I'm going to try my hand at doing a welder comparison review:
I'll be pitting the Lincoln 225 Welder
vs the Hobart Handler 140 Welder
.
Why those two? Well, because they're the ones I have at hand. One is my own, and the other is at my job, so I think I can be slightly unbiased.
I have the lincoln 225 arc welder "tombstone" at home. It is a great arc welder, but it's different from the hobart. It's a traditional stick arc welder, and it runs on 220/225V power, so you might need to buy a dryer adapter to hook it up at your house. Most shops have a line hooked up for 220, so that shouldn't be a problem in a workshop.
I like it a lot, and it can weld the crap out of most anything I throw at it. I had to learn how to weld with stick, as you must get the hang of striking the arc without sticking it to the work and burning out the entire electrode like a sparkler.
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I'll be pitting the Lincoln 225 Welder
vs the Hobart Handler 140 Welder.Why those two? Well, because they're the ones I have at hand. One is my own, and the other is at my job, so I think I can be slightly unbiased.I have the lincoln 225 arc welder "tombstone" at home. It is a great arc welder, but it's different from the hobart. It's a traditional stick arc welder, and it runs on 220/225V power, so you might need to buy a dryer adapter to hook it up at your house. Most shops have a line hooked up for 220, so that shouldn't be a problem in a workshop.
I like it a lot, and it can weld the crap out of most anything I throw at it. I had to learn how to weld with stick, as you must get the hang of striking the arc without sticking it to the work and burning out the entire electrode like a sparkler.
Continue to page 2 of welder review
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