¿¿¿Lincoln Weld-Pak 100 wire-feed arc welder???

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We have one locally forsale... used... brand new spool, for 230usd. I am thinking about striking a deal up to buy it with a trade involved. Seems like a decent price.... I am interested in using this more for body restorations (replacing body sheet metal, etc)... and some roof racks and other stuff...

Is this a good deal? What is the safest gauge metal that can be welded for bumpers, perches... etc....?

I wish I could afford more but this is as far as my budget allows....
 
that unit is not much fun for sheetmetal.

But it does work.

Get the gas kit and run .23 wire.
 
I've got the "Weld-Pak HD" which is a step lower in the line than that one. It's only 90 amps and not upgradeable to gas (flux-core only).

It works. It's super easy to learn on. It has a variable feed rate knob which seems to be rare at this pricepoint.

The power setting switches are not infinitely adjustable, and sometimes I wish they were for lighter stuff. I wish I could use solid wire and shielding gas; in retrospect that's the one thing that would have made me not buy the one I did.

I have done a lot of sheetmetal and it's been fine. For flux-core, .30 really is a big difference from .35 wire so I keep spools of both handy. With .35, I've had no issues making bumpers and sliders with 1/4" steel.

HTH,
Eric
 
I've got something akin to that Dave, and use it for *most* everything. My recommendation would be to go 220. Never done any body work (as you've seen).

I don't run gas because it's not as easy to haul around. I like the flux core.
 
For that money they're a pretty good little welder. It was my first and I still keep it on a workbench for quick small jobs if the spatter doesn't matter.

It IS possible to weld 1/4" steel but you really have to let it burn in and do more than one pass to make a reliable weld. Not recommended really, and it bugs me that Lincoln advertizes that ability because it's not a good welder for that heavy material. For 1/8" and sometimes 3/16" - yes.
 
Didn't even know they did an aluminum kit for that unit. May have to get the AL kit for my 110 now...

Again, I beat the living crap out of my rig. And almost all of the welds were done with a weld pack. Bumpers, links, my cage and the sliders I used to have.

It works very well.

That being said, I really enjoy my MM175 now tho..
 
MiniPigg said:
I intended on getting the gas kit and also the aluminim kit. I dont expect to weld super duper heavy duty rock crawling bumpers or sliders... it would be cool if I could with the setup.
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Don't look too hard for that aluminum kit, the welder doesn't have enough juice. Aluminum sucks up heat (amps)like crazy and the little welder would die trying. It's got a duty cycle of 20% meaning it can only survive welding for two minutes out of every ten.
 
I have the weldpak 100HD model with the gas kit. Its actually pretty hot. It out welds the esab 120 that I used to have. IF you decide to get the ghas kit, checkout e-bay. YOu can get a kit for about $70. Also, with a relatively low amp welder like this one, I recommend the use of straight CO2 gas.
 
So what is the difference between the Weld-Pak 100 and the Weld-Pak 100HD?

I just got off the phone with Lincoln Electric and asked about differences... they said there was no difference.... the HD stands for Home Depot as its the one supplied and sold at Home Depot.
 
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