Your thoughts please

[sandman]

I know a lot of folks arent fans of the 110 mig welders but if you dont use the 110 for anything more than 1/8" thick or just exhaust work would you see any issues?

[Nate4d]

exhaust it seems perfect for. ive had to weld a couple mufflers back together at work with our 110 lincoln mig.

[Mongo]

I've used 110 mig for heavier work. If you know what you are doing, it can be done. Is it the best way? No, but it will work.


I think S-glide used a 110 mig to build a complete car trailer.

[Mongo]

Just looked, Lincoln 110 mig is rated up to 1/4 with multi-pass.

[chop]

i used a 110 to build my Heep and i have beat it sence less and its the machanical parts that fail. like the knuckle snaping off. i would say if you trust your welds you will be fine with the 110

[Groundhog]

I know one guy that welded up his spiders in the rear running 39" with a pretty powerful motor and that was last year and hes still running them. (its not me either) Like stated above if you take your time, maybe pre-heat the metal a bit to get a little more penatration.
Also I think alot might have to do with the welder your using, I know my buddy has a Clark 110 and I wouldnt weld sheetmetal with garbage. Just my 2 cents.
Good luck

[Toivo]

I built my heep with a 135 flux core. No complaints.

[MuddyPaws 3.0]

I built my heep with a 135 flux core. No complaints.

:ha:


I would hope you have no complaints. It hasn't seen the trail yet.


:rofl:

[Mongo]

:ha:


I would hope you have no complaints. It hasn't seen the trail yet.


:rofl:

You know what he's gonna say.:popcorn::mongo:

[sglide]

I've used 110 mig for heavier work. If you know what you are doing, it can be done. Is it the best way? No, but it will work.


I think S-glide used a 110 mig to build a complete car trailer.
yes i did, took way more time, but with multipass and alot of grinding there is nothing wrong with the welds

[sandman]

Thanks for all the input and thought's

[Beefy]

I built my heep with a 135 flux core. No complaints.

I would hope you have no complaints. It hasn't seen the trail yet.

:popcorn:

[Haggar]

I also built my last jeep, as well as half my Toyota with an older Lincoln weld-pak 100. Todays 110 welders are better now, 135 amp.

If you know how to weld (key here are: clean metal, bevel thick joints, tight fitting joints, watch the duty cycle), they work just fine.

There's going to be very few things on a normal sized 4x4 that need more than 1/4" steel. Consider that your frame is around 1/8" thick for a vehicle, and even most axles aren't more than 1/4" thick tubes until you get to 3/4 ton size...