Hello from Iowa

[David Gardiner]

Originally Posted by crashfarmer

Thank you David.

While I haven't done a whole lot of metal shaping I have done some of what would be more appropriately termed fabrication. I own a big old Forney stick welder. I bought it at a farm auction years ago for $54. A few years ago I got to thinking that I wanted a wire welder so I went and bought a cheap Harbor Freight unit for $99. I thought I'd try out the wire welder idea without much outlay right off the bat. I ended up welding numerous items with it. I replaced some rusted out sheet metal on one of my seeders. I fabricated and welded in new floors in an old Chevy pickup that I owned at the time. I even repaired a salt shaker holder for a McDonald's restaurant with it. I used it a bunch until it started to blow out a fuse inside the unit. Then I went and bought a new Lincoln wire welder since I knew how well I liked having a wire welder.

Wire welders are great but I use gas welding most of the time because it is quick, I don't get much distortion and its easy to dress out...



David