Kris K
4x4 Addict!
- Location
- Heber City, UT
Found a Lincoln 225/125 AC/DC and, picked it up for $100. Thanks everyone for your help I'm sure I'll be asking a bunch of questions soon on how to run a AC/DC welder. I've only ran AC before..
sorry that ones mine.
I wondered if that was the one you found. Good deal.
start with some E6010 (home depot sales it), weld on DC+ and just spend a few nights welding lines in some scrap steel. don't get lazy and weld the dirty/painted steel, take a few more minutes to clean it before you start. And post some photos so we can see those first welds.
My other hint is that one of those auto-darkening helmets will make it way easier to weld with. The cheapo ones from harbor freight work just fine. That way you can see what you are doing all of the time.
So a E6010 rod would be best for all around use? So is DC+ reverse polarity and, DC- is negative polarity? Will a E7018 rod work better with DC?
Is this correct? DC straight = (DC -) ,DC reverse = (DC+)?
You have that backwards.
I got it from one of the links you left me. Just want to make sure I understand the diffrent settings on the welder.
It looks like from looking on Linclons website that I can run the 7018AC's I already got will run on DC+. So they won't be a waste after all.
I never said my notes were accurate![]()