welders

[boxcar]

do you guy's think a 110-115 volt welder will get hot enough to penetrate this 1x1 square tubing your talking about. Or do I need to go to a 220 volt. reason I ask is I have access to the 110. thanks, boxcar

[hellbentrodder]

110 welders will work fine for anything you need to weld on a barstool, or whatever you may have to do at home. I would suggest buying an name brand one, such as miller or lincoln(I prefer miller). Harbor Frieght has a Hobart that I have seen as low as $450.00. That machine works well for fartting around at home.

[elvergon]

Yah, it would do it, you need at least 90 amps for going it with stick, and about 120 to go with MIG, if you´ve got TIG you should think for something up to 90 amps too. However duty cycle (the time you need the machine to rest per every 10 mins) might be a little frustrating cause you will probably spend more time waiting for the machine to cool down than welding. If this is not a problem with you 110 volts welder would work fine.

[Mike Bean]

do you guy's think a 110-115 volt welder will get hot enough to penetrate this 1x1 square tubing your talking about. Or do I need to go to a 220 volt. reason I ask is I have access to the 110. thanks, boxcar

Yes, it will work. When I do not have access to my 220V Welder, I load up some .035 Flux Core in my Lincoln Pro MIG 135 and put the frame together with that.

The only concern I would have is when you weld on the rear axle hangers and front spindle mount brackets because they are 1/4" thick. I use my 220V Welder for those.

Mike Bean

[boxcar]

thanks for the info

boxcar