Hey. I'm new here. Thinking of turbocharging my wv polo 1.4 Don't know if you have that car over there.

Thing was I want to learn to weld and of course must get me a welder. I understand there are a lot of different types. What do I go for as a beginner welder? Thanks for a great forum btw. I spend hours and hours readning and I love it!

 

what are your intentions with it ? do you plan on making your own manifold or charge pipes ? or do you plan on making a bull dozer ? lol

 

Isn't a VW Polo a golf over here? I saw them in Spain.

 

I don't think polo's are golfs over here, polo's are 1.4 I think golf's are 2.0's. ---- I drove one of those in Europe. Incredibly slow, but then again that's why you are here

 

polo

 

Lincoln sells a "begginer kit" i think its called the lincoln 3200 or some ----. it can be used as a gas or gasless welder. you can pick one up brand new for about $400 at home depot. it would be a real good beg. set. -plus if you dont like it, im sure you could easily sell it for about what you had in it.
my brother uses it gas and gasless, he says it does really good. he likes it.

here it is:

Lincoln Electric
Weld Pak 3200HD Wire Feed Welder
Model K2190-1


Internet/Catalog # 166038
Store SKU# 599867
Price: $459.00/ea

also check out this forum, www.fab-forum.com there is some good info in there.

also check out harbor-freight -they have a kit for $100, but you get what you pay for.

 

It was so nice of you to post that link/picture. Now I gotta go get a home depot credit card. I really appreciate it now that i'll be even further into debt. thanks!

For us welding n00bs, what could you accomplish with that model? Could you weld up your own manifold with it?

 

from judging what my brother tells me, he does nothing but farm work with it, so im sure it would be ok for a manifold.

 

Thanks. Just got approved for a $1500 credit line from HomeDepot. Now I gotta build up the nerve to use it

 

that model will do up to 3/16" steel in one pass if I remember right.Anything thicker than that and you will have to do multiple passes to get good penetration.Consider though,that to weld something that thick with that machine it will be at its max duty cycle(if your using it at home it will make your lights dim).Ive never used one of those but thats what Ive read.

Its ok for bigginers.Like Frank said,if later you wnat something better you can allways sell it and put the money towards a beter one.