Tried to continue welding floor patch in. Tried is the keyword.
Punched three new holes in OEM floor. before I
Using a HF internal flux welder. Flux weld is a bitch to grind down.
Quit before I made things worse.
Went back to honeydo's.
PS I really suck at welding. On my fifth spool of wire.
Man, I hear you. I bought a HF welder a long time ago that was a complete piece of ****.
I really didn't have anything to compare it to, though, except for a bigger 230v Hobart 'Iron Man' that I had at work (I'm not a welder), so I thought maybe 120V home welders just sucked? I fought with that HF special for way too long, and I finally called them on it. They refunded my money and told me to junk it. So I did.
Then I went and bought a reconditioned Hobart Handler 140. I'm really glad I made that decision because it's an amazing little welder and infinitely better than that POS HF one. (Maybe new HF ones are better, I don't know?).
But seriously, it was night and day different. I actually enjoy welding stuff now.
I will say, though, that if you have access to argon, I would certainly recommend using it. It's much cleaner and easier using real shielding gas, especially on sheet metal.
When I first got this welder, I borrowed a gas bottle from work and pretty much welded an entire Toyota pickup back together with it. lol...
I can completely understand not wanting to invest in a bottle and get it filled, though.
As others have said, Lincoln seems to make great little welders, too. I'm sure they're just as good (if not better) than Hobart/Miller, I just don't have much experience with them (we have a Miller and Hobart where I work, which are basically the same. My Hobart even came with a Miller gun).
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