Lets talk welders (Page 1/1)
MidEngineManiac APR 16, 10:41 AM
Has anybody tried one of these ?

I know, it's just new packaging for the old buzz-box light duty ones, but it looks like it might be handy for "quick" jobs and inconspicuous enough that maintenance and building management people dont go yapping about a guy with a welder in a condo

https://www.temu.com/ca/sem...601099513053213.html
theogre APR 16, 03:52 PM
Temu = total con to ripoff. Bad or worse then Wish crap.
IMSA GT APR 16, 04:34 PM
Since these are the same tool just under different Asian names, this one looks exact to the one in your link and it seems to work very well:

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Jake_Dragon APR 17, 11:19 AM
These kind of welders are more for quick repairs, they are bulky and going to be hard to manage if you have lots of welding to do.
MidEngineManiac APR 17, 11:42 AM
Apart from general frame work, there is only one specific job I have in mind.

I need to stretch the trike frame about 14 inches. I'm thinking rather than just sleeve/epoxy/bolt new tube sections in, it might look neat to do 1" angle iron on 4 sides of each tube in a diamond pattern, open in the middle.

Being able to weld in here would open a WHOLE new world of possibilities. Right now I am pretty much stuck applying aircraft building methods (bolt/rivet/epoxy) to light motorcycles, and it isn't ideal.

(Yes, it's indestructible industrial ceramic floors and I have enough sheet metal around for spark guards. No diff really than welding in a house garage. Safer probably since there are no flammables stored. I'm a redneck, not a dummy )

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Jake_Dragon APR 17, 01:03 PM
I used a 110 flux core welder from harbor freight to weld the front end back on my Fiero after the accident.
Its small enough to put on a small cart. No matter what kind you get the bright light is going to give it away
MidEngineManiac APR 17, 04:42 PM
Bright light ?

I just tell them I was using a ouija board and accidently opened a couple portals to hell. Nothing risky or anything.

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FieroJimmy APR 17, 05:34 PM
I have to imagine stick welding with a 4lb stinger shaped like a cordless impact would get very old, very fast.

It is a novel idea, but not all novel ideas are good ones.

In the same $100 range, you can find more traditional briefcase-style machines that will allow a standard electrode holder.

For example: https://www.amazon.com/Upgr...81766829&sr=8-5&th=1

The entire package is under 8lbs, 12"x11"x6", and you don't have to try and swing the entire welder around to get to the other side of the tube/frame.

Oh, and twice the power.
TakeTwo APR 19, 05:34 PM
The Titanium 125 amp easy flux welder from HF is surprisingly good. Was able to weld 1/4" mount brackets with full penetration without any issues at all.. was very surprised by this little welder.
82-T/A [At Work] APR 20, 09:14 AM

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Originally posted by MidEngineManiac:

Has anybody tried one of these ?

I know, it's just new packaging for the old buzz-box light duty ones, but it looks like it might be handy for "quick" jobs and inconspicuous enough that maintenance and building management people dont go yapping about a guy with a welder in a condo

https://www.temu.com/ca/sem...601099513053213.html




I mostly agree with the other comments on here. You can see that this device was originally a power drill, and they've simply re-used the case to create a hand-held welder (note the base is where an 18v NiCad would normally go). The thing is, the reason why it's as cheap as it is is because they're reusing parts (think Pontiac Fiero). But in reality, this isn't going to be a very durable (or easy to use) tool. I think something like this is great if you're just trying to weld something quickly, and don't want to pull out your whole welding assembly. Think tile work... if you just need to cut one tile, are you going to pull out your 8" sliding table wet-saw? ... or are you going to get your hand-held masonry cutting saw?

Thing is, if you have the space, and you expect you're going to be doing a lot of this more often than not... then I recommend getting (like what someone else said), a simple flux-core mig-welder. Doesn't require gas, the flux is already in the line, and it's super-easy to use. Probably not much more, and it'll last longer too.

Temu generally has junky stuff, but a lot of it has gotten much better over the past couple of years. A lot of it is rebadged Harbor Freight stuff, which in turn is also basically just rebadged U.S. stuff that's made in China. I have a Temu soldering iron, and their higher-quality stuff is actually quite good. When I say quite good, I mean, you are actually getting a decent product that you would actually keep and use (not something that you'd throw away after a year).