Anyone own a Eastwood welder

chuckinnc · Aug 20, 2014

I bought a Eastwood 135 wire welder from a local auto body shop, it was used with flux wire only but has gauges for a tank.
I couldn"t find a used Lincoln so I hope this band
is ok, also I have read using gas instead of flux wire makes welding thin steel easier, Is this correct? I have 2 stick welders for heavy stuff but as newer thing are made with thinner and thinner metal I need to be able to weld really thin stuff.

Anonymous-0 · Aug 20, 2014

You can't weld "really thin stuff," such as a tin can, with flux core...that takes gas, I've been told.

I have the Eastwood 135, and I've only used it a little, but so far I like it...after having to extend the leads so they were long enough to reverse the polarity as necessary. [Connections were soldered and then covered in heat shrink tubing, of course.]

I like the infinite voltage/wire speed settings, because they let me fine-tune to the material I'm welding. How it'll perform over the long term remains to be seen, but so far it's been really good.

Ken-Pa · Aug 20, 2014

Yes, using Argo with a mig helps emmensely while welding thin metal . But you still need to do your welding in a spot effect , letting it cool as you weld . I have a Miller Cricket XL 110 which can even weld thin aluminum with a different type of Argon . I have a former friend that is a professional welder that used it to weld an aluminum race car chassis & body panels . Hope this helps .Give that welder a chance at least .God bless, Ken

thartiga · Aug 20, 2014

I bought an Eastwood 135 this Spring. I use 0.035 wire with mig gas mixture. I think it is 80/20. Really works nice. Used quite a bit for gravity wagon repair and exhaust repairs.

I have a Miller Bobcat 250 for the thick stuff but the mig with gas is the cats meow for the thin stuff.

Tim

Stan in Oly, WA · Aug 21, 2014

Flux core wire runs hotter than solid wire. It's one way a person can squeeze a little more capacity out of a 110 volt wire feed welder if they don't have a stick welder for larger jobs. For running mild steel solid wire, you have the choice of two different shielding gases: pure CO2 or Argon/CO2 blend. (There are other choices, too, but these are the most common.) CO2 is cheaper, but it runs hotter and causes more weld spatter. C25, which is 75% Argon and 25% CO2 allows the coolest and cleanest welds. If you won't be using the welder a lot, the higher cost of C25 shouldn't be much of a problem, and you'll enjoy working with it much more than with CO2.

Stan

Mark in Monroe · Aug 21, 2014

Hey Chuckinnc, I had to go to TSC to get another spool of .024 wire to work on welding a P/Up box with my Eastwood 135 machine. Works great with the Argon/CO2 gas at recommended setting- even filled a few holes I blew thru while welding in a patch on the floor.

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