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This thing is great.
Two group 31 batteries will push .030 flux wire through 3/8" steel NO PROBLEM.
Have has mine for years and used it and borrowed it to a lot of people. It just keeps working.
I also have a Premier Power Welding system on my Land Cruiser and it works great as well.
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This thing is great.
Two group 31 batteries will push .030 flux wire through 3/8" steel NO PROBLEM.
Have has mine for years and used it and borrowed it to a lot of people. It just keeps working.
I also have a Premier Power Welding system on my Land Cruiser and it works great as well.
thanks poser for the feed back.
sounds like a very cool unit, and not bad value either.
with a welder like that you could repair most things on a cruiser, to at least to get you home...
Mark W
Yep, I really don't really care that much I guess.
I've been using a Ready Welder for trail repairs for several years. Great tool. No complaints.
Mark...
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rusty_tlc
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Our club bought one. Nice way to go if you can't afford to get one of your own.
So far the only time we have needed it was to fix a rig that was blocking the trail and holding our group up.
So far the only time we have needed it was to fix a rig that was blocking the trail and holding our group up.
X2,
Mine's been used to repair leaf springs and weld a rear differential. Works great, the rear diff is still working.
Cruiserdrew
On the way there
A Ready Welder is on my short list this season now that I can weld (sort of). Which of their models is the one to get? I really like the simplicity of the battery hookup. Where is the best place to purchase?
rusty_tlc
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IIRC we found the best deal at Summit. No shipping charges since they have a distribution center in Sparks.
I bought mine in ebay maybe a year and a half ago for $375. shipped free. At the time it seemed like there was a price war going on the things because I watched them keep falling as far as $345. Might be still cheap there.
It's a good thing. You can hook it to three batteries and it'll put out amps and weld hotter than most any mig a person's likely to have at home, AND it's unbeatable for welding aluminum - just add aluminum wire. It can put out enough to weld 3/8" aluminum - maybe bigger with the third battery though I haven't tried. On top of that it'll work as a spoolgun with a mig welder.
The gun looks awkward as hell but it's surprisingly well balanced and easy to use.
It's a good thing. You can hook it to three batteries and it'll put out amps and weld hotter than most any mig a person's likely to have at home, AND it's unbeatable for welding aluminum - just add aluminum wire. It can put out enough to weld 3/8" aluminum - maybe bigger with the third battery though I haven't tried. On top of that it'll work as a spoolgun with a mig welder.
The gun looks awkward as hell but it's surprisingly well balanced and easy to use.
rusty_tlc
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Did you mean a stick welder?
Not to put words in anyone’s mouth, but I have a spool gun set up with aluminum and power it from a MIG machine, along with a DC TIG rig...
rusty_tlc
Dain Bramaged Member
Not to put words in anyone’s mouth, but I have a spool gun set up with aluminum and power it from a MIG machine, along with a DC TIG rig...
All I was thinking is a MIG already has a spool feed. The Ready welder would add that capapility to a stick welder.
Am I having another brain fart?
I meant mig. Although Miller sells a spoolgun for general use with my welder and the welder is setup for plug and play with it, I didn't think I needed that for welding steel, and don't.
But aluminum wire is relatively soft and fragile. It doesn't feed very reliably through a lined feed to a mig gun. (the only way I could get it through was to lay out the welder gun line straight and even and even then the feedroller gouged and messed up the wire) So I put a roll of aluminum wire in the ready welder and hooked it up to three batteries for my occasional aluminum need. It works great for that, and all those batteries had no problem generating enough juice for the amp eating aluminum.
AIR, the readywelder won't work with a garden variety DC stick welder. I posted about it once long ago, but don't remember the why of it now. I think it could be done with an AC/DC stick welder though, acting as a power supply only. Right now I'm thinking why wouldn't a DC welder work? After all, batteries supply DC. You go look it up...I'm tired.
Seems like there's an answer on readywelder's website, maybe in the FAQs.
But aluminum wire is relatively soft and fragile. It doesn't feed very reliably through a lined feed to a mig gun. (the only way I could get it through was to lay out the welder gun line straight and even and even then the feedroller gouged and messed up the wire) So I put a roll of aluminum wire in the ready welder and hooked it up to three batteries for my occasional aluminum need. It works great for that, and all those batteries had no problem generating enough juice for the amp eating aluminum.
AIR, the readywelder won't work with a garden variety DC stick welder. I posted about it once long ago, but don't remember the why of it now. I think it could be done with an AC/DC stick welder though, acting as a power supply only. Right now I'm thinking why wouldn't a DC welder work? After all, batteries supply DC. You go look it up...I'm tired.
Seems like there's an answer on readywelder's website, maybe in the FAQs.
rusty_tlc
Dain Bramaged Member
My mistake, I didn't realize the spool head was considered a different beast from the regular MIG spool feed.I meant mig. Although Miller sells a spoolgun for general use with my welder and the welder is setup for plug and play with it, I didn't think I needed that for welding steel, and don't.
But aluminum wire is relatively soft and fragile. It doesn't feed very reliably through a lined feed to a mig gun. (the only way I could get it through was to lay out the welder gun line straight and even and even then the feedroller gouged and messed up the wire) So I put a roll of aluminum wire in the ready welder and hooked it up to three batteries for my occasional aluminum need. It works great for that, and all those batteries had no problem generating enough juice for the amp eating aluminum.
AIR, the readywelder won't work with a garden variety DC stick welder. I posted about it once long ago, but don't remember the why of it now. I think it could be done with an AC/DC stick welder though, acting as a power supply only. Right now I'm thinking why wouldn't a DC welder work? After all, batteries supply DC. You go look it up...I'm tired.
Here is what the ready welder site has to say about using their product with MIG/Stick welders.
From the model 1000 manual;
From the 1000ADP manual: