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[48548]

Quote ave.... grinding and paint makes me the welder I ain't.

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[R_Holiday]

My $0.02 as a new welder that learned watching mad YouTube videos and emulating what I saw. Just starting and don’t have much money get a 20lb bottle of CO2. You can get a used one for cheap, it costs about $20 to swap it out and you get 174cf of gas to weld with. With practice the welds look good and you get good penetration with it. I’m decent and can lay down a nice looking bead for someone that learned off YT and have only been at it for 6 months and about a hour of welding time per week. I now use C25 because I got a great deal on a customer owned used bottle. I’m learning to make stainless steel exhausts for my cars which I have a bottle of trimix that I’m just waiting to get a little better before tackling that job. I got a Vulcan migmax 215 for $250 so I couldn’t pass it by though it’s HF. So car it’s been great. I’ll echo the go with 240V crowd. I used both since the migmax 215 is capable and 240V is the way to go. The welding is just so much better. Also, if you’re gonna get a Lincoln get an official Lincoln; not the ones from Lowe’s or HD. I think it’s the same if you get it from Walmart. You can check FB marketplace for a good deal on a used Miller. Good luck. Jody from weldingtipsandtricks.com gives great advice as has already been mentioned.

 

[48548]

My $0.02 as a new welder that learned watching mad YouTube videos and emulating what I saw. Just starting and don’t have much money get a 20lb bottle of CO2. You can get a used one for cheap, it costs about $20 to swap it out and you get 174cf of gas to weld with. With practice the welds look good and you get good penetration with it. I’m decent and can lay down a nice looking bead for someone that learned off YT and have only been at it for 6 months and about a hour of welding time per week. I now use C25 because I got a great deal on a customer owned used bottle. I’m learning to make stainless steel exhausts for my cars which I have a bottle of trimix that I’m just waiting to get a little better before tackling that job. I got a Vulcan migmax 215 for $250 so I couldn’t pass it by though it’s HF. So car it’s been great. I’ll echo the go with 240V crowd. I used both since the migmax 215 is capable and 240V is the way to go. The welding is just so much better. Also, if you’re gonna get a Lincoln get an official Lincoln; not the ones from Lowe’s or HD. I think it’s the same if you get it from Walmart. You can check FB marketplace for a good deal on a used Miller. Good luck. Jody from weldingtipsandtricks.com gives great advice as has already been mentioned.

Great deals.... all of my bottles were used and I got good deals on them..... I am going to start practicing more as well.

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[Notgrownup]

I just got a Lincoln Pro Mig 140. My son in law used it for a year and sold it to me...I need to get a gas t@nk and I will be good to go.

 

[soloz2]

I was able to pick up a few pieces of scrap metal to practice with. I'll have to get some moreat some point, but I also need to run the 230v line, undercoat and get snow tires on my car so I'll be pretty time limited for the next little bit. Summer tires aren't very useful with the 6" of snow we got last night. [emoji23]

 

[soloz2]

First welding project is in the books. I made a chain lamp for my wife for Christmas. It didn't come out perfect, but I'm sure with practice I'll get better. I'm happy with how it looks. [emoji3]

 

[48548]

First welding project is in the books. I made a chain lamp for my wife for Christmas. It didn't come out perfect, but I'm sure with practice I'll get better. I'm happy with how it looks. [emoji3]

Looks great

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