I'm thinking I wont need more than a 110V welder can ofter.
Have many of you started with a 110V only to upgrade to 220V later?

 

i would go with something bigger than 110 but i think 220 is a little overkill unless your welding thick steel. something in the 135-185 range.

 

i'm still learning how to weld. my grandpa, dad, and uncle are certified welders, so i have many teachers

 

miller's AUTOSET---Huh--is this a welder that adjusts the setting for you?

Retard Proof----HAHA

Learned how to weld in High School and then did welding duty (for a local shop) at fat old rich peoples houses making fences, structural welds, misc stuffs. My best indicator--believe it or not--was the feel of the gun vibrations and sound of the weld. Was i "The Natural"?


We will see though what happens when i try to weld me up a custom gas tank....it has been awhile since i welded--but i have a plan.

And like they said penetration is what is important--but please do it safely--you never know who she has been with---HAHAHA just kidding couldnt resist

 

http://www.millerwelds.com/products/...c_140_autoset/

 

I think he was referring to the incoming voltage. Your house must be quite strange if you are wired at 155 volts .... LOL

Um, setting a MIG isn't so complicated that I would pay extra for something like "AutoSet". There's a chart on the cover for the wire spool where you look up the size material, the kind of gas you're using, and the wire diameter and it gives you the settings which will work 99% of the time...

 

hey, i did a little digging for ya on the classes, depends on what part of SoCal you're at, if not too far from Cerritos(LB area), you are in luck. they have a summer short program last only 5 weeks, will cover the basics of stick, MIG and fluxcore(MIG without gas).


Cerrito College
Course Detail: WELD 120 - Beginning Arc Welding

Units 4.00

Lecture Required
Laboratory Required

Course Attribute Transferable to CSU

Description

This is a course designed for the beginning student welder covering the technical and practical aspects of the shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), and flux cored arc welding (FCAW) processes. Welding may be done in all positions on carbon steels. Emphasis is also placed on the safe operation of manual and semi-automatic oxyacetylene flame cutting equipment.

Recommendation: WELD 100 with a grade of Credit or "C" or higher, or concurrent enrollment, or appropriate work experience.

Transfer Credit: CSU









Course Schedule


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Terms Offered:2008 Fall 2008 Spring 2008 Summer

Section Session Status
01-LEC (27192) 6A


Days Start End Room Instructor Dates
MoTuWeThFr 7:00AM 8:12AM Metals 13 Mark Tait 05/19/2008 - 06/27/2008



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Section Session Status
02-LAB (27522) 6A


Days Start End Room Instructor Dates
MoTuWeThFr 8:12AM 11:48AM Metals 13 Mark Tait 05/19/2008 - 06/27/2008



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Section Session Status
03-LEC (27417) 6A


Days Start End Room Instructor Dates
MoTuWeThFr 5:30PM 6:42PM Metals 13 Bruce Johnson 05/19/2008 - 06/27/2008



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Section Session Status
04-LAB (27702) 6A


Days Start End Room Instructor Dates
MoTuWeThFr 6:42PM 10:18PM Metals 13 Bruce Johnson 05/19/2008 - 06/27/2008

 

same argument as A/T vs. Stick shift. hehe....

 

When it comes time to buy a welder toolking.com I bought my Hobart Iron Man 210 for 900.00 refurbished with a 12 month warranty. Toolking has allot of good stuff. As for class most guys I know who weld for a living take a great deal of pride in their work, you buy them a 18 pack of good beer and they would let you be their predecessor

 

Just because someone does it for a living doesnt mean that they are a good teacher OR that they are even teaching proper technique.....We have a really good welding program at our community college here.....and its CHEAP too

 

I think if you will read what his local cc wanted him to do as a prerequisite to learn MIG you will see the contextual basis for my post.

I learned at a community college 20+ years ago.

I guess it depends on the welder and what they weld for a living. Most of the welders I know who weld for a living do so on ASME pressure vessels and piping, so they know they stuff and don't just get to improvise, they must use proper technique, have proper certifications and have usually spent 5 years in an apprentice program to become a pipe fitter or a boiler maker.

 

good point.....The only reason I say that is I have seen "professional" welders who have no clue.....