[TheForge] welder suggestions

[debmiller at fuse.net]

I ditto what Ries said.
And eventually a spot welder and........

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

--- Ries Niemi <rniemi at fidalgo.net> wrote: 
> 
> For the kind of stuff you want to do, I would start with a stick 
> welder. For potentially life endangering stuff like trailer hitches, 
> rotating farm implements, etc, its easier to get deep penetration, 
> strong welds with a stick than with a mig.
> An amateur can do great looking welds on thin stuff with a mig. But it 
> takes a big machine, 250 amps or so, and more skill, to get good 
> structural welds with mig. I would figure more like an $1800 mig 
> machine for welding 1/2" to 1" thick ag equipment parts.
> Whereas it is harder to learn to stick weld, a miller or lincon ac/dc 
> machine for $400 or $500 will do everything you want to do, a bit 
> slower, maybe, but stonger.
> 
> Ultimately, of course, you want both, and then you want a tig welder, 
> and a plasma cutter.
> 
> 
> Ries Niemi
> Industrial Artist
> 
> http://www.RiesNiemi.com
> 
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