Real Fiero Tech

anyone ever use an HTP welder? there's 2 on CL and I'm thinking about picking one up.

well, the guy had two welders listed, I did a little bit of research, and found that they aren't cheap machines. so I went to take a look. got there, and the guy says he forgot to update the add, and only one was available now, and it was broken, said he'd take $100 for it. I went and looked at it, and was about to say no thanks when he said $40 and it's yours... I figured I could sell the regulator for that, so I picked it up. right now, it looks like it might need a new gun, and there's a missing fuse. I'll probably also replace the hose liner. I plugged it in, and it made the right kind of noises I would expect, so we'll see how this goes.

Which model is it?

MIG 140, it's not a 220V like I would prefer, but the price was definitely right.

well, I did a little play'n around with it today, it's not holding an arc, in fact, it's barely making one at all. I'm going to replace the ground and see if that helps, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll also dig out my DMM and see if it can help point any fingers.

Salut.

new rectifier on the way, we'll see what happens...

The PO left an electric pushmower in my garage when I bought my house. I plugged it in and it didn't work. A few minutes with a DVM confirmed it was the regulator. Regulator priced out at $12. Now I've gotten WAY more use out of that mower than $12 justifies.

My girlfriend has an electric mower Will. Just imagine how much grief I give her about it....

Hehe... I knew I'd hear something about having an electric mower.

My personal slice of suburban hell is 0.19 acres with a ~2300 ft^2 house, 24x32 shop, driveway around back, concrete pad in front of the shop... I don't need to do much mowing.

Also, when it's been put up over the winter, I plug it in and it starts... no futzing with 6 month old gasohol in the carbeurettor...

Nah man, I understand.



I need your man card though. Brah. =)

lol

New rectifier is in, and it appears to be working pretty damn good. needs a new weld time rheostat, but I can work around that. I think I did pretty good for $40(machine) and $122 (rectifier).

link to as new machine:

http://www.usaweld.com/ProductDetails.a ... Code=60140

Nice job!

I just paid a bottle of bourbon for a collection of interesting parts including a cherry picker and a belt driven welder.