Re: Is Gas Welding Practical?

Posted by Richard on January 23, 2002 at 03:55:27 from (32.100.31.233):

In Reply to: Is Gas Welding Practical? posted by Tim Briggs on January 22, 2002 at 14:32:02:

A 80 year old man that lived next door (before he passed) did nothing but gas weld way before I was born. He swore by it and there were no jobs too big. He gas welded some 2" bar stock for me about 20 years ago which has held up very well (I was very skeptical when he did it). He had an antique Lincoln cracker box that he rarely used.
It took him about 1/2 a day to weld my stock up and he was "very" experienced. Bottom line, very timely, costly, and lots of experience is needed to gas weld heavy material and the risks can be way to great for someone without experience.

I have two suggestions for you, I bought a Hobart 140 AMP DC machine driven by a Honda that works terrific around the ranch here, it's not cheap but it has it's purpose ($1500). Nice little set up and is very portable. Also has a generator.

Next, check the internet for alternator welder conversions, they are very easy and can do up to 130-140 amps if you get the right alternator.
You can mount it on your old farm truck or stick it on the tractor and it is available anywhere you can drive to.

My collection here is the Hobart 140 amp gas machine, a 350 amp Idealarc from the 70's, and a Hobart 175 mig. I Run the 350 amp machine on a 30 amp breaker and it does fine up to around 150 amps or so. It's wired for 50 amp service but all I had was a 30 amp breaker at the time so that is what I used. Now I have a 50 amp breaker, but haven't taken the time to stick it in there yet.

In "my" experience, 140 amps will weld almost anything out at the farm. I'm not a professional welder but I have built my own pens, chute, gates, and a few implements without a problem.

Good luck.

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