[TheForge] Seeking advice on MIG welder

Wed Sep 25 20:53:01 2002

I just ran across a company that makes a battery powered mig.  2 12v batteries either car or lawn and garden and away you go welding up to 3/4 inch!  if anyone is interested, I will dig up the info!

-Chris
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On Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:50:52  
 Adam Whiteson wrote:
>I too have the Hobart 135 and love it.  I wish I had bought this machine 
>first.  When I was shopping around, I took home the Lincoln model for a 
>weekend.  It's ok and Lincoln is a good brand but it was built like a toy 
>while the Hobart is built to do work.
>
>
>Mostly I use the Hobart as a general purpose welder and run flux core w/o 
>gas shielding.  Also it is very very handy  to have a machine that plugs 
>into a 110 outlet.
>
>Adam
>
>
>At 04:01 PM 9/25/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>I've had an Hobart 135 for a year and a half. Absolutely love it. Some day
>>I'll get a larger unit, but not to replace this one: I got it for jobs where
>>I need to plug in to whatever socket is handy, and it's just the thing for
>>that. It really wants a full 20 amp outlet, but will run off your "average"
>>wall socket.
>>I just weld like I weld with my stick welder: if it's too thick, the cure is
>>multiple passes.
>>Anywhere the weld needs to be really clean, it's the way to go. Nice to have
>>it for aluminum and stainless, too.
>>Andy G.
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