[AT] Welding Advice

[Darrell Ratliff]

I have a Hobart 180.  It is 220 volt but it handles both the light and heavier stuff.   For everything else there is the torch or tombstone welder.


From: Mike 
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 5:03 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
Subject: Re: [AT] Welding Advice

Steve, the problem I'm having with the Hobart 110 welder, is lack of 
penetration.  Generally, all I do is puddle weld on the surface without 
biting into the item being welded to.

Mike M

On 2/9/2015 3:02 PM, Steve W. wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>> I hope some of our folks with experience jump in on this, I too am
>> learning to weld. I have an old AC tombstone welder, and a newer 110v
>> Hobart MIG welder my wife got me for Christmas for lighter duty welding.
>> All I can say is what I do is not called welding, sometimes I can make
>> two pieces of metal stick together, sometimes they stay stuck other
>> times not.
>>
>> Mike M
> http://www.weldingtipsandtricks.com/ and his videos
> https://www.youtube.com/user/weldingtipsandtricks
>
> Jody knows his stuff.
>
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/user/ChuckE2009
> He has some good demos as well.
>
>
> As for what to learn, They all have pros/cons for the occasional weldor.
> For farm work without a lot of outlay the stick will deal with
> rusty/thicker steel better than the 110 MIG. The MIG will handle 1/8"
> and under much easier than the stick. If it's breezy and you're welding
> thinner steel the MIG will probably lose it's shielding gas, that is
> when you want to switch it over to flux core. Then it becomes a self
> feeding "stick" welder for thinner metal.
>
> TIG is a great process, it welds just about any metal without a fuss. It
> is actually not hard to learn.
>
> What it comes down to is what will you be welding?
>
> IF you want to update I would suggest the Hobart Stickmate, It is AC/DC
> and can have a TIG torch added to it.
>
>

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