Stick welder.

[Erni]

So as part of the continued clean out of junk I accumulated thru decades, I found a stick welder in my storage. Unfortunately I did not take a pic or write the name down. It is a 220v unit.

Are those still useful? What sort of welding can be done with them?
Keep it or get rid of it?

[Irving]

Very useful, great to learn on. If you get rid of it for a song, please let me know.

[Erni]

Will do. If you want to borrow it though, just let me know.

Kid duties are tapering off in a few years, might learn then, too many intrests though.

[Irving]

A like for like stick welder vs mig welder, you can weld thicker material with the stick welder. If you run into a welder on a farm where stuff just needs to get done, it's likely to be a stick welder. Beyond that, I just don't have the knowledge/experience to help guide your decision. I've got a mig welder now, but don't currently have any projects where I need something that can weld thicker. Thank you though.

[00tec]

They are useless.

I'll give you $50 for it.













Of course, the above is terrible advice.

[Great-Kazoo]

So as part of the continued clean out of junk I accumulated thru decades, I found a stick welder in my storage. Unfortunately I did not take a pic or write the name down. It is a 220v unit.

Are those still useful? What sort of welding can be done with them?
Keep it or get rid of it?


ac only, or an ac/dc unit? If it's the ac/dc you can do a scratch start tig conversion to it. While not the greatest as well as reduced duty cycle. It's a great way to learn.

[OtterbatHellcat]

They are useless.

I'll give you $50 for it.













Of course, the above is terrible advice.

lol.

[Irving]

I had a 125amp 110v stick welder that I got from my neighbor for like $20. I tried to start a weld with what was probably an old stick. I also had no idea how to start the weld (I still don't). Since I couldn't get it to start up in the 3 minutes I tried it, I sold it for $20. I wish had actually figured it out, I could have started learning to weld a few years ago instead of just last summer.