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Originally Posted by djzphotos
Thank you guys on your advice. I was thinking about doing the harbor freight welder, I found this one for $199. Its a 120amp mig/flux wire welder. It looks like you guys are leaning more toward me doing it myself. I will have to look into the local community college for some welding classes (maybe I can use the credits to go toward my business degree, major in business with a minor in welding  ) |
i bought a similar welder off of craigslist for 30 bucks, the old man just wanted it gone. it was old and dirty and it was apparent the guy had left it out in the rain. but i bought a lead cable for a 220 outlet and its worked fine. i redid my exhaust 3 times. went from straight pipe to flowmasters to glasspacks (i like the glasspacks best). i didnt know how to weld so i kind of taught myself. it was easier with the 220 volt hf welder than the 110 volt hf sells (i bought that one first almost new of craigslist also). but the 220 volt has a lower setting. i kept blowing through exhuast pipe at 50 amps. the 30 amp setting on the 220 made it alot easier. im also gonna use the 220 for the sheet metal work i have to do. im not a expert, but for sheet metal and exhuast the hf welder should do fine. chasis mods is a different story, but i believe the 110 amp setting on the 220 welder should cover that. i may be wrong.