Portable welder

AtlasYota

AtlasYota

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Anybody got a portable welder around mooresville. I'm kinda in a bind. Need to weld just a tiny piece on my jeep. And the one little piece is preventing me from driving. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
WHERE IS RICKY???

I am worried, we should send a search and resuce team.

:popcorn:
 
Jonny.. you could get yourself a ready-welder..
 
Since Ricky didn't come through when we were shining the fab-light I will try to be a little more helpful this time around. PM ncjeepinyj. He has a welder and is in Mooresville. Mike is a pretty good guy and loves to help when he can. I don't want to make any commitments on his behalf but if you conctact him he would probably be willing to help you out.
 
it is a portable mig welder that runs off of two batteries..

speaking of which do YOU know how to arc weld?

If so...you can take car batteries and jumper cables to make a ARC welder. (2 of them in series will do 1/4" or more)

in series means on Battery A, the + to the - on Battery B....

Then Battery B + side is your HOT/side where the rod goes..

Battery A - is your ground/negative side, clamp to item you are welding

BY THE WAY...if you don't know what you are doing, please DONT try this at home, etc....I have seen it done multiple times on the trail, etc to get someone fixed in a pinch...but usually the guy doing the welding was a welder already.

This CAN possibly hurt the car batteries, esp if you really drain them down hard/fast... small jobs/in small increments (allow batteries to recover and those cables to COOL off)...will reduce this chance....

Ok...hope that helps..I have a readywelder but i am up in greensboro or would be glad to help!

Sam
 
Thanks for all the info in help. I worked it all out. Good to go, for now.
 
Joel said:
Since Ricky didn't come through when we were shining the fab-light I will try to be a little more helpful this time around. PM ncjeepinyj. He has a welder and is in Mooresville. Mike is a pretty good guy and loves to help when he can. I don't want to make any commitments on his behalf but if you conctact him he would probably be willing to help you out.
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Sorry, i didnt see this earlier but i usually dont check the general discussion alot on here. Let me know if you still need help. I am in Mooresville and have a Lincoln 140 welder. PM me i fyou need because like i said, i dont check the GD part very often.
 
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