I've used one of those Mosa welders a few times in a pinch but really can't say I liked it - no way would I buy one - they have very poor arc strike & snuff out real easy ( I presume but can't confirm very low OCV ) I also don't feel they put out what is claimed in amps but this was a well used...

Still seems overly expensive for what you're getting, but that's just my take on it. It would be cheaper to make a heavy duty extension cord. Anywhere you can plug in within about 30-50meters of the boat at 240V? Yeah I was thinking it was damn dear for a toy size, considering you can get a big ban...

I think they're a waste of money especially since the compressor ain't worth a darn. Youd be much better off buying a good generator and welder separately, and perhaps integrating them in a custom roll-able cage/trolley. Thanks Oscar, I also had a feel for the weight of those 2 0r 3 in ones and the...

Louie1961 wrote:what's the material being welded and by what process?

MILD STEEL 3MM, SANDBLASTED AND PRIMED AND PAINTED. STICK WELDING using a WIA 140 amp inverter.

MORNING ALL, Hey I have this boating dilemma whereby I have lots a welding to do on the boat but it costs $ 45 a day at the powered work jetty, and no others have power. To make a short story long, I wanna get one of those 3 in 1 things and was wondering if anyone here has any info on 'em. Are ther...

MORNING ALL, Hey I have this boating dilemma whereby I have lots a welding to do on the boat but it costs $ 45 a day at the powered work jetty, and no others have power. To make a short story long, I wanna get one of those 3 in 1 things and was wondering if anyone here has any info on 'em. Are there...

Mornin' all, i have a 3mm (1/8th " ) deck section to weld, simple lap job, the sheet is about six and a half feet long and at one end it is one metre wide, (3'3") and down the other end its about 880mm (2'11"). It requires a slight camber just to run off water and it has two deck beam...

Post actual pictures of all the settings and the physical set up. In other words, pics of the mounting of the spool of flux core wire, the drive roller your using, etc etc etc. Also, your vision needs to be 100% taken care of for you to make any progress. With flux core, this is more or less what y...

Mike Westbrook wrote:Watcha welding size of metal? type ? Position ?

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I gave the mig away and I'll stick with stick welding.

i would get a bottle of gas and hard wire. yeah i know its expensive (you should see the price on this side of the ditch!) but its much easier to dial in. with mig its all about dialing in the settings. flux core can be really picky on settings especially thin like 0.8. with flux core the flux repl...

Sorry to hear it's not going well but Mig is easy - you just need someone that can weld to set the machine up - then it's like caulking with metal ! - as it's a new machine I guess we can't rule out it's faulty but I doubt it - first thoughts are how are you sticking a contact tip to the work ? flu...

HELLO BLOKE, looks like you are having stick problems like I'm having Mig problems. I'm a veteran of ten minutes mig experience. And I guess you either need an instructor holding your hand or else you do it by the seat of your pants and God willing after countless hours of practice you begin to unde...

Hey bloke, put a suitably sized bolt thru' the gap and weld over it. ! Cut off the head of course and grind the weld flush. As for all this weld.com and forum stuff, Ask questions, you'll get answers. I'm only new here so I haven't yet received any answers from the dead. Interesting things forums, I...

LET ME JUST ADD:
It appears the flat bar bent more to the left due to grain structure perhaps.
I wont waste time trying to correct the bad bend, just start again.

Howdy, Replacing a section of deck on my steel yacht. The deck beams are 2" flat bar (vertical). The deck camber requires the flat bar be bent, about a 5mm camber. I couldnt get the things bent by anyone so I made a jig outa angle, channel and some round bar and a bottle jack. Strangely, altho'...

greetings ! just bought a MIG TIG STICK and some o.8 fluxcore wire. Man it looks like I'll have to spend 8 hours a day doing beads for months before I would even attempt joining metals and I went flux core cause gas here is $ 300 minimum. $200 bottle deposit, + $ 99 a hit for refils of what is calle...

Bought this cheap $500 180 amp junior burger mig/tig/stick and a reel of 0.8 ( 0.30) flux core (cause gas is 300 bucks) Anyhow I'm lucky I'm not Japanese or I'd commit hara kiri by now. Ive watched over and over all of uncle Jody's mig videos but nothing helps. all parameters i.ve tried result in mi...

I have had problems seeing what I'm doing. This lamp was helpful. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A51TMSO/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Also, smoke from the rods fogs up my mask pretty quickly. When I saw what was happening, I started cleaning it often. I guess I should t...

Wow - that is expensive - can't be many pirates round your way - almost cheaper to buy a film than download - it must be a messed up country ! it wouldn't be so expensive if I had a land line, and up to date modem. It is extremely messed up this country, it is controlled by overbearing women and ef...

GIDAY, I'VE noticed on my 48 year old steel boat a few places where stainless fittings were welded to the deck and the deck has suffered. The deck, infact all the steel is high tensile and as the boat was built by a boilermaker yet this union of stainless and non stainless has the ordinary steel rus...

Thankyou all for your replies. I've realised it is better for beginners to start on thick metal, I was practicing on 3mm 1/8th sheet because most of my steel boat is such but I grabbed a big chunk of 4 inch X 4 inch by 6 inch and beaded it to death suddenly I'm producing edible beads and not in con...

Wia are very good quality machines. Not as good these days as when they were Australian made, but still. Hopefully it's just a blown something inside the machine. Unfortunately, just because it's a good brand doesn't mean that it's not going to worth repaing. Firstly, go to http://www.welding.com.a...

is that similar to repair shotgun holes in welders? :lol: i don't know the brand but they look ok. not all Chinese made stuff is rubbish. get someone to check it out before biffing it. if you want a good small stick welder then check out the EWM pico 160 puls. by mem its 6010 mode and pulse stick w...

BEHOLD YE WELDING MENTORS ! I bought this WIA brand 140 amp DC inverter a couple of years back and now after some actual use, a few hours a day it is barely working. It's worked fine up to now. just fired it up and can't scratch an arc. Just opened a new pack of rods,....nothing, checked the leads, ...

Here is an exceptional series of videos for anybody just starting to weld. Allan Little is woodworker and mathematician from Texas. Have been following his YouTube channel for years and can not recommend him enough. https://youtu.be/JmwzAhvzrIE Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Thanks for the link...