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Back in May I picked up one of these little welders while it was on sale for $90. Read all of the reviews and the modifications that you need to do to make it into a half way decent hobby welder. I have bought the rectifier, capacitor and the resister but have not installed them yet.
Finally got around to doing some practice welds with my 125 as it came from HF. After reading all the reports of bad welds and lots of splatter with a stock HF welder using HF flux core wire I was expecting the worst. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. No splatter to speak of. The welds look ok for someone who hasn't welded in decades. On minimum power I was able to lay some beads on some old rusty exhaust pipe without blowing through. On max power I did blow through the exhaust pipe but was fine on some 1/8" steel All in all I think that this welder will do just fine for me. I'll do some more practice beads before I install the rectifier and the capacitor.
Finally got around to doing some practice welds with my 125 as it came from HF. After reading all the reports of bad welds and lots of splatter with a stock HF welder using HF flux core wire I was expecting the worst. I was pleasantly surprised with the results. No splatter to speak of. The welds look ok for someone who hasn't welded in decades. On minimum power I was able to lay some beads on some old rusty exhaust pipe without blowing through. On max power I did blow through the exhaust pipe but was fine on some 1/8" steel All in all I think that this welder will do just fine for me. I'll do some more practice beads before I install the rectifier and the capacitor.