Recommendations for an inexpensive welder

[20psiofevil]

Lincoln 140 here 110. I have never had e gas hooked up and could have bought the 125. Here is a weld using .030 flux only...

 

[earlbrown]

I usually find the guy at the muffler shop to be the cheapest welder . He'll pretty much weld anything for $30.

I was thinking they weld for beer!

 

[Chuck Leeper]

Lincoln has a deal on the 110V, REAL wire welder... [One that uses gas]. About $679, AIRC.
Includes the gas reg. About 180A, w/ infinite voltage and wire speed controls.
One will find that the really cheapos that advertize 100A, may not weld 1/8" material very well.
Flux core on body panels is a crap shoot.

 

[TexasT]

I have a Campbell Hausfeld wire feed. At least a decade old. Has a regulator but I've only run flux core through it. Handy but it does spatter a lot. I just run the wire wheel before and after and it sticks metal together good enough for me. Anything big I break out the Craftsman buzz box. That ll melt some metal and it is at least 30yrs old.
Your skill level makes a lot of difference. If you can't weld a marginal welder just makes it harder to get good results.

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[Chuck Leeper]

Lincoln 140 here 110. I have never had e gas hooked up and could have bought the 125. Here is a weld using .030 flux only...

Appears to have insufficient heat, and/or too much wire speed.

 

[SAMBALLS1]

I just spent months of research and opted to go with a everlasting 200dx. Its a 110 & 220 inverter with pulse, pre & post flow settings . . I have never welded in my life. . . I had never picked up any type of welder and I pulled of some very decent beads. . . In 1st 30min. . Im dead serious about never ever ever welding. . . . less than 1k for machine... if u are looking for a machine that is user friendly amd super easy to use. . . This is for u. . . And u can have nice looking welds. . .

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[Wahoo]

I need to get a welder eventually, probably tig though.

 

[20psiofevil]

Appears to have insufficient heat, and/or too much wire speed.

I keep heat turned down and wire speed both to minimum settings. It's burned in deep and it's solid. I will play with it some more though to get a better bead. I like to move slow with flux, stitch the weld working back onto the puddle in "C" going bottom to top, top to bottom (if that makes since). Now if I get a fairly tight butt joint I'll pull it straight letting the puddle build behind the arch.