welders: need advice...

[Loochy88]

ive got a pretty plain wire feed craftsman welder. we picked it up on sale a while ago for about 200 bucks at sears.

i know just about nothing about welders besides the actual process/technqie of welding. What sort of jobs would i be able to tackle with a welder like this.

will it be able to weld portions of my pacesetters/ypipe? I'm assuming these are not stainless...

as far as cutting the pipes, it will be done with just a sawzall and an angle grinder.

[RedFrk13]

That welder is only made for use on thin material like exhaust piping. So it will work great for that. You probably will not be able to get a good weld on anything over a 3/16" thick.

I am new to welding also. I just recieved my welder this week and spend the last two nights messing around with it. I got a 110v hobart. I got it basicly for exhaust work. I am making turbo headers for my truck. Although I am just going to be tac welding them and then take them to my uncle to get tig welded.

http://www.gmv6.org/images/welder/hobart01M.jpg

I am assuming you are running flux-core wire which required no gas. That should work fine, but if you plan on using the welder alot, I would get an argon/co2 bottle with solid wire. It comes out much cleaner.

[Loochy88]

sounds like ill probably see how much i can get done with this one. if it works, im not really too concerned with how the welds look. i can always clean the welds up afterwards anyway.