There has been a lot of discussion about welders and how-to lately. I thought it was due time to put together a list of places to get about all the info that one would need on welders. Below are some links that will make for some great reading. I will add more as I locate them. If anyone else has any more links that they can add please do so.

Link to Lincoln homepage:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/default.asp

A lot of info on the process, FAQ's and how-to's:
http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/list.asp

Link to Hobart homepage:
http://www.hobartwelders.com

Hobart's message board
http://www.hobartwelders.com/mboard/

Welding 101 (good reading)
http://www.hobartwelders.com/techtips.html

Link to Miller homepage:
http://www.millerwelds.com/

Miller welding library with links to there message boards:
http://www.millerwelds.com/education/library.html

Found another link. This one is 15 short videos showing some basic stuff. Here is a quote from the page.



http://www.expertvillage.com/interviews/welding-basics.htm

Great info, I bought a 110v Lincoln welder at Home Depot a couple of years ago. I basically suck at welding, I don't even trust my welds they look so crappy. And I really get mad when I blow a hole through the material I'm welding.
I'm going to read some of this stuff.

-Jim

Ditto that, Jim. I got a Hobart 180 mig and my welding still sucks. I made some real pretty welds at work but had one of the guys there set the welder up for me. So I have a little technique, but no knowledge on settings

I'm gonna watch the videos, bring home some dumpster scrap and try to do better then "puddle and grind"!

I have found that it just takes a little while to find what the best heat setting is vs the feed for each material. I have even found that lowering the gas output to about 12PSI on the hose side makes a major difference. It is definitely a skill as well as a feel thing. It is pretty easy to lay down a nice weld on flat surfaces and even long radius tubing it is just those small 1.5 and smaller tubes that are a pain in the butt.

Really arbuilder, i actually run my gas up around 25 in the garage...what wire diameter are you guys using, i use .023 and i crank it up on light wall tubing....the key is "bacon" if it sounds like bacon frying your good....

and not to cause a roar, but its actually cubic inch per minute, not psi....

Just kiddin.. Definetly sounds like bacon fryin. I used to run mine at 20 but it was not getting enough heat for some reason. I turned it down and wham it penetrates great. I use the lincoln super Arch .030 wire.

http://www.offroadfabnet.com/

http://s6.invisionfree.com/ToolBoxTalk/ ... act=SC&c=1

http://www.deltaschooloftrades.com/

http://www.weldingweb.com/

And if you dare, these guys have all kinds of info, not necessarily on welding itself, but tricks, tips, theories etc on everything metal, tubing, horsepower, you name it. I spent 4 whole days reading through their "Shop and Tool Talk". http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/

Wow... I could spend a few days reading all this.

Time to make this a sticky and I'm moving it to the home built section.


Thanks for posting all this!