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Purchased one of these last week. Finally got some wire and tried it today. This little green welder makes me look "almost" like a pro welder. Very little spatter and easy to make a decent looking weld. Rheostat current adjustment. I guess that's the difference using DC current. Paid $119.
My other welder is the Chicago Electric Flux Core 90. Have had it for years....spitting and spattering mostly ugly welds. It's AC current and only a high-low current adjustment.
Anyone else have one of the little green welders?
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Interesting! Been looking at some new welders either an inverter stick or a flux for when I cant have my bottle for my gas rig and was looking at the green machines..might get one now ...though I do like the versatility of a small stick with a few different rods
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Interesting! Been looking at some new welders either an inverter stick or a flux for when I cant have my bottle for my gas rig and was looking at the green machines..might get one now ...though I do like the versatility of a small stick with a few different rods
I looked at dozens of reviews before I bought it. You have to dig to find a negative...even from pro welders.
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Do you think you would get decent penetration on something like 3/8 plate with something like this?
It runs hot. Even though it's 110v powered it seems to focus heat at the puddle very good. You can tell by the sound of the weld that it's doing it's job and it relatively easy to weld smoothly. I'm impressed by the lack of spatter, but I'm using some wire I bought at a welding supply (the brand is Washington Alloy E71T-GS)...not the HF Vulcan wire and I try to maintain a 1/2" or less wire stick out.
But, I haven't welded anything thick, other than large hex nuts on the top of 1/2" rebar for stakes.
I'll take some pics tommorrow.
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I wondered how those would be. I've got a Hobart 140 (110 AC) flux core wire feed that I've used for twenty years. Just replaced the liner and the trigger on it and it is feeding good and welding with very little splatter again. It was working about like your old one before I did that. And I have a big stick welder that is practically an antique, bet it weighs over 300 pounds. I would like a gas wire feed for inside the shop, but I weld more outside than inside and gas is useless if there is the slightest breeze.
I need to learn how to weld,,, I know practlly nothing about it. Would this be a good thing to start learning? Does this need a tank of oxygen?? Or does this just plug in and rock n roll??
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Oxygen is a mortal enemy to the welding process. An inert shielding gas is designed to keep oxygen away from the welding process. Typically these would include co2 or Argon mixes. I would suggest a class at the local college or somebody willing to teach you. I was a certified welder for 43 years.
I need to learn how to weld,,, I know practlly nothing about it. Would this be a good thing to start learning? Does this need a tank of oxygen?? Or does this just plug in and rock n roll??
Flux doesn't need gas. The wire with core does what the gas does in mig or TIG . I'm learned on flux then stick . Happy i did life got nothing but easier. Had guys in class talk about how great they where but couldn't weld when the machine wasn't a tuned mig. They made us watch this guys videos in class . Really good easy to follow and informative
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I'm like John a complete ROOKIE when it comes to welding...question... does the unit throw your breakers on your house panel? Does a guy need to have a different panel installed?
If you've got 20 amp breakers it shouldn't throw them, unless the circuit is way overloaded. I've never thrown a breaker with my 110 welder and I've plugged it in all sorts of places. Possibly if you have 15 amp breakers like some old houses do, it might throw them? I've took mine to other peoples places and plugged it in without ever thinking about or asking how big their breakers were and I've never had a problem.
I do have one..it's still in the box though, keep meaning to pull it out but my welding needs are few...it was on sale cheap a few years ago, I figured why not...
But I would like to use it build experimental, skiff size, crab, scallop dredges....not sure if it can handle 1/2" rod...??? Not sure I can handle the dredges any more, lol
I took my little Lincoln wire feed to our camp in Canada during our build. Hasn’t made it home yet. For that price I might just get the HF one for home and leave the Lincoln up north. I’ve got a big Miller in the shop but love the little ones with flux core for outside when windy or pairing with generator for welding down at the river.
Duty cycle is 30%. So, can weld 3 minutes and let it rest for 7 min. 3 minutes is a long weld on small stuff. Also, duty cycle is based on running it full power.
I have 20amp breakers. I run it on one that don't have much else on it. Haven't tripped it yet.
I did make one mod....I swapped out the grounding clamp with a little better one (a HF $6 version with copper contact.
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Couple things I read about those welders to make them better, a better ground clamp, like swamp said, and a better grade of wire, according to forums on them....that's all I got!, lol
Couple things I read about those welders to make them better, a better ground clamp, like swamp said, and a better grade of wire, according to forums on them....that's all I got!, lol
That's the only 2 things I did....works better than I was expecting.
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Re: Harbor Freight Titanium Flux Core 125 welder
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#8600450 04/18/2611:29 AM04/18/2611:29 AM
This welder rides in my camp trailer full time when working in woods. My only complaint is a suitcase generator is underpowered, but a 3500 will run the welder. I had a job with a burnt up 30,000 lb generator we needed to snake off the mountain. I took half a day with this welder and a grinder and welded a d ring on the heel rack off a 330 log loader. We pulled the finals and worked the machine down the mountain. Half way down, the excavator cut free and rolled off the edge of the slope on the road. We set lift chains on either side of the undercarriage and lifted the excavator completely off the ground and set it back in the roadway with the harbor freight welded D ring. I won’t work in the woods without one around.
When we are guiding or doing depredation work, we spend several weeks or more on the hill with not much access to service trucks or even a Walmart to scab something together. I bring several sticks of rebar, some angle, half a sheet of expanded metal and the titanium and pretty much can have any vehicle back on the road in an afternoon.
Hats off to harbor freight. And yes Purchase the extended warranty
This welder rides in my camp trailer full time when working in woods. My only complaint is a suitcase generator is underpowered, but a 3500 will run the welder. I had a job with a burnt up 30,000 lb generator we needed to snake off the mountain. I took half a day with this welder and a grinder and welded a d ring on the heel rack off a 330 log loader. We pulled the finals and worked the machine down the mountain. Half way down, the excavator cut free and rolled off the edge of the slope on the road. We set lift chains on either side of the undercarriage and lifted the excavator completely off the ground and set it back in the roadway with the harbor freight welded D ring. I won’t work in the woods without one around.
When we are guiding or doing depredation work, we spend several weeks or more on the hill with not much access to service trucks or even a Walmart to scab something together. I bring several sticks of rebar, some angle, half a sheet of expanded metal and the titanium and pretty much can have any vehicle back on the road in an afternoon.
Hats off to harbor freight. And yes Purchase the extended warranty
You sure have tried it out way more than I ever will.....lol
I just finished 21 rebar drowning rods and locks, and a bunch of rebar stakes.
Got a few other odd and end trap support items to do and then some repairs on a couple conduit deer stands......that's about it for me.
But, I can see where that little green welder will handle some heavy metal work after turning up the heat and wire speed a little.
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Hard to beat $120. I got the Millermatic 211. I'm amazed how much it makes it look like I can weld.
Turn the knob to set your wire diameter. Use the gage to measure your thinnest material thickness, set the dial. Plug into 110 or 220 and turn on your gas. Get a mask that auto-darkens. Grind and clean your work before welding. Grind and clean your work after welding. Watch some youtube videos on pool control / manipulation.
...and you are a welder.
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I started mig welding with the Chicago 90 flux core but got tired of the splatter and cleaning slag and upgraded to the Titanium 140. I have since upgraded to the 170. That 170 is a good machine. I use the CO2/argon mix with mine. I dread running out of gas and having to finish up with flux core wire after welding gas shielded. I keep a small reserve bottle on hand so if I run my big bottle out I have enough with the small bottle to keep going until I can get to town.
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