Ready Welder?'s

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I am looking to buy a welder for the trail. How do you guys like the ready welder? Am I just as good to use the jumper cables and welding rod? What does the Ready welder give me that I am paying 500.00 for?
Thanks
Guy
 
RW is a wire-feed MIG.. I'd say that's the biggest difference...
 
Chip Price (upnover) is a ready welder dealer and IIRC has much better prices than $500. Also, he is real knowledgeable about the product.
 
First off, if you are gonna pay $500 you are buying from the wrong guy!
What you get is a very convenient welder, mig/spool gun that comes in it's own carry case for portability.
You get the ability to weld mild steel and stainless steel with or without gas. You also get the ability to weld aluminum.
You get 100% duty cycle.
You get a welder that uses regular consumables you can find at your local welding supply.
You can weld up to 3/4 inch single pass.
You get to know as the guy who save the weekend! LOL
Let me know if you have any other questions. You can also go to www.readywelder.com to learn more.
 
Chip has saved my weekend at Tellico with his Ready Welder and skills. Its been a while back, but thanks again Chip!
 
Dude, support the LOCAL vendors! Have you PM'd upnover yet?
 
buy one, but get it from Chip. They are cheap insurance and good trail karma. Its saved my arse on more than one occassion as well as other peoples.
 
upnover said:
First off, if you are gonna pay $500 you are buying from the wrong guy!
What you get is a very convenient welder, mig/spool gun that comes in it's own carry case for portability.
You get the ability to weld mild steel and stainless steel with or without gas. You also get the ability to weld aluminum.
You get 100% duty cycle.
You get a welder that uses regular consumables you can find at your local welding supply.
You can weld up to 3/4 inch single pass.
You get to know as the guy who save the weekend! LOL
Let me know if you have any other questions. You can also go to www.readywelder.com to learn more.
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Hey upnover
I work at a med sized fab shop (Silverman Company, 48 Swananoa River Rd. 828 258 2131) in Asheville. we do mostly structural (beams and columns) and architectural ( stairs gates and hadrails) and do a fair amount of field work. If you ever are up this way I'd love to demo one.
Thanks
Brian Leonard
 
I have used both (rod and Readywelder) on the same trip. Rod works great for thick things that you can melt and it doenst matter, however if you have something thinner or a tight situations the RW does a great job. I think they should both be a option in the woods....maybe i have just fix a lot of crap in the woods though.

Seth
 
I just used Gregs Ready Welder to weld a friends track bar back on at the SFWDA summer convention. He was able to wheel the the rest of the weekend with no problems. I could have done it with a jumper cable & sticks (& have in the past) but the RW was so much better.
I now have my own Ready Welder from Chip.
Thanks Chip and Greg.
 
I'm the guy that James ^^ welded on. It is still holding up today. I WILL have a RW ASAP. Greg saved my weekend. Thanks again Greg.

As we found out almost any hardware store or NAPA has the wire and tips.
 
Hey Guys,

I made a welder out of a 100 amp alternator works great on the trail,I have a 55 cj5 with a f-head, check out weldernator on a search engine.
 
I love mine! It has saved my butt and many others more than its fare share. It is worth its weight in gold in my opinion.
 
Gofer said:
What's the longest lead for a ready welder?
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I got 30 plus feet added and I think it has 8' to 10' from the factory. Got two blue tops mounted on the trailer so at camp if needed can just plug up and weld anything. They make cables up to 50' I think....Just get big and a little heavy..
 
MR. GADGET said:
I got 30 plus feet added and I think it has 8' to 10' from the factory. Got two blue tops mounted on the trailer so at camp if needed can just plug up and weld anything. They make cables up to 50' I think....Just get big and a little heavy..
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Thanks for the answer
I'd imagine that material thickness play a part but any kind of guess as to how much trigger time on average you can get out of the two battery setup?
 
paper work claims a sustained 45 minutes of welding with 2 fully charged class 31 batteries.That is a bunch of burning.I bought 2 class 29 and have yet to run them down when I weld in my shop.I love mine.
 
Not sure where I read it, but I am 99.9% sure they have told me that you can use 100' of extension without ramifications to your unit or weld quality.
I have a 20' extension I made up of my own and it's always been enough.
 
upnover said:
Not sure where I read it, but I am 99.9% sure they have told me that you can use 100' of extension without ramifications to your unit or weld quality.
I have a 20' extension I made up of my own and it's always been enough.
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thanks for all on the answers.
 
Nother thought for you on the ReadyWelder, if you get the right model, you can use a DC arc welder at home to power your ReadyWelder!

(Which if anyone has a lead on older ac/dc arc welders I am VERY interested)

The only "down" side to welding with it at home for everything is the fact you do not "control" the amount of current. However, if you get the DC arc welder as your power source you DO get that ability back again.

Otherwise the power is 'whatever' you have coming out of the batteries. I used mine up at our property to fix a piece on the tractor, was very handy. Used it a couple times on trails too...and "MIG" is much easier to do than stick for the newbie.

Buy it off of Chip, excellent price and support! Had mine now about 3 years I think? Best money I have spent for the trail next to the winch.
 
Toy with it a while and you can control the heat to prevent burn thru to an extent. Wire size, and wire feed speed, along with how fast you weld, help a lot. Thin stuff............I admit I can't get it to work worth a hoot. Thick stuff, it's the chit!
 
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