Why is it not to be used for overhead welding?
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As you know overhead welding requires looking up. This allows the molten splatter to land and possible rest on the lens or helmet. The helmet being plastic or some synthetic type of. Please note I was disappointed with that fact. The zoomed in view of the photo simulates the carbon fiber look. It is NOT carbon fiber material. It is my opinion that it should not be used for commercial overhead welding applications. If you use it as a hobbyist be alert to falling molten material while welding (AYOR) at your own risk. Normal welding splatter will not normally harm you or the helmet. Happy Safe Welding. As you know overhead welding requires looking up. This allows the molten splatter to land and possible rest on the lens or helmet. The helmet being plastic or some synthetic type of. Please note I was disappointed with that fact. The zoomed in view of the photo simulates the carbon fiber look. It is NOT carbon fiber material. It is my opinion that it should not be used for commercial overhead welding applications. If you use it as a hobbyist be alert to falling molten material while welding (AYOR) at your own risk. Normal welding splatter will not normally harm you or the helmet. Happy Safe... » Read More As you know overhead welding requires looking up. This allows the molten splatter to land and possible rest on the lens or helmet. The helmet being plastic or some synthetic type of. Please note I was disappointed with that fact. The zoomed in view of the photo simulates the carbon fiber look. It is NOT carbon fiber material. It is my opinion that it should not be used for commercial overhead welding applications. If you use it as a hobbyist be alert to falling molten material while welding (AYOR) at your own risk. Normal welding splatter will not normally harm you or the helmet. Happy Safe Welding. « Show Less
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I believe helmets designed for overhead have a glass viewer or viewer protectios. This is plastic and sparks will quickly pit and destroy the viewer.
224770
I am by no means an expert as this was also my first welder. In my opinion it is close to the absolute minimum to do any serious welding. Buy anything smaller and you will be upgrading very soon. No it can not be use as a stick (arc) welder.
597998
I had to add duct tape to the top to prevent reflections on the lens from overhead lighting. It is other wise useful and mostly good. I use it for both arc and mig welding. A little on the flimsy side.
1559075
I use mine for mig welding and they are awesome - perfect for mig welding. But they are not strictly speaking fire-proof.
2284220
Yes. Cant weld anything over 14g properly. Sold mine and bought Miller Migmatic
2130951
Schedule 80 PVS would be a gamble in my opinion, rated at 21 to 1200PSI. If your application is high pressure I would not trust the welds. I maybe wrong. My experiences are uses not under high pressure conditions. Not sure if this helped you or not. Best applications seems to be automotive body work.
173777
You can do Aluminum with this!!!! Most of these reviews do not know what the hell they are talking about. Is it an ideal Aluminum Welderer? NO! But, just because it is DC does not mean is can't do Aluminum. You will need to use Helium and clean the pieces immediately before welding. This is proven by the following vidhttp://youtu.be/H_DwA0vzKXI
1072811
Yes, the machine runs on 220v or 120v. You are able to weld at about 190 amps at 220 volts but only about 130 amps at 120 volts. Very handy to have the option to use either.
864389
You cannot use a single slab unless you cut out the individuals partitions. It is all metal. This would be difficult. Great idea! But hard to do unless you're a welder.
2064515
You would have to be very,very careful not to break the spot weld at the top ring/handle joint. I don't think I would want 90 deg. It seems tat a lot of control would be lost.
3776
Check your welding rod specs. Basically it should be able to weld just about any thickness with a 220v power source. It would of course have to be a multi pass weld for thicker materials. It will weld pretty much every type of type of steel if you select the right fillers and set up. Given what you're asking, you might take a little more time reading up on welding before you buy. There's lots of free info on the web. ESAB also had a pretty good free tutorial in this education/training section.
1953074
As a practical manner it does not trip the breaker in normal homeowner usage. Can weld all you want on the lower settings in my experience. The upper settings I have not run that much, but expect it to be fine on small projects.
1096774
This is a DC only machine, therefore you can't use TIG for aluminum. You might be able to use the stick process for that with special electrodes but I wouldn't recommend it.
1249555
Haven't a clue, but from other spool gun welder combos, I'd say that if you can match whatever the drive motor voltage is and figure out the plug pins for the feed/gas and welding current on/off are, then you can probably use it with most anything that can provide those requirements. I'd also say that while this is a handy little spool gun and works well with it's Hot Max mate, I think I'd go with something a bit more husky if I was planning to do a cross over of some type like you are asking about. I can say I'm very pleased with the Hot Max & spool gun combo I went with --it all just works. Hope that helps you, sorry I couldn't be of more help.
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I concur with the responses that have already been listed. It is not for the inside of a gas stove nor electrict stove oven. Most overhead hoods have a vent with a 'draw' fan which is activated with a button. Most have a second buton which is for the light which is mounted nearby the vent. Good Luck,T
1096773
I've yet to weld aluminum with it , however , if you're on 220 ,I don't see it being a problem.
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Remember it's a 110vac mig welder- you're talking a rated capacity of 3/16" in mig, and 1/4" in fcaw. So structural is pushing it with one of these, since you'll only be able to swing short-circuit transfer on this machine (spray transfer is all but impossible). Miller and Hobart are going to be similar, but the Miller will likely be able to push a longer duty cycle in the real world. I've never tripped the thermal overload on mine, but have had other machines kick off on me. The fit and finish on this unit is really good, on par with the bigger industrial units.