Merry Christmas Ben....
Stop in for a cup of coffee
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zkx14
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About 2 hours north -San Fernando. I havent even seen a pic yet. But he says like new triple plate chrome. My biggest concern is it may look too good lol. I will PM you
OK, no problem....
Ben Drinkin
Hey bartender!
And to you sir..
Esab rebel 215.don't be a hater
What cha got?
Stick welds like a dream.
Mig is a piece of crap. Inconsistent at best. Tacking panels, same panel same metal goes from perfect tack to blowin holes. It wont stay consistent. Next without changes it goes to cold welds.
Merry Christmas to you too Tim!
zkx14
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Merry
I though esab was top shelf....
I do just enough welding to know I suck at it. lol. I see you do a good bit. So gotta believe you are not the problem and I can't be of any help.
I though esab was top shelf....
Should have bought a miller.Merry
I do just enough welding to know I suck at it. lol. I see you do a good bit. So gotta believe you are not the problem and I can't be of any help.
zkx14
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It's 7:30 Christmas Eve… You guys start your shopping yet? 
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Just about ready for crab legs.It's 7:30 Christmas Eve… You guys start your shopping yet?
Wifie does all the shopping.
No point me going out and buying the wrong color,size and brand....
Everyone will be happier if i just stay out if it.
No point me going out and buying the wrong color,size and brand....
Everyone will be happier if i just stay out if it.
zkx14
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Yeh, about the same here. lol
zkx14
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Mrs is making some shrimp kabobs
It's 7:30 Christmas Eve… You guys start your shopping yet?
Nope
Unconventional
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Me too. Just not a lot of time on a wire welder.
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Mrs SLO just rocked some shrimp fettuccine!i love this time of year. We eat and drink like pirates.
Ddaddy
Just doing what I do
Wishing everyone here a very Maxxy Christmas!
I have welded plenty with the wirefeed, it just seems like I am welding old dirty metal, which the stick welder acels at, not so much with the wire feed. A lincoln wirefeed.
Clean and shiny. Thats what i try for. My 25 year old clarke 100 amp did a way better job on light stuff.
The mig is fine on 1/8 and up.
The tig part of the welder, i cant say. Im in the wanna learn stage.
Being lift arc its an art in itself.
The mig is fine on 1/8 and up.
The tig part of the welder, i cant say. Im in the wanna learn stage.
Being lift arc its an art in itself.
zkx14
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My Hobart 140 does a pretty nice job if the metal is clean and I remember to turn the gas on. 
Hobart makes a nice machine...My Hobart 140 does a pretty nice job if the metal is clean and I remember to turn the gas on.
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I TIG for a living but to Mattax point it can be less handy on sheet metal than a wire feed. You will never know how it hurts me to admit anything good about wire feeders as I have earned a living repairing and or replacing broken wire feed welds!
Mattax
Just the facts, ma'am
You sound like my dad, he welded mostly TIG as well. Would pretty regularly get small production runs of small aluminum boxes weld together - Thin sheet but always TIG. Just had to have it set up right and move quickly. I could do the welding OK once it was set up - but not good enough to be trusted with the actual job.
He had two TIG welders, atomic-hydrogen, arc, gas, and one MIG dedicated to filling aluminum castings. Those castings came in frequently enough, that's what the machine was for - nothing else.
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