wilbilt
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Feb 20, 2005
- Location
- Honcut, Ca. USA
I have a few old stick welders, and have never used a wirefeed unit.
I don't do a lot of welding, and admittedly, not very good at it. My welds have always done what they needed to do, but aren't very pretty. I am usually welding on rusty junk with old moldy rod, but git-er-done anyway. I do tend to burn holes in the thin stuff.
A lot of people have told me I need to buy a wirefeed welder because they are "so easy to get good welds with".
Being an old-school guy, and a bit suspicious anyway, I feel that "good" and "easy" usually aren't found in the same sentence. My oldest daughter is in high school, and has a friend that has been taking welding classes. He came by and thought my old welders were "funny".
He almost wet himself when I hand-cranked the 1949 Wisconsin-powered Lincwelder into full roar. He had no idea what I was doing with the crank until it started. Poor kid...
Do I need to buy a wirefeed welder? Plans for the near future include lots of welding on thin-gauge stock (fences and gates).
Thoughts?
I don't do a lot of welding, and admittedly, not very good at it. My welds have always done what they needed to do, but aren't very pretty. I am usually welding on rusty junk with old moldy rod, but git-er-done anyway. I do tend to burn holes in the thin stuff.
A lot of people have told me I need to buy a wirefeed welder because they are "so easy to get good welds with".
Being an old-school guy, and a bit suspicious anyway, I feel that "good" and "easy" usually aren't found in the same sentence. My oldest daughter is in high school, and has a friend that has been taking welding classes. He came by and thought my old welders were "funny".
He almost wet himself when I hand-cranked the 1949 Wisconsin-powered Lincwelder into full roar. He had no idea what I was doing with the crank until it started. Poor kid...
Do I need to buy a wirefeed welder? Plans for the near future include lots of welding on thin-gauge stock (fences and gates).
Thoughts?