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My current setup:
Lincoln Ranger 10-LX, 250A AC/DC CC/CV power supply, powered by a Kubota 22.5 HP Diesel 3-banger. Last weekend it ate an alternator ($150.64 at the kubota dealer...ouchies..) but otherwise it's been a good machine.

Attached, or I should say soon to be attached to the supply are a Miller arc starter w/both a 150A air-cooled tig torch & 250A water cooled tig torch. I need to find some parts for the 250A torch & build a water cooler for it.

I also have a Lincoln LN-8 Wire feeder sitting in the garage, but I need a special amphenol to connect it to the 10-LX, and a 250A mig torch is on its way.

Mostly I've used the 10-LX with a bernard "shortstub" stick holder but as noted above I'm building a collection so I can do mig, tig or stick with the setup. I'm also working on constructing a trailer for this setup, as the ranger alone is 1100 lbs and it would be nice to keep everything together.

Additionally, I have a lincoln Weld-Pak 100 that I've converted to mig, and a Miller Maxstar 140 tig box that I need to replace the main board on (traded a couple computer things for it)

Hobart Handler 125. Gonna convert to Mig soon. Just learning on the flux core wire first. Didn't want to invest in a big $ rig til I new I liked it and could actually weld. It's actually fun. I'm learning alot. Almost ready to work on body panels. (filling holes and such).

I have a Miller DialArc 250 with running gear, 50' extension cord, and 100' leads on both the stinger and the ground. It also has an AirArc cutting attachment.

I also have Oxy/Acet, Oyx/Propane, and Air/Acet rigs.

For light gauge sheet metal I use a Hobart MIG with CO2 and .023 wire.

i got a miller 250 mig. bought it for $500 from a bank repo sale.

My Henrob DC2000 gas torch, regulators and other bits arrive tomorrow and I'll be straight into it. The panel welding torch operates at only 4pci acetylene and oxy pressure for everything except cutting thick steel. It can weld a nail on to an aluminum coke can and up to 1/2 inch steel plate, because its small cone at the business end doesn't circulate free air from the atmosphere to disturb the air at the weld site giving there is minimal warping or overheating of the work area. Its welds are rated up there with TIG and MIG and the same torch can cut up to 1" steel plate at only 20lb pressure. Great from panel steel, stainless, aluminum, cast iron you name it. I'll send run down after the excitement dies down. Crikey, I'll be able to get started when this baby arrives!

Zacca
1942 Chevy 1 ton, Australia
1943 4WD Blitz wagon
1999 Nissan Patrol 4.2 Turbo

Got a lincoln Weldpak 100 converted over to mig, and the big spools. First project was building my wheelchair welder cart complete with a spot for my HF Chop saw and cheap HF Grinders (Their cheap enough I can have on for each function). Still gotta add the drawer to the cart, then disassemble and paint it. Since I got it rolling been working on too many other projects to get back to it.
MONGO

I used the the bottem of a shopping cart for my lincoln weld pak 100 W\ MIG convertion. most usefully tool in the shop

I have a century 125GL flux core wire welder my family gave me. I think its essentialy the same as Shipwright's Hobart. I have probably pushed 50 lbs of weld wire through the thing on various projects. If you look at my sig you can go to the web page showing my truck. I made the whole flatbed for that rig with that welder. I recently welded back together a 1947 CJ2a including a busted flange on the exhaust manifold just today.

I found an old bed frame on the side of the road and welded that into one of the main cross members of the heep to stiffen in up a bit. I used the welder to weld up holes with a home made welding spoon and to weld in new floor boards, step plates, and braces to the crap parts of the frame.

I also got a victor performer gas rig (oxy/act). I highly recommend the blue flame speed wrench which makes taking apart any old rusty nut/bolt much easier. If done right, you almost never break a bolt off. This tool no doubt saved me HOURS in dissassembly of the 59. And I used it to cut up the crapped out old utility box to scrap out.

I later, on a whim, bought a Henrob cutting/welding gun for use with the gas bottles and that's all I use now. The Henrob is really hot and can make tiny flames or cut through the thick stuff. When you do it right, you can cut just about like a plasma torch. But I use a harbor frieght chop saw for most cuts. The last thing I did with the henrob was bend a piece of 7/16ths steel into a retaining pin to secure the tow bar on my 47 cj2a heep.

I have a Clarke 180EN 220v and a large gas tank on the back of the cart. I started with the flux core and it really didn't do to well. When I started using the gas and got the adjustments correct, the welds look much better.

I have always had Miller Equipment from back in the days (70's) that I had a fabrication shop and 5-8 mechanic/welders/fitters.

My home auto shop has a Miller 250 MIG and a Lincoln 225 AC/DC buzz box which I inherited from my father-in-law. Oxy/acetylene is Victor Journeyman.

I run a Millermatic 251 with a 15A spoolgun. I just bought a Miller self-darkening hood and I really like it. I inherited a Lincoln 225 AC buzz box that I use occasionally. My torch set is a Smith. I just bought a scarificing cutting tip which allows you to cut things off nearly flush, which was really nice for cutting off unneeded brackets off the 9" Lincoln diffy going under the 51. I also have gas welding tips that go from #201 to #209.

I had been toying with getting a TIG welder especially for aluminum but so far the spoolgun has been able to weld anything I require. IF money was no issue I would have a Miller Bobcat (I forget the model) that puts out 480 three phase for running pivots and testing high voltage componnets. A plasma cutter would also be nice:)