lets see your welders

[speed bump]

When I bought my 5 and 6 welder I realized I might have a problem.

Mig Welders:
Lincoln power mig 255. I was going to buy a Hobart 190 and be done with buying mig Welders but this popped up with a bottle for $800 and now I have more welder than I will probably ever need.

Miller sidekick. My first mig welder, it is a decent heavy duty 110v welder but due to the size I am selling it.

Century 110v mig: surprisingly this is better for sheet metal than the Miller and it only cost $25.

Miller econotig. Went to look at a shotgun and ended up with both the shotgun and this. Haven't tried tig with it but it is a nice arc welder.

Miller Thunderbolt buzz box. My first welder, unfortunately it almost never gets used anymore.

Airco Super Hornet engine drive. Basically an orange Miller big 40. Unfortunately I never use it, so it is going up for sale whenever I get it out of my dad's shop.

 

[atthebeach]

Rik O'Shay

Millermatic 211 on a Harbor Freight Welding cart-

I'm not a big HF fan, but I'm hearing rumors that this welding cart is pretty heavy duty. What is your opinion?

 

[Roberts210]

Lincoln AC/DC stick welder.
I use it every day it seems like.

 

[montanafordman]

Here is my little Hobart Handler 140 on a Harbor Freight welding cart.
It would have been nice to get the HH 210MVP or Miller 211 (or even a $3000 tig setup for that matter) but this is what my budget and electrical service could support at the time. I'm using it to weld patch panels on my 31 Model A and I"m pretty happy with it so far.

 

[Steve from Socal]

Here are my two main welders, a Dynasty 300DX and an XMT450MPa. The Dynasty is on a furniture dolly in the picture, I needed to get inside a tight space. The XMT has a D-74 MPa feeder and a Smith mixer set up for short arc and spray.

Steve

 

[Dean64]

i don't have my own welder at home but here is what i use every day





we have about 250 on site mostly miller 652's

the suitcases we use are mainly

lincoln ln25's

and miller

extreme 12 vs


we run either .052 or .062 wire fluxcore

we have a alot of automated equipment also.

 

[Levaughn]

Golden Gate.

 

[GLTHFJ60]

my fossil fuel abuser, 1955 cat d315 twin arc welder. its under refurbishment. it's actually 2-300 amp welders ganged together inline.





when i got it.


taking it apart.




new sheet metal.


the whole story so far.
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.ph...-Lincoln-300x2-Twin-Arc-welding-machine-today

That is awesome. Are you going to use it, and if so, for what?

 

[GLTHFJ60]

I've got a Hobart Ironman 210 I bought three years ago used. Machine runs like a champ. I don't have any pictures of it because whenever it's pulled out it's being used, lol. Looks just like this:

 

[Gerald O]

My AHP Alpha TIG 200X on a Harbor Freight cart.

 

[Cope]

No pictures right now.
Miller Model 88 250 Amp AC Stick
Millermatic 210 Mig
Hobart Handler 187 Mig
Longevity Tigweld 200EX Tig
Longevity Forcecut 42i Plasma

 

[Waltrip88]

My 211

 

[niferous]

Here is my Miller 252 with digital controls.

 

[Heavy Metal Doctor]

no closeups, but here it is on a little job for a friend: old Miller Trailblazer gas driven and 12VS suitcase Mig




I also have cheapo Clarke 110Volt machine running flux core wire at home for quick little light jobs.

 

[JDN]

In the shop a pair of xmt 304's with 70 series feeders along with a 212 and on the service truck a trailblazer 302 and 12vs feeder

 

[sberry]

Nice stuff on this page.

 

[wrenchguy]

That is awesome. Are you going to use it, and if so, for what?

Somewhat, i'm a vintage caterpillar collector, its mostly for show. I believe its 1st of 6 built. here it is basically done with a video.








Hot Rod Lincoln , Cat Powered welder

 

[KM223]

Somewhat, i'm a vintage caterpillar collector, its mostly for show. I believe its 1st of 6 built. here it is basically done with a video.







Hot Rod Lincoln , Cat Powered welder

That's amazing! Fantastic job you have done!

 

[yhprum]

Holy smokes!
You call that a welder? This is a welder!
Nice Job BTW.

