$100 Amazon inverter stick welder
$100 Amazon inverter stick welder
After being angry about the pathetic performance of my "Chicago Electric" (Harbor Freight) 125-amp dual-voltage stick welder for YEARS, I finally spent the whopping $100 to try out a Display4Top (the same sketchy Chinese brand that made my plasma cutter) 160-amp, dual-voltage inverter welder (thanks, Jeff Bezos).
As a natural-born skeptic, I plugged that bish into a 200V outlet and cranked the amperage dial up to 160, notched up a 1/16" mild steel rod, and struck an arc on my test piece.
The arc was great, if unexpectedly bright - but within 2-3 seconds, the steel core melted out of the rod and the whole rod caught fire.
I dialed the amperage down to 60 - and still burned another test rod in less than 5 seconds.
This inverter tech is The Shit (tm).
As a natural-born skeptic, I plugged that bish into a 200V outlet and cranked the amperage dial up to 160, notched up a 1/16" mild steel rod, and struck an arc on my test piece.
The arc was great, if unexpectedly bright - but within 2-3 seconds, the steel core melted out of the rod and the whole rod caught fire.
I dialed the amperage down to 60 - and still burned another test rod in less than 5 seconds.
This inverter tech is The Shit (tm).
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Your "toys" make you a dangerous man.
5chn3ll wrote: ↑Tue Jan 18, 2022 4:16 pm After being angry about the pathetic performance of my "Chicago Electric" (Harbor Freight) 125-amp dual-voltage stick welder for YEARS, I finally spent the whopping $100 to try out a Display4Top (the same sketchy Chinese brand that made my plasma cutter) 160-amp, dual-voltage inverter welder (thanks, Jeff Bezos).
As a natural-born skeptic, I plugged that bish into a 200V outlet and cranked the amperage dial up to 160, notched up a 1/16" mild steel rod, and struck an arc on my test piece.
The arc was great, if unexpectedly bright - but within 2-3 seconds, the steel core melted out of the rod and the whole rod caught fire.
I dialed the amperage down to 60 - and still burned another test rod in less than 5 seconds.
This inverter tech is The Shit (tm).
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
You - quite literally - have no idea.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
It is better not to know any details and, therefore, maintain Sargent Schultz status.
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Some of that Chinese stuff is surprisingly good. I was looking at that plasma cutter because it's cheap enough that I could use it for the one project I have in mind and if it stays working afterwards, that's pure win.
Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
It tends to eat consumables pretty quickly - but you can buy a bunch of the consumables for $20 or so.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Mad doctor Schnelly have any old microwaves lying around?
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Do you really think he needs more ideas?
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Until I read that San Diego disappeared under a mushroom cloud due to a hobbyist dabbling in things they shouldn't have, yes. Yes I do.
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Re: $100 Amazon inverter stick welder
Well all righty then. Carry on!
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