bullnerd wrote:
Yes ,it welds thin aluminum(.090)just fine but unfortunately I don't have enough power going to my shop to go any thicker,the lights start flickering!
Whoops,I'm not selling ,that's what I paid.Sorry the for the confusion.
1/4" is going to be about the max I think,you should probably preheat also to make sure.I'm a hobby welder,I would definetaly ask a real welder about it to make sure before you buy one and are disapointed.
Good luck,cant wait to see what you come with.
hoser wrote:
bullnerd wrote:
I have the same one,$1200 on CL.
I don't know how much research you've done and it sounds like your son knows what he is doing but make sure the 200 is powerful enough for what you want to do.A lot of guys say its not for serious aluminum work,aluminum sucks the amps!
Heres mine,basically brand new.The guy had the collet in backwards and was using the wrong gas,said it didnt work.

You try it with aluminum with yours?
Why you selling?
You think its big enough you seen what we will be welding 1/4" thick would be the max on aluminum, doubt he will need a 100% duty cycle not going to be a production setup, if I let him pick out the welder it would be 500 amp with the water cooled torch etc. lmao
Power wont be a problem in my shop when I built the hoser compound the shop power was sized to run about anything I wanted the house I lived in before this one was the same way as yours if you welded the lights flickered because the tight ass that ran the 220 power from the main box used the smallest wire they sold rather than running one size bigger than you actually needed.
I was looking at the specs its rated at 1/4" plate for steel and aluminum, I will be doing small repairs on cast aluminum and maybe fabricating a skid plate/ gas tank all out of thin aluminum 12 gauge maybe some 10 gauge will be the norm, the cast repairs will be small parts like a cylinder that can be preheated in a oven before welding most the castings I have seen that I would be welded on are all less than 1/4" thick and would be running a weld bead of less than 1' long total.
Best price I have found so far is $2,242.00 No tax + Free shipping I downloaded and am reading the owners manual to see if its really what I want, whats cool is it has adjustable controls for aluminum welding where you can adjust the AC balance for cleaning dirty metals.