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- Kintersville, PA
- Vehicle Year
- 2011
- Make / Model
- Ranger XLT
- Engine Size
- 4.0 SOHC
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
Here are my two main welders as the house.
The Airco is big old transformer Mig. It’s designed for light ga production welding, even has a spot timer for doing stitched welds. I bought it for doing body work so it’s perfect for that. Paid $300 and it came with 10lbs of wire and two short tanks mostly full of mig mix
The Forney I bought new for a little over $300. I use this the most. Mostly weld 6010 with it, favorite rod. Can weld down to about 16ga with 3/32 6010. Also good for welding stainless or aluminum, way easier then switching the Airco over.
I also have a crappy HitBox AC transformer up in the attic. I got it for free, and that’s about what it’s worth. It only has a high/low switch. I think high is about 70a and low is 50a. Only rod you can really run with it is 1/16, I’ve only ever seen in 6013. I did one job with it and it was so underpowered that’s when I bought the Forney. It works just fine, but it’s so underpowered it takes a lot more effort and skill on the operator side to do much of anything.
The Airco is big old transformer Mig. It’s designed for light ga production welding, even has a spot timer for doing stitched welds. I bought it for doing body work so it’s perfect for that. Paid $300 and it came with 10lbs of wire and two short tanks mostly full of mig mix
The Forney I bought new for a little over $300. I use this the most. Mostly weld 6010 with it, favorite rod. Can weld down to about 16ga with 3/32 6010. Also good for welding stainless or aluminum, way easier then switching the Airco over.
I also have a crappy HitBox AC transformer up in the attic. I got it for free, and that’s about what it’s worth. It only has a high/low switch. I think high is about 70a and low is 50a. Only rod you can really run with it is 1/16, I’ve only ever seen in 6013. I did one job with it and it was so underpowered that’s when I bought the Forney. It works just fine, but it’s so underpowered it takes a lot more effort and skill on the operator side to do much of anything.