Looks like I'm getting my Hobart Handler 140 MIG for Crimmus. I've been putting off getting a welder for more than 12 years. Well fuck if I ain't gonna get one now.


BTW, it's about time we had more meaningful threads in the Garage. This shit has been getting boring.

[Edited on December 2, 2005 at 12:12 PM. Reason : boooorrrrriiiiinnggg]

12/2/2005 12:11:10 PM

Why you gotta brag like that?!? Just kidding man, congrats, I've seen a couple of those in action, seem to perform pretty well.

12/2/2005 12:18:18 PM

i'm asking for a miller 175. i'm really guessin i'm not gonna get it, but it's worth asking for if not i'm just gonna hafta save, save, save

12/2/2005 12:20:36 PM

Looks like Dan is going to be doing some welding for us

12/2/2005 12:25:04 PM

nice dan, good unit. you gonna put gas on it too? get an auto dark helmet, one of the best things i've bought.

[Edited on December 2, 2005 at 12:27 PM. Reason : .]

12/2/2005 12:25:30 PM

I do like the auto dark helmets, though I really am used to flipping my lid. Been doing it that way for years!

And I definitely plan on gassing with Unamix or the generic 75/25 ArCO2 blend.

Might even get a bottle of 100% Argon so I can weld aluminum...

12/2/2005 12:41:57 PM

i'm asking for a caftsman torque wrench

12/2/2005 4:05:57 PM

I'm asking for a dremel.

not having my own garage and space to put tools really hinders me in my tool acquisition efforts.

12/2/2005 5:39:25 PM

hopefully i'll get a set of gear wrenches

12/2/2005 6:54:01 PM

I dont really need anymore tools ,just a bigger place to put them. Im hoping to enclose the two other bays of my garage so it will be 4 bays total. Probally still wont have enough room. I have too much junk.

12/2/2005 7:47:31 PM

you do have a buncha shit dave.

i hate christmas, wish it didnt exist, or that I could go about 3-4 more years without it coming back again.

12/2/2005 8:37:31 PM

ive got a lincoln electric welder sitting in my garage. used once and its for sale.

12/2/2005 9:35:03 PM

Stick? MIG? Enquiring minds want to know. Why you sell? Not what you thought?

12/2/2005 9:51:23 PM

sears had little sale. i bought a tool bad and a work light.

hopefully ill be getting an air compressor or something. but ill just buy it myself and tell eveyrone i got it for Xmas

12/3/2005 3:11:34 AM

[quote]optmusprimer said:
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i hate christmas, wish it didnt exist, or that I could go about 3-4 more years without it coming back again.

Yeah I got rid of the Cutlass and I still have a bunch of crap. Im with ya on the Christmas thing..worst time of year...baaah humbug

12/3/2005 11:11:49 AM

ZX I have a handler135, it welds like shit with flux core wire, the initial cost of buying the tank is high but a tank lasts forever. it should come with the hose and regulator. Conventional wire makes a nice looking bead when I do my part.

12/3/2005 1:43:58 PM

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"hopefully i'll get a set of gear wrenches"

you'll wonder how you ever got by without them, they're awesome.

12/3/2005 2:30:59 PM

gear wrenches?

the kind that have a crescent on one end and the ratcheting head on the other?

?

12/3/2005 9:30:17 PM

yea my bad its a stick unit. good welder, given to me when grandfather pasted away, im not a welder and i dont have any intrest in welding right now, i figured someone else could make use of it

12/3/2005 11:10:40 PM

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"you'll wonder how you ever got by without them, they're awesome."

i know.. a friend of mine has them and they're awesome..

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"gear wrenches? the kind that have a crescent on one end and the ratcheting head on the other?"

yeah.. they make some that have the racheting box head on both ends (like a 10mm/11mm)

12/4/2005 3:53:35 AM

damn dan wish i woulda known you were in the market. i unloaded my old hobart 175 with gas and accessories for only 500 a few months back.

12/4/2005 10:36:16 AM

Oh well! T'ain't that big of a deal...I don't have 230 in the garage yet, and the 175 has to have it.

That's the primary reason I'm getting the 140, well, that and portability. It will have to go with me to Smithfield every now and then.

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"ZX I have a handler135, it welds like shit with flux core wire, the initial cost of buying the tank is high but a tank lasts forever. it should come with the hose and regulator. Conventional wire makes a nice looking bead when I do my part."

Yeah, most welders don't do really well with the flux core; it actually takes a good bit of tweaking and you have to weld slowly. I've turned out some pretty nice beads with flux core, but I had to play around with it a bit. Did a buddy's coilover spring seat collars with one, and they turned out pretty good.

12/4/2005 11:40:18 AM