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03-18-2010 21:08:35
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
Everyone Else, Thank you for your comments , wheather they were good or bad , postive or negative. Everyone's entilted to their opinions and free thoughts, but still you can't beat a free $200.00+ welder that works. Yes , there are better more expensive ones , but while they are nice to have you have to be a serious welder and do a lot of welding in order for it to pay for itself. I'm just a beginning / hobbist welder , so this welder will do me just fine. I'll admit , though, that I would like to have a better one . Oh well, maybe someday. Thank you, Whizkid |
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03-22-2010 16:05:10
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-18-2010 21:08:35 |
Let us know what you you think after you have welded with it. | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 21:17:53
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-18-2010 21:08:35 |
Cman and IH2444, Thank you for your words of encouragement. I think that if I take care of it and don't over do it , the welder will be good for what I need it for. I wish that it could weld up to 1/4 in. thick metal, for decks on lawnmowers . Thank you, Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 18:25:10
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
HEY; BUD. If you were to go to your farm and family center I am sure you can get your spring and your spool tention nut there, I did. $8.00 at the most. SOME PEOLE HAVE ALL THE LUCK. I have one and I think it dose a great job. JR.FRYE
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03-18-2010 20:46:07
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to JR.Fyre, 03-18-2010 18:25:10 |
JR.Fyre, Thank's, I'll try TSC this weekend. It's the closest welding store that we have . There maybe another one,though . I'll look in the phonebook. Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 10:32:57
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
You did better than I. I paid $450 yesterday for a 140 amp. They had the ones like yours for about $220 | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 20:50:14
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to DoubleR, 03-18-2010 10:32:57 |
DoubleR , Thanks . It was a once in a lifetime chance for something like that to happen to me. Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 09:55:04
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
I read online at CHpower.com last night that there is a conversion kit that I can buy for this machine to convert it to a Mig welder. Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 11:26:53
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-18-2010 09:55:04 |
Whizkid you’ll get more bang per amp with fluxcore than with Mig. You may or may not have gotten my point with my gooseneck trailer build comment. The point I was trying to make is: You have to know the limitations of your new welder, as well as yourself. I have a little 220-volt single phase wire feed, 200-amps at 100% duty cycle. With the proper joint configuration I would weld 1/2-inch thick material with it using the Mig process. Anything thicker I would switch to .045 gas-shielded fluxcore or 1/16 to .068 gasless fluxcore. I won’t run any wire larger in size than .068, don’t want to let the smoke out of my machine! :wink: |
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03-18-2010 20:55:00
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Puddles, 03-18-2010 11:26:53 |
Puddles, I understood what you were saying, more or less . I knew that you were talking about angles and welding , but I just stated that you won't have to worry about that happening anytime soon as I don't have a gooseneck , but I wish that I did. Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 16:36:56
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Puddles, 03-18-2010 11:26:53 |
Whizkidkyus , don't let em beat you up over your little freeby wire welder. We started with a little 120V Century wire welder with the gas kit. It was good for sheet metal and up to 1/8 steel. Everything bigger got welded with the Lincoln DC stick welder. The little Century always did have trouble burning .030 solid wire, you needed to make sure the 120V feed was heavy and short, or it really struggled to produce enough amps to burn .030 wire. A couple years ago we got a millermatic 212 for the main shop welder and retired the little century for those light jobs that the big miller could not reach. To make the little 120V welder more portable for jobs like welding combine grain elevator sheet metal, way up on top of the combine in a breeze that would kill a gas sheilded weld. we removed the gas kit and fitted the little welder with a spool of .030 flux core wire. This not only made that little welder a lot more portable and able to weld in wind, but flux core wire is about 50% flux, so is about like welding .015 solid wire. With that little metal to burn, the thing now works great, even on the end of a 50ft 12GA extension cord. Used within it's limits, your little freeby welder will do just fine. |
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03-18-2010 20:57:50
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Jon Hagen, 03-18-2010 16:36:56 |
Jon Hagen, I'm not going to let them beat me up. Everyone's entitled to their opinions about it , but still you can't beat a $200.00+ freebie that works. Whizkid | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 09:32:25
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
I have a welder exactly like yours. Works very well and does everything I ask it to do. It is not a 225 amp arc welder and to even think it will weld 1/4' steel is ridculous. Use it for the intended purpose and I guarantee you will like it. | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-18-2010 08:19:17
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
Good deal Whizkid, Great price and something to use till you can get better equipment later. A cheap/free welder is better than no welder for sure. Candy expiration code cheat sheets. Don't weld the washer lid closed or you will be in trouble.
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03-18-2010 05:06:38
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
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| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
True , my welder may be a cheaper brand and it may be small amp wise and not able to weld thick stuff , but for small jobs around the house , it's perfect for me . When someone gives you something free that cost over $ 200.00 new and it works , you can't complain about it. However much it does ,is that much. I'm not much of a welder , nor do I really need a big high priced welder , although it would be nice and I would like to have one, but can't afford it right now . Actually ,I don't really know how much that it would cost new , the $200.00 was just a shot in the dark price , but I do, however know that they are over $200.00 new period , no matter what the brand . The last time that I looked at them in Walmart about five years ago , they were more near the $300.00 range . Whizkid Playboy e magazine pdf. |
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03-18-2010 03:45:12
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 22:21:29 |
Whizkid hopefully you understand that with your newly acquired welding machine comes a huge responsibility! I categorize these the same as a “Saturday Night Special”, maybe they should be called a Saturday Afternoon Special! Personally I think there should be a law passed where a person has to pass a written test before buying one of these! :wink: So in about 2-weeks time I’ll be reading a thread started by you asking how to figure out the down angle cuts on the 12 X 35# S-shapes beams you’re using for your under construction 25,000-pound GVWR gooseneck trailer you’re building with your new welding machine? :roll: |
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03-18-2010 09:52:38
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Puddles, 03-18-2010 03:45:12 |
Puddles, I won't be building or working on a gooseneck trailer as I don't own one, nor do I have anything to pull one with . Sure would be nice if I did have one, though. Since I don't have one ,though ,think of the gas that I save without having another vechile to worry with , especially with a big vechile that's big enough to pull a gooseneck. Whizkid
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03-17-2010 20:49:21
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
Looks an awful lot like my Clarke wire feed. You might want to check and see if it has a plastic or metal shield that the wire feeds through. My Clarke welder had bigtime feeding problems from day one. After fighting it for several years, I figured out it had a plastic shield the wire fed through, and the plastic would heat up and bind the wire. I replaced the plastic shield with a steel one from a Hobart welder and it's been flawless ever since. |
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03-24-2010 02:27:59
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Goose, 03-17-2010 20:49:21 |
Ive seen reports that Clarke is going out of business. | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-17-2010 18:36:06
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to Whizkidkyus, 03-17-2010 16:25:13 |
I had one of those. Got rid of it, as it could barely stick anything over 1/16' together. Replaced it with a 140 amp Lincoln. 10 times the machine. The Lincoln will match my 180 amp Hobart up to the Lincoln's capacity. For free a good deal, anything paid for it would be too much. | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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03-17-2010 20:49:32
| Re: How Lucky Can A Person Get ? Campbell Hausfeld Wire .. in reply to chvet73, 03-17-2010 18:36:06 |
Maybe the guy that let you take it is the lucky one? It's not much of welder and will most likely give you fits trying to get it to work properly. If a new one is only a little over $200 should be pretty self explanatory. Sorry. Dave | [Log in to Reply][No Email] |
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