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Old May 8, 2003 | 01:59 AM
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i want to get a welder so i can do little things like weld up some charge pipes, exhaust, or maybe even a manifold. but i wont be welding up exhausts for the whole town or anything. so i wont be using it very often. how about something like this? what do you think? thanks...

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Old May 8, 2003 | 02:27 AM
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harbor freight has a cool one...
Old May 8, 2003 | 03:07 AM
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get the wire feed not the arc welders. those arc welders u posted are absolute garbage u will get pissed off at it and throw it out.

even with the electric wire feeds, welds look like ----.

Old May 8, 2003 | 11:37 AM
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Yeah, those welders are crap. At least get a cheap MIG welder, you'll be MUCH happier!
Old May 8, 2003 | 01:48 PM
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isnt that last one (from harbor freight) a MIG? anyway so how much am i lookin at spending on one of those??
Old May 8, 2003 | 03:40 PM
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if you really can afford it, go with a TIG welder. ARC welding is hard (on small parts) and messy. Plus the flux smells nasty.
Old May 8, 2003 | 04:29 PM
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im cheap...even worse im poor. well not really but i dont make too much money so i dont have 1500+ to blow on something like this. like i said this is just for intermidite usage. cough-like my exhaust hangers-cough
Old May 9, 2003 | 02:59 PM
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eh, if you are really cheap, use JB weld
Old May 10, 2003 | 12:04 AM
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dustin fix your avatar, it looks like ***
Old May 10, 2003 | 12:07 AM
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I agree I need a cheap welder also. I was thinking about that one from walmart. I want to do an exhaust system for my car.

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