 

[montanafordman]

Holy smokes!
You call that a welder? This is a welder!
Nice Job BTW.

Haha yeah I think Wrenchguy pretty much deployed the "mic drop" on that one!!

We have a massive Lincoln Torpedo Welder in the grain elevator on our family farm I'd love to fix up and have "just because." Its nothing like the diesel driven welder Wrenchguy restored but it would be a fun project. It runs on three phase power and I just don't have the room for it though. Our land is leased out now and the welder hasn't been used in years. It looks like this one - hopefully the OP doesn't mind but I borrowed this image from welding web.

 

[Waggoner72]

Here's my 1978 Sa200 that I fully restored.
From this.


To this:

 

[William Payne]

Ready to come home. Been at my day job while I setup at home, now coming to my shop.

 

[wrenchguy]

Here's my 1978 Sa200 that I fully restored.

nice, real nice.

 

[Jawn]

New-to-me welder today... Lincoln IdealArc 250. This monstrosity came up for sale locally, so for $150 it became mine. No leads yet. I've never done stick welding, so I guess I've got some youtubing to do.

I've had this Campbell Hausfeld mig-flux for some time, and it was my dad's and I used it some before that. He bought it new, probably about 12-15 years ago? Hasn't seen a ton of usage, but it does good for light duty stuff. I added the cart. I do have a small gas bottle for it, but it's dwarfed and hidden by the cart.

 

[Project_shadow]

My Hobart 175 mig/flux and my alpha 160st stick/tig
Hope to get a hf 4 drawer cart to make a welding cart/table out of it



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[isuhunter]

Here is my little Hobart Handler 140 on a Harbor Freight welding cart.
It would have been nice to get the HH 210MVP or Miller 211 (or even a $3000 tig setup for that matter) but this is what my budget and electrical service could support at the time. I'm using it to weld patch panels on my 31 Model A and I"m pretty happy with it so far.

I like your setup! How do you like the cart?

 

[Boost Creep]

my 211

 

[pete379]

New-to-me welder today... Lincoln IdealArc 250. This monstrosity came up for sale locally, so for $150 it became mine. No leads yet. I've never done stick welding, so I guess I've got some youtubing to do.

I've got a lincoln like that - bought it new - then when the wire feed machine came home it got demoted to air-arc duty then a few years later I got a plasma cutter, and found out it can do 95 % of air-arc duty. poor thing sits unused !
good machine though

 

[dogdog]

He is sleeping on the job ATM...

 

[pepi]

IT worker by day.... metal worker off hour and weekends

Greg

 

[sberry]

I have a 200 almost identical, bought it new in about 80.

 

[sberry]

I always thought I would find a deal on a Dialarc or Idealarc but never did. When we went to wire it wasn't such an issue, I do have a 300 Synch but never used it on stick. The little AC/DC is still my go to in the shop or to reach outdoors. I have it hooked on to a loom, 2 stingers, common ground and extensions.
I did a remod, you can see the pile of connectors that I removed that worked their way in over the years.

 

[rockinacummins]

1954 Lincoln SA200 shorthood (before and after)




Mid 90's Lincoln Ranger 8




2016 Lincoln TIG200 Squarewave

 

[wrenchguy]

Uh-huh, gotta love the 200 pipeliners. i heard back in the day "if it weren't lincoln it beed rund off the line".

 

[ADSR]

1954 Lincoln SA200 shorthood (before and after)




Mid 90's Lincoln Ranger 8




2016 Lincoln TIG200 Squarewave

Nice gear!!

 

[rockinacummins]

Nice gear!!

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

 

[stroked93]

My millermatic 200 Inherited from Dad. Good machine makes up for my lack of technique

 

[isuhunter]

 

[Cope]

My welders. HH187 is not at home, and missed the picture. Left to right: Miller Model 88 300 amp AC, Miller MM210, Longevity Tigweld 200EX and Longevity Forcecut 42I.

 

[zmotorsports]

Reviving an old thread. I was out working in the shop this morning and realized I hadn’t taken a picture of my welders with the new addition in our new shop.

From left to right, my Miller Dynasty 300DX Tigrunner, Miller MM251 MIG welder with .030” wire, newly added Millermatic 211 MIG welder with .023” wire and under my ESAB 875 plasma cutter is my portable Miller Passport MIG welder.