I've got that same chipping 'hammer'. It was one of the benefits I earned from buying a $50 stick welder from Amazon. The welder has been fantastic over the last 2 years or so. The 'hammer' hangs in a place of honor over my workbench so that I may bask in its glory daily.
Not sure if you have tried this 120v welder but I love mine!! GZ GUOZHI Stick Welder Small Mini Portable, 110V 130A ARC MMA Welding Machine with 10ft Electrode Holder Cable & 10ft Work Clamp, IGBT Inverter Welder
Probably useful for in the field patchups to get back to workshop. Bout it I'd say. I'm getting one. I think it's OK. Good enough is usually good enough.
It does seem to work ok, The feedback I have gotten from the companys that send me these welders is that there intent is to use 60XX electrodes, they are not meant for 70XX. Thanks for watching!
After watching videos and hearing talk from lots of people about all kinds of these Chinese/knockoff welders, I think the only real variable in any of these welders is that there is no quality control coming out of the sweat shops. One might be great and one might be horrible just like the one I have. Also, it may be a matter of opinion, this “welder” does, can and will weld, just not reliably or consistently.
@@trailercourtsupervisor I just bought this welder, the J422 electrodes that came with it worked great. I bought some 3/32 6011 and it doesn't run like the others. I'm going to keep using it to see what happens.
@@jasongarcia1758 yeah it worked great even with the 6011 I have but it just would NOT run the 7018, it was probably more to do with being up at 100 amps than anything.
@@trailercourtsupervisor any tricks that may help me get the 6011 rods sparking? I changed the ground clamp to a beefier HFT clamp. You know, that good Chinese quality. Then used the skinny 1/16 AWS 6013 rods. I'm surprised at tensile strength of those cheap rods. I made an fitting to attach my gas auger bits, to my electric mortar mixer for some tunnel plumbing work I'm doing under my home foundation. I'd like to get the 6011 rods working, I have a stainless steel tank I'm making into a solar water heater. My mig welder spatters too much and burns too hot.
let me get down to business, you my friend do not have a clue on how to stick weld; yet along teach others or do a properly review on any products, so, stick (no pun intended) to what you do best, whatever that might be and good luck. p.s. patience is a virtue.
Thanks for stopping by, I do not have a single video based on teaching how to stick weld, that is one form of welding I do not do often enough anymore and self admittedly do not have the interest nor do I believe I should be doing SMAW how to's, based on my lack of practice in the last 20 years. I do have a couple reviews that I am more than capable of conducting, Thanks for the love, good or bad it all helps the analytics 😘
Using more power and 2.5 wedding rods would have been ok ,That is why you're having problems, not the weder poor Demonstration 😢 Very Biast im Afraid 🤬
I've got that same chipping 'hammer'. It was one of the benefits I earned from buying a $50 stick welder from Amazon. The welder has been fantastic over the last 2 years or so. The 'hammer' hangs in a place of honor over my workbench so that I may bask in its glory daily.
@@incorrigiblerogue1193 glad it is working well for you. Thanks for watching.
Not sure if you have tried this 120v welder but I love mine!! GZ GUOZHI Stick Welder Small Mini Portable, 110V 130A ARC MMA Welding Machine with 10ft Electrode Holder Cable & 10ft Work Clamp, IGBT Inverter Welder
I have found them to all be the same equipment re branded.
was that all the hotter it would run? Seemed cold for that rod and metal
@@samzank1187 that was all the beans. It is really meant for 1/16” rod it will burn the 3/32” rod, but barely. It is also only meant for 6xxx types.
I haven't stick welded in 50 years, since HS, and I bought one of these & I was surprised that it worked as well as it did.
They all seem to weld pretty well with 6xxx electrodes. I have found they do not run great at all with 7xxx. Thanks for watching
I am planning on using my generator for my welder hope it works
I would think you should have no problem
I'm glad this one isn't being given away, I would probably win it😂
Haha I wouldn't give away something that works so poorly.
Probably useful for in the field patchups to get back to workshop. Bout it I'd say. I'm getting one. I think it's OK. Good enough is usually good enough.
It does seem to work ok, The feedback I have gotten from the companys that send me these welders is that there intent is to use 60XX electrodes, they are not meant for 70XX. Thanks for watching!
Got no problems with mine works great....👍
@@Chris-t3k3h it works good on everything but 70XX rod, glad it is working good for you. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@@trailercourtsupervisor 6013 rod general all round use...
Does this plug in to a regular outlet???
Yes 110v
The thing is you guys are professional welders, the machine is for occasional small cracks 😅😅
@@hugoenriquez5280 I am a professional welder and I am giving an honest review aimed toward the guy that doesn’t know any better.
I think your logic has some of those small cracks /s 😊
@@incorrigiblerogue1193 well thanks for the feedback
That's funny, I saw someone else do a review on that same pos and they said it worked great??? Can't remember who it was
After watching videos and hearing talk from lots of people about all kinds of these Chinese/knockoff welders, I think the only real variable in any of these welders is that there is no quality control coming out of the sweat shops. One might be great and one might be horrible just like the one I have. Also, it may be a matter of opinion, this “welder” does, can and will weld, just not reliably or consistently.
@@trailercourtsupervisor I just bought this welder, the J422 electrodes that came with it worked great. I bought some 3/32 6011 and it doesn't run like the others. I'm going to keep using it to see what happens.
@@jasongarcia1758 yeah it worked great even with the 6011 I have but it just would NOT run the 7018, it was probably more to do with being up at 100 amps than anything.
@@trailercourtsupervisor any tricks that may help me get the 6011 rods sparking? I changed the ground clamp to a beefier HFT clamp. You know, that good Chinese quality. Then used the skinny 1/16 AWS 6013 rods. I'm surprised at tensile strength of those cheap rods. I made an fitting to attach my gas auger bits, to my electric mortar mixer for some tunnel plumbing work I'm doing under my home foundation. I'd like to get the 6011 rods working, I have a stainless steel tank I'm making into a solar water heater. My mig welder spatters too much and burns too hot.
@@jasongarcia1758 you aren’t aiming to run 6011 on that stainless tank are you?
let me get down to business, you my friend do not have a clue on how to stick weld; yet along teach others or do a properly review on any products, so, stick (no pun intended) to what you do best, whatever that might be and good luck.
p.s. patience is a virtue.
Thanks for stopping by, I do not have a single video based on teaching how to stick weld, that is one form of welding I do not do often enough anymore and self admittedly do not have the interest nor do I believe I should be doing SMAW how to's, based on my lack of practice in the last 20 years. I do have a couple reviews that I am more than capable of conducting, Thanks for the love, good or bad it all helps the analytics 😘
Using more power and 2.5 wedding rods would have been ok ,That is why you're having problems, not the weder poor Demonstration 😢 Very Biast im Afraid 🤬
@@lynjames4306 I know how to make the welder operate properly, this is a review to show the full spectrum of common electrodes.