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(More customer reviews)You may have read other reviews on this item. The main highlights are: QUICK ARRIVAL, GREAT VALUE, and the wire feed is broken, or doesn't work well, or at all. And now my experience:
Ordered it, it came in about 36hours! WOW. So i get it out of the box, set it up and poof! the Motor is making noise but the wire feed wheel is not moving... I open it up(b/c im already expecting disaster based on everyone else's reviews), and the Transformer is mounted dead center in the unit, the wire feed motor is too long to fit properly, so the assembly person simply jam'ed it in sideways and didnt put all the screws in it. (LOL Quality control)
Upon further inspection, the unit is all bent up as if it had been dropped several times. The metal housing is too weak for the 25lb or so transformer that is in there! Anyways... The assembly workmanship on this unit was horrific!!! but from the sounds of other peoples posts, mine was about PAR.
The fix: I mounted the transformer in the unit about 1/4" over away from the feed motor and the feed motor slipped right into place. Buttoned it all back up and whallah... Works like a champ. I call this a KIT because it comes w/ all the parts you need to have a good cheap Welder, but i suspect if YOU choose to buy this unit, you will have to send it back or finish building it correctly your self! HA!
The feed wheel works ok, but not very steady feed, however, i have NEVER welded b4 in my life b4 i got this thing so it may just be me. After about 30-90min goofing w/ it, i could weld competently and cleanly. and I was able to adjoin much thicker pieces than the advertised 3/8" steel.
I recommend this product if you want a super CHEAP CHEAP welder. but beware, the factory workmanship is not up to any American standard of any kind. I recommend an ISO audit for the ole speedway factory!!! I'm sure that would go well...
My list of defects (major design flaws) in this unit.
1. They sourced wrong motor (need one that sits more shallow in the unit). But its very possible they fell victim to the classic procurement blunder of running out of inventory on their primary part, and the dude that sourced the backup hosed it up good.
2. Transformer is too heavy for the thin gauge sheet metal used as the housing and consequently causes the unit housing to buckle and warp (thicken it up guys, geez!)
3. Move the transformer mount over a 1/4" or so. So its out of the way of the feed wheel mechanism (then you don't have to worry about the longer motor, at least till the housing buckles and snaps the motor clean off the feed assembly HA!
LOL Sloppy Engineering!
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This flux core welder handles .023, .030 and .035in. wires and welds 18-gauge to 3/16in. steel. Self-regulating feed control; wire feed speed 0-400 IPM. Duty cycle: 10% @ 90 Amp, 19V; thermal protection with warning light.
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