well, I picked up my new Lincoln engine drive yesterday and I finally got a chance to mess around with it today. I slapped together a outdoor welding table ive been meaning to get at. The top is 1/2" 304ss and the rest is stuff I had laying around, im not finished yet, ill give it more















tomorrow. Anyway the 305 is a awsome machine, cant say enough about her. Crisp arc and just a beauty machine to work with. Ill do a full report on her once I tweak with it but just figured I would share the first project. Loving it already!

 

[Shield Arc]

Holy cow! Is it the machine, or do you know how to weld?! Those are very nice looking beads.:thumbsup:

 

[weldermike]

Forgot to mention sunshowers and wicked snow all day. 60degrees and snowing wtf! :0 not too bad for a hack with a good machine! I really cant wait to tweak with her more!

 

[creekbend]

Congratulations regarding your new machine. Best wishes. BTW, nice work.

 

[Shield Arc]

Wait until you get that LN-25, and see what she'll do on CV.:cool2: I just won an LN-25 on ebay for my buddy Jack, who also has a 305-G.

 

[weldermike]

Wait until you get that LN-25, and see what she'll do on CV.:cool2: I just won an LN-25 on ebay for my buddy Jack, who also has a 305-G.

Awsome shield, I cant wait to get mine! Few weeks hopefully. Gonna mess with that table in a bit, just gotta put some pads on the legs and maybe some paint on the steel parts. Its gonna stay outside so may as well give it some protection.

 

[Arc weld]

Talk about bucks up. That 1/2" stainless must be worth a few bucks. 305G's are a very good machine. Check your oil every day. My buddy's on his second 305G and it was using oil for about the first 400 hours. I think after he burned some big rods and got it broken in, it stopped using oil. It's also a good idea to crank it all the way up and burn a few big rods every once in awhile to get rid of excess carbon. Try the downhand pipe mode. Apparently it makes a different sounding arc burning 6010.

 

[weldermike]

Talk about bucks up. That 1/2" stainless must be worth a few bucks. 305G's are a very good machine. Check your oil every day. My buddy's on his second 305G and it was using oil for about the first 400 hours. I think after he burned some big rods and got it broken in, it stopped using oil. It's also a good idea to crank it all the way up and burn a few big rods every once in awhile to get rid of excess carbon. Try the downhand pipe mode. Apparently it makes a different sounding arc burning 6010.

I scored on the plate, I got that for $200, I just had to drive 160mi to pick it up. Thanks for the heads up on the other stuff, will definately keep tabs on that. Im also curious myself to try that down hill pipe mode, I will look into it today. Thanks bud!

 

[Shield Arc]

Got a pretty good deal, $720.00. Guy is suppose to drop it off Wednesday morning so I can take it for a test drive. He ask if I had a welder where I could try the LN-25 out! :laughing:

 

[weldermike]

Got a pretty good deal, $720.00. Guy is suppose to drop it off Wednesday morning so I can take it for a test drive. He ask if I had a welder where I could try the LN-25 out! :laughing:

Homerun there shield! Yeah funny stuff, I had a neighbor staring at my anvil friday night and he asked me, tell me exactly what you would use this for :0 Hes a farmer and I said tell me exactly what you would use a tractor for. Then he sipped his beer and spit his dip on my basement floor. I told him dont EVER do that again, and I was glad he didnt have to take a crap!

 

[Arc weld]

My buddy bought a used LN25 for $1300 and used it for about 6 month's till a circuit board or something went out. It wasn't worth repairing. Generally they're pretty reliable though.

 

[Shield Arc]

Mike was that for an LN-25 Pro?
Did you see that thread on WW about the LN-25s and Miller VS feeders. Someone showed pictures of the drive wheels of the Pro. I didn't know they came with two geared drive rolls!

 

[weldermike]

Mike was that for an LN-25 Pro?
Did you see that thread on WW about the LN-25s and Miller VS feeders. Someone showed pictures of the drive wheels of the Pro. I didn't know they came with two geared drive rolls!

Yeah bud, just checked my receipt. Remember "partial order completed" lol, had me worried for a bit. I was thinking thats where the good deal came from. But it does say K126 pro.

 

[Shield Arc]

No I meant is your new LN-25 the Pro version.

 

[Arc weld]

Lincoln is stealing a page from Miller on dual drive and dual dual drive drive rolls. There's a tongue twister. Say that fast 5 times. :laughing:Their newer model wire feeders(LF series) have a similar style to Millers long established drive roll set up. The K126 Pro gun has a replaceable liner unlike the standard K126 that doesn't. Under $2000 with the K126 Pro gun is a pretty good price if it's an LN25 Pro. Up here I think they're around $2300 without the gun and around $2550 with just a MIG gun. Never sold an Innershield gun but I'd bet they're more pricey than a MIG gun, not sure though.

 

[Shield Arc]

Quite a few months ago I was playing around with some 1/16-inch ESAB Correshield 8. My Lincoln LF-72 feeder would not feed the wire even though I was using My K-126 gun and serrated drive rolls:confused3:. It will feed .045" solid, dual shield, and flux core self shielded wire with no problems at all. I haven't tried any .052" solid yet. Funny my LN-25 has no trouble with 5/64" wire. :confused3:

 

[Arc weld]

That's odd.

 

[Shield Arc]

I guess that's what I get for buying used. Maybe one of these days I'll run into a good deal on one of these!

Power Feedｮ 10M Dual Wire Feeder (Bench Model)

 

[weldermike]

No I meant is your new LN-25 the Pro version.

Oops dont know how I srcewed that up. The receipt says ln 25, and k126 pro. I will definaty look into that before the order. Glad you guys found that! Thanks