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Kellag · January 20, 2020, 5:57am

Mike gets me😂

anon86070286 · January 20, 2020, 6:02am

Lol! Hi I’m Serineh don’t think I met you while at Lancaster! hope you have a great night

Arzamenable · January 20, 2020, 6:07am

@anon86070286, Let me guess, Lancaster was easy too

True, I did abandon you with s5300 for a minute

anon86070286 · January 20, 2020, 6:11am

BillGordon · January 20, 2020, 6:20am

Congrats on the race, Mike, you absolute savage. But @anon86070286 is kicking your ass in here.

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:10pm

I love how the brand is Unimig and the welder is MMA and Tig

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:20pm

My mig welder is a cigweld

Mainflow · January 20, 2020, 12:22pm

A MiG-21…
My grandpa told me some stories about that thing, because he was a mechanic lol

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:27pm

Lol.
Mig welder

Everything else

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:29pm

Is it a plasma cutter too?

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:31pm

The Hypertherm is a plasma cutter. Nothing else.
The Kemppi is MMA/TIG AC/DC welder

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:33pm

Nice. I like working with steel. But need practice. Hopefully by the time I finish this press I will be a lot better, my previous attempts have been pretty savage

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:39pm

Everything is practice.
Start by doing some bead on plate exercises.
Unfortunately the welder you got has a small duty cycle so will quickly overheat and shut down.
Welding can be beautiful

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:43pm

Yeah my mig has a pretty small duty cycle as well. It’s kinda good, reminds me to stop for beers.

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:46pm

Lol, I hate having to stop for the welder to cool down.
Fortunately the Kemppi is 100% @ 170A Tig and 100% @ 120A MMA.
Still there have been occasions I had to let it cool down to continue.

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:50pm

Yeah me too. Dammit. I didn’t think about that when I bought it. Oh well, will just make sure the fridge is stocked before I start

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:52pm

You know what they say.
One welding machine is never enough

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:54pm

Stop it. I’m already trying to refrain from buying a malectrics spot welder as a backup to the kweld… and because I am curious as to how it compares…

taz · January 20, 2020, 12:57pm

I think I can help you there. I have the malectrics and it is working fine.
That said all of these battery welders are really short circuiting the battery for a certain period of time, so as long as they don’t blow up, I do not believe you will see any significant differences between them.
So save your money, the kweld is one of the best (if not the best) and should last you a long time. Let it cool after a few cells and then continue.

glyphiks · January 20, 2020, 12:59pm

This is the problem @taz… i’m sick of waiting for it to cool I have some upgrades in mind for the kweld, but I’m scared I might push it til it breaks… hence considering a backup.