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<blockquote data-quote="backhoeboogie" data-source="post: 772221" data-attributes="member: 3162"><p>Victor is my favorite torch. Kind of pricy but the regulators last a long time and they can be rebuilt by about any weld shop 30 years from now. Cutting tips and just about every assessory you can think of is easy to come by since they are such a popular brand. </p><p></p><p>My boss lady bought me a bobcat welding machine a couple of years back. I mounted it on a trailer along with tool boxes and bottles and cutting rig. Before that, I always got by with a cracker box type 220 volt machine. Probably similar to the one you are looking at. They'll push a lot of amps but you are limited to A/C rod only. That A/C rod is not really a problem for most welding. </p><p></p><p>The only way you can get really good is to burn rod after rod. It would be helpful if someone could get you off on the right foot and show you some basics. </p><p></p><p>There were a lot of old wives tales told to me about welding when I was in welding school that turned out not to be true. Those old timers telling the tales only meant to help me out. I had believed all of it for years and years until my company sent me to an ASME metalurigical class. It was hard to learn some things all over again. Things like after looking over cracks in root passes under a microscope I found out the old addage "If one pass doesn't hold it......" aint true. The second pass eliminates the cracks that occur in machine welds that are set up perfectly. There were a few others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="backhoeboogie, post: 772221, member: 3162"] Victor is my favorite torch. Kind of pricy but the regulators last a long time and they can be rebuilt by about any weld shop 30 years from now. Cutting tips and just about every assessory you can think of is easy to come by since they are such a popular brand. My boss lady bought me a bobcat welding machine a couple of years back. I mounted it on a trailer along with tool boxes and bottles and cutting rig. Before that, I always got by with a cracker box type 220 volt machine. Probably similar to the one you are looking at. They'll push a lot of amps but you are limited to A/C rod only. That A/C rod is not really a problem for most welding. The only way you can get really good is to burn rod after rod. It would be helpful if someone could get you off on the right foot and show you some basics. There were a lot of old wives tales told to me about welding when I was in welding school that turned out not to be true. Those old timers telling the tales only meant to help me out. I had believed all of it for years and years until my company sent me to an ASME metalurigical class. It was hard to learn some things all over again. Things like after looking over cracks in root passes under a microscope I found out the old addage "If one pass doesn't hold it......" aint true. The second pass eliminates the cracks that occur in machine welds that are set up perfectly. There were a few others. [/QUOTE]
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