well welcome back to Steve Robb reviews looking at going down here guys as far as I'm concerned
this is the best welder in the world I got this given to me in the late 80s for my father and I've
used this welder a lot and I'm talking hundreds and hundreds of pounds a welding rod through it
I'll give you a close look of it up close and the reason why I think this is the first welder that
somebody wants to get into welding what they should buy only if they have a couple of these
criterias Matt well this is it right here Lincoln welder AC 225 s I'm not too sure if they still
make this anymore but this welder is bulletproof and right there you set that at ninety you can
weld all day long at 90 amps and for the most part that's all I've ever really used and I did
put a longer cables on it and at the back fits around the back here I did put a nice long lead
on the back too so it'll go from the back of my garage all the way out in the driveway and like
I said in the beginning there yeah if you do have 240 volt outlet in your shop well then that's the
welder for you right there and I have used Hobart and Miller and tell you the truth I can't tell the
difference so either one is great and I imagine you can pick these up used and I'm guessing that
thing weighs 200 pounds I put it on some casters down there and this thing has been just flawless
well here's my welding table here and you can see my exhaust vent on there and I go down and here's
where I keep my welding rods guys all I use is what farmers use and if farmers like it well I
like it too and I'm not too sure if I can even get a number on here there we go there 70 14 rod and
of course I got two different diameters that's all I use and I know a lot of people are gonna say oh
well you got a go with the 70 18 well here's some 70 18 right here and guys you couldn't pay me to
run this rod I don't like it at all moisture gets to it these rods here some of them are well I'd
say probably five years old and on the end here is an empty hole and I had this package rate in here
and this here friend of mine sold this she was a salesperson for this company called Sardinia
uneven or too sure where you can get this in the world this here has to be the best welding rod I
have ever used in my life and this package here 1/16 and down here I believe it's this one right
here this one right here if I can get you in the shot here this is the only other rod that I use
and if I could get in here the 6013 is another rod that I use and I do have some other rods mixed in
here too and they're hard facing rods of course I got thicker rods and smaller odds of variety but
I do have some hard facing rod some sort a Neum hard facing rods and I'm probably not going to be
able to find them but yeah it's it was a terrific rod for well I can't find them now for putting an
edge on a piece of farm equipment and you put this hard facing rod on first and it's twice as hard as
your welding rods but that's pretty well at night this you know leave them in the containers there
and the moisture doesn't get to them not like this 7018 stuff and that's pretty wallet so I mean if
it's good enough for farmers it's good enough for me well I've had this welder for a long time it's
never a rock quit on me once like you say I can weld all day long at 90 amps and they do make
this type of welder in various different forms I think there's even inverter styles much smaller
than this big giant one here and if you can pick up a welder that'll do 90 amps guys that's all I
usually weld with is that 90 amps I'm not welding great big huge thick stuff and like usual people
will buy welders bigger than what they actually need and for me 90 amps seems to be fine you just
adjust your welding rod to your amperage and you should have no problem at all now I do have a DC
welder and I do prefer it over the AC but there's not that much of a difference for the difference
in price this here today I bet you you can buy this for around 400 bucks where my DC machine
is also a TIG welder is over $2,000 and how much do you need to weld right so unless you're really
into welding I think this is a great first welder to have if you have 240 volts and there are some
inverter series that are 120 volt and there are just terrific to but I don't think you're going
to get them for this price so I just thought I'd bring this up today and just mention what I think
which is the best first welder to get which is actually one of these like I said you can get
like a whole Bart or you can get a Miller and there's other brand names out there I'm not too
big on these offshore stuff because to tell you the truth I don't believe they're going to get
50 years of service like something like this so you guys let me know in the comments below
what you use for your welder and how many yous guys use a farmer rods got I love the 70/40 and
like I say it's good enough for her farmer it's good enough for me so thanks for joining me here
today it's always nice to see everybody drop in come back again let's have some more fun Cheers