Thanks Louie,
Yeah I have the same respirator. I was using the OV cartridge filter combos. I'm assuming the filters you linked are adequate for the welding? The pancakes would def fit better under there.

This all makes me a little sad as I work in a heavy fab industry and we tend to buy most mild and HSLA steel for around 50 cents per pound. Cheers, Alan I hear ya man. It really is a shame. But yeah, I'll ask around at the local steel distributors and see if they'll let me walk through for cutoffs....

Will do Gman, thanks guys

Louie1961 wrote:Any season I weld with the garage doors open and wear a respirator.

Thanks, yeah I was thinking that, I'm just going to need to find a nice helmet that'll fit my 3m respirator underneath. Any suggestions? What ppe setup do you use?

Welcome! I'm originally from just a bit north of you and still have relatives nearby....my sister and brother-in-law live just a few minutes from Spruce Run off 78. The 210MP is a nice machine as Louie said, but there are two things to note. One, you'll have to use 230V to get the full output capac...

The Lincoln 210MP is a fine machine. You will do well with that, the Miller Multimatic 215, or the ESAB Rebel EMP 215ic. All good, and the only differences are the same as arguing between Ford and Chevy...not much. If you are just looking for metal to weld on, and learn with, the JF Lincoln foundat...

Hello All, I'm new here and recently posted this in the Members Introduction thread. I realized the better place for that may be here. I'm new to welding as a hobbyist. I'm an Electrician by trade, work in a data center, building customer rental cages. Work on design of customer layouts and such. I ...

Hello all, I'm new to welding as a hobbyist. I'm an Electrician by trade, work in a data center, building customer rental cages. Work on design of customer layouts and such. I use CAD on a near-daily basis, and started tinkering with Fusion, mostly to cheat on laying out odd ball cuts. Currently hav...