Baby Chinese Inverter Welders

[hdonly0]

Bought one of these little China inverter welders just to see what they are about. I must admit that so far I am pretty amazed. I used it to build some mounts for the front end loader I put on a tractor of mine. Burnt several 3/32" 6013 rods. I have no doubt it will burn 1/8" rods OK too. For less than $100 it is nice and portable. Sometimes I just can't get to my old transformer welder in the shop.

[Oscar]

Yeap, I still have my Tooliom 135S 4lb inverter stick welder. It will run 1/8" 6011s, and just barely enough grunt for 1/8" 7018s @ ~112-115A. Cute lil bugger. Is yours on 120V or 240V?

[hdonly0]

Mine is 240 volt. I have a 10,000 watt generator I can hang off the back of my tractor so I can weld anywhere on my property.

[Oscar]

Yea, they do become quite gut-less on 120V because the arc voltage really shoots down. On 240V, they're not all that bad for basic portable welding.

[hdonly0]

In between all the rain and cold, I got my loader on the tractor. Little "Baby Welder" did a surprising good job.

[R&I]

Is that a 600 or a 800...love those things!...Michael

[Brand X]

Yea, they do become quite gut-less on 120V because the arc voltage really shoots down. On 240V, they're not all that bad for basic portable welding.

The little bit better 120 volt China inverters do quite well on 120 volts.. I liked the little Ironton from Northern tool.. You can't throw all the machines in the same boat on 120 volts..The very bottom feeders do suffer on 120 volts.. If you stick with 3/32 rod in 7018, some run the same as on 240 volts..

[Oscar]

The little bit better 120 volt China inverters do quite well on 120 volts.. I liked the little Ironton from Northern tool.. You can't throw all the machines in the same boat on 120 volts..The very bottom feeders do suffer on 120 volts.. If you stick with 3/32 rod in 7018, some run the same as on 240 volts..

Mine runs a little cooler on 120V, but it still runs well.