I’m curious whether anyone is familiar with the Lincoln Electric AC 225 stick welder? I’m thinking of purchasing one.
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I had that one and its a very good welder. I have had it since 76 with not one problem, but I upgrade in 95 to the lincoln 225 ac/dc machine. its about a 100 dollars more. It is 300 % better than the ac machine. DC welding is the way to go easier, less splatter, smooth. welding with a 7018 rod is gravy.
Now not knocking the ac machine but please look into the dc model you wont have to upgrade later.
I did see that one as well. Sounds like a better investment, huh. Thanks for your input.
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they are both real good machine, dont let me talk you out of either, just the dc macine does every thing the ac machine does plus it weld in dc so its a upgrade from plain ac
Since you guys are talking welding I have a question for you. In my hydraulic suction/heater hose thread I mentioned I bent the 1 1/4" plate at the base of my log splitter I beam. It is the plate that the log sits on as the wedge is rammed down from the top.I dont think it is realistic to bend the plate back to a square orientation to the i beam so I see two possibilities.Cut the plate off the i beam with a porta bandsaw,flip it over and weld it back on. Or saw a "v" in the flat plate so it is easy to bend it back where it belongs and weld the now closed "V" together.What do you guys think is most realistic?Thanks,
KarlThis would be happening with an old GE arc welder circa 1950's.
How about weld a wedge or filler to make it square again. A shim.
I generally try to make things as complicated as possible for myself so a shim sounds too easy.Seriously though thats a great idea, I will give it a try.Thanks,
Karl
Known in the trade as a 'buzz box" .
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I'll check that link tonight. Thank you!
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i have some other ones if your interested, forums just like this. The knowledge is awesome. Have fun, be careful take your time and digest what your doing. Stone soup for advice ,maybe but you'll understand later.
I agree with Brownbagg, I've owned both welders and the AC/DC version is worth every dime.
Not only is it a better welder, you will find that DC works better on some applications.
Get the DC version. More $, but worth it.
Mike
my first welder was one... carport sale & $75 later i was the only 12yo on the block with a welder... been welding most days since.... rare that a week goes by and i don't weld something... last week we got up 160ft of steel fence... dug the holes for another 200ft today...
I've had good luck even with a 120v buzz box... mostly mig weld now but still stick weld anything over 5/16" thick... something still cool about lay'n a really nice bead....
hit U-tube maybe buy a book... pick up lots of scrap steel and practice exactly what the books tell you to... i get alot of satisfaction working with steel... the cool thing about steel vs wood... if your steel is too short... it's no problem to make it longer...
P:) good luck
According to PeteyD, don't be welding while Crocking.
Joe H
I have a 225 buzz box and you can do basic welding with it, even making the beads look pretty good but it is harder to use than a MIG or a DC box. As long as you just want to stick big chunks of metal together it works.
With big, cheap silicon out there I am still thinking about putting some kind of rectifier in there to make a DC machine out of it.