Need advice on welder

taltosh · Post by **taltosh** » Mon May 27, 2002 12:20 pm

I just picked up a welder this afternoon, brand name Cebora, model 883. 110v. The only problem is that I have never welded before and the thing didn't come with a manual or instructionnal video.

Anyone can tell me a bit more about this specific model and what its capable of handling?

Also, what kind of glass plate should I use for welding with flux core wire and would I need another set of glass plates if I get the gas setup later on?

Thanks

Chris
Silverthorne Armoury
Azure, a Falcon Or, on a chief embattled Argent, two Fleur-De-Lis Vert.

Galileo · Post by **Galileo** » Mon May 27, 2002 2:40 pm

It's a lousy welder, not worth anything. You should just ship it to me so I can get rid of it for ya

Sasha · Post by **Sasha** » Mon May 27, 2002 4:26 pm

Regardless of what the welder is like, based on your post I would advise very strongly that you seek out a short adult ed course of welding in your local area. At the very least one of the weekend courses run ot of major hardware chains.

The maoney you spend will be well worth it in both tips and knowhow that you directly pick up, as well as the frustrations and possibble equipment damage you avoid.

None of which addresses the main reason to do the course, SAFETY!

There are a lot more issues to deal with then the rating of the lens in your welding mask. You need to know something about the UV the welder puts out and a good deal about ventilation.

Look, I know that most of us around here were self taught welders (with just a little help from the more experienced), but after rather a lot of years welding stuff both for my armouring business and in commercial employ for others (and having taught more then a couple of people to weld along the way,) I can give no better advise then to find a short welding course in your local area and do it. It is the most effecient way of getting vital information into your head.

Sasha

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the longer the shoreline of monumental screw-ups.
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losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Mon May 27, 2002 9:33 pm

lens are cheep go to the dealer and pick up A 10 and a 12
the ten should do it but if you have light colored eyes you may want to start with the 12.
does your welder have a hook up for gas?
if so start wit regular mig.
The procces is a lot cheeper to learn with.
make shure that the size wire matches the tip size.

Gundo · Post by **Gundo** » Tue May 28, 2002 10:52 am

Take a class if you possible can. If not, be prepared to waste a bottle of gas and a pound or two of wire welding up scrap to find out what sorts of feed and heat settings work best, and beating the crap out of your scraps to find where your welds fail. Examining the failed welds should show you what to avoid.

If you don't know what size wire you need, unscrew the outer cylinder from the nozzle, and look at the little brass tip where the wire comes out. It should have the size stamped on it. If not, just unscrew that too, and take it with you when you go to buy wire.

I second the advice to not waste your time and effort with flux-core when you have the gas option.

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Wise Ogre Armory

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Gaston de Clermont · Post by **Gaston de Clermont** » Tue May 28, 2002 5:52 pm

This might help:
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/query/download/TC+9-237
Gaston de Clermont

grendel · Post by **grendel** » Tue May 28, 2002 11:42 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Clermont:
This might help:
http://www.adtdl.army.mil/cgi-bin/atdl.dll/query/download/TC+9-237
Gaston de Clermont<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Wow, that looks familiar :-p