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I bought one of those for light welding at my Colorado shack (powered from generator). Almost worthless POS. Spring for something better.

Tracy

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From: David Leonard
Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 2:06 PM
To: Rotary motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Welding Equipment Recomendations

I have a number of small welding projects around the home and hangar

that are starting to accumulate. I am thinking about getting one of

those $100 welders from Harbor Freight but I have almost no welding

experience. There is plenty of info on the web but I thought I would

put the question to my rotary friends.

Given that I just want to be able to do occasional projects around the

home and airplane, what type of welding equipment would be best for me

and what do you consider the minimum power level that is acceptable?

I will skip the desire to do anythng with aluminum. I am thinking

that Arc or Flux Core would be easiest. I tried to weld with

auto-feed MIG and I just couldnt keep up with the wire. Also, most of

the airplane projects are too difficult to keep any gas bubble in

place.

Thoughts?

David Leonard

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