Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to shop
around this weekend, but based on your input, I
will be limiting my search to the best price for
the SP125+. Welding is a big business here (oil
fields) and the largest local welding supply
company is owned by a roundy rounder. Because of
his love of racing, he has started a motor sports
program which offers a minimum of 40% discount to
all racers. It's probably going to be hard to
beat the deal he will give me. I'll let you
know.
Thanks
Dick J
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--- "Ferguson, Darrell" <dfergus@bactc.com>
wrote:
> It's actually a Lincoln SP 125 plus. It rocks !
> I've put plenty of wire
> through it, built the entire chassis with it,
> and no complaints. My
> recommendations for setting up the unit would
> be to get a large bottle of
> your 75/25 mix (CO2-Argon a.k.a. Stargon,
> Stargold, Goldgas..) Get a good
> flow meter (not the BS little regulator they
> recommend for it) and use 10
> lb. spools of wire. When you set the welder up,
> make sure it's on a good
> circuit that has at least 10 gauge wire running
> from your breaker panel to
> the outlet, preferably a dedicated circuit just
> for the welder. Don't use an
> extension cord if humanly possible, if you do,
> use the largest gauge
> extension you can find. Believe it or not, the
> current capabilities of your
> home or shop electrical system dramatically
> effect the quality of your
> welds. For pretty much anything you'll ever
> weld on a race car, from
> sheetmetal to rollcage tubing, this little guy
> smokes every other compact
> mig I've ever used. As to flux core machines, I
> wouldn't trust my life to a
> weld from one of those units. Visually the
> welds look OK from the fluxcore
> unit, but when the Mig is dialed in, you'll
> have a tough time telling some
> of the Mig welds on my chassis from Heliarc.
>
> Darrell ferguson
> BLACK RADON ENGINEERING
> # 939 BBFALT
> http://my.cybersoup.com/blackradon
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com
> [SMTP:dferguso@ebmail.gdeb.com]
> > Sent: Friday, October 08, 1999 8:54 AM
> > To: land-speed@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Welding and Welders
> >
> > hey dick j - i would recommend a lincoln mini
> mig (sp - 130) i think, it
> > should handle 1/4 plate no problem. my
> brother darrell has a lincoln
> > sp-100
> > i think, but it could use a little more power
> once in a great while- maybe
> > he will speak up on the forum, but i would
> highly suggest getting a welder
> > that is NOT flux cored, and it must have
> infinite heat range control and
> > infinite wire speed control if you want tasty
> welds (infinite meaning not
> > a
> > stepped switch control, rather a smooth-
> wherever-you-want-it control).
> > darrell and i have poured literally hundreds
> of pounds of wire thru his
> > unit, and i would highly recommend it , its
> got alot of "balls" for its
> > portable size and works GREAT - doug @ black
> radon
> >
>
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