the reason i was watching this video was i saw a video on battery boiling using a stick welder. i only have a wire welder. so the stick side is hot and ground is ground right? i figured there was a cheep way out to do this.
A point of clarity it will work but the transformers are different a stick machine is constant current where as mig is constant voltage, I'd recommend as a diyer you go with a multi process welder like a Lincoln can do stick mig and tig. Amazon and ebay have good beginner options that don't break the bank
You know that's amazing I have had an idea that's remarkabley close to yours except I was thinking of using the wire from a flux core welder instead of a stick my question to up you what do you think the other questions I also have another idea about a spool gun to weld steel as I am thinking tighter control in tight spaces will you have any input upon these ideas I will like to hear from you Thank you in advance
Can this be done with any welder? I have a HF Titanium Easy Flux 125. Gun and liner seems to be worn out. Cost of replacement is cost prohibitive. Can you tell me how to turn into stick welder….if possible ?
That set is exactly same as my Hawke 130, l was thinking of doing this mod last month, think I'll get dinse connector and give it a go as I've still lots of 2.5 rods, so to be clear ya connect the electrode holder in the earth?
He cut the ground wire so he could add a ring terminal and attach the positive secondary wire to one of the two Dinse connectors (DKJ10-25) he installed into the front panel. That allows him to disconnect the ground cable from the positive dinse and connect it to the other dinse connector above it, which is connected to the negative secondary wire in the welder. He then connects the stinger cable to the available, positive, female dinse connector. I might do the same modification to my welder and post the video for everyone. You can see the mods I've made so far with the same welder on my channel and that will help familiarize you with the welder's wiring. Cheers
Hi and thank you for the video, I'm new here and I'm trying to do the same mod, but I don't know if I missed something, why did you cut the ground and reconnected it again
He cut the ground wire so he could add a ring terminal and attach the positive secondary wire to one of the two Dinse connectors (DKJ10-25) he installed into the front panel. That allows him to disconnect the ground cable from the positive dinse and connect it to the other dinse connector above it, which is connected to the negative secondary wire in the welder. He then connects the stinger cable to the available, positive, female dinse connector. I might do the same modification to my welder and post the video for everyone. You can see the mods I've made so far with the same welder on my channel and that will help familiarize you with the welder's wiring. Cheers
very good idea!!! CHAPEAU :-) , just a question to be sure , the electrodes must be inverted if we convert the flux core to stick welder and vice versa ,right??
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 thanks for response !! i have this welder its a flux core gasless : ruclips.net/video/0Zpomtg-2Nc/видео.html do you think thats an AC welder like yours ?
Great video! Wanted to know if you made another modification to this welder after noticing the solenoid bolted to the welder that was labeled EVI 7/9,24V DC, 6.5W 250mA. Did you add that solenoid to your welder? If so, what does it do and how is it wired? I also made a few modifications to this same welder and posted a few videos on my channel to share my experience. Cheers
After looking up that solenoid, did some research and decided it wasn't worth the therapy. Please consider a video on adding a relay so the gun is hot only after squeezing the trigger. Tried to figure it out myself, but missing something in the concept.
If it were me Id invest the money in an IGBT DC stick machine that could run on 110/220 up to 160 amps. I bought this flux machine and a stick machine at the same time. The stick machine is way more versatile and slightly more powerful.
Fair enough, you probably know more about these welders than I do though. DC would definitely be an upgrade in this case. Im not sure if you could do it with just the bridge rectifier, wouldnt you need a few capacitors also? PS, FWIW the stick machine was the same price as this flux machine. Hope I answered your question.
@UnitedStatesofBuild Exactly right. I just converted my VERY simliar machine to DC with 200a bridge rectifier and several capacitors that added up to 47,000uF. Also added relay controlled by torch button so the that torch is only hot when button pressed, Works MUCH better as a flux welder now. Never tried it as stick welder (got one of those!) Thanks for the video..........
@@dd_ranchtexas4501 Also made some of the same modifications to this welder and posted some videos to share my experience, but didn't add a relay or a capacitor. Please consider posting a short video on how you added the relay. I'd like to know how you made that mod, so I can do the same. Cheers.
Great vid. So I have a DC gas/gasless mig, (cheapo machine) If I connect the stinger to the main AC transformer this should work as well yeah? What about if I connect the stinger to the pos coming off the rectifier after the choke? then it would be a DC arc, would it not Still work? Interested, and thanks for the video
Wow, You have some great questions there that Im not able to answer. Id actually be interested In knowing this also. Could you add a switch to bypass the rectifiers and have an AC/DC machine?
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 I am thinking maybe just running from either side of the mains transformer out the side of the box before the rectifier and adding a switch, tentatively giving me an AC arc welder when switch is on and DC mig when off and mig is needed?
@@zombieprinting2670 Yeah, you'd want to run the AC output after just before the rectifier I'm guessing... hoping there is a power controller (dimmer or rotary switch) before that so you don't have to deal with making some sort of rotary switch or switches to connect the multi stepped down outputs lines of the transformer to the AC output connector. I was thinking about doing that on my Century 125GL machine for an AC option for testing a balance circuit I was looking at. Though, the more I study the design, will be way easier to make some sort of inverter controller to have a range of output waveforms not only for balance adjustment for Aluminum TIG welding. Now, to have the dense connectors for DC welding, that seems kind of neat so I have a more versatile portable 120VAC mains system.
This is interesting... I've been trying weld some super thin sheet metal with a stick welder that'll turn all the way down to 5 amps. Problem is 1/16th 6013 rod is still just too thick (for me anyway). I had the idea of trying some flux-core mig wire and just holding lengths of it with the stinger. Do you think that could work better?
UnitedStatesofBuild Isn’t flux included in the flux-core mig wire? And yes, I have an oxy-acet torch as well. I would consider brazing but I’m attempting butt joints and it seems like that would be really tough (?)
@@truthsmiles 2 years late but you'll just melt the whole section of wire and it'll fall out. That's what happens to me when I run too much stick out on mig and FCAW. And to touch on the gas shield/flux part in the first reply, there's dual shield FCAW and FCAW-S, FCAW-S being self shielding while dual shield is FCAW wire with shielding gas.
When u clamped the gun to the table I laughed. That’s awesome it worked
next you could throw in a scratch start tig into the wand and see if it will tig weld
Will need a rectifier bridge
Subscribed. This is the second of your videos I've seen. Both very informative. Great job. on your production and content!
Thanks! Always appreciated
the reason i was watching this video was i saw a video on battery boiling using a stick welder. i only have a wire welder. so the stick side is hot and ground is ground right? i figured there was a cheep way out to do this.
Your the holiday goat
Thank you!
made my decision easier, as a DIY'er, arc or flux?
well, little mods to cheap flux welder, can have both!
appreciate you!
A point of clarity it will work but the transformers are different a stick machine is constant current where as mig is constant voltage, I'd recommend as a diyer you go with a multi process welder like a Lincoln can do stick mig and tig. Amazon and ebay have good beginner options that don't break the bank
Hi I have the same machine and works of240v with a input for gas....... but worried luv the vid will try this out in the next few days ...cool dude
How about using a tweeco clamp for welding and connect the ground clamp to it
so you in turn took and eliminated the mid gun and attached you're a stinger and use the open circuit voltage to do the welding?
You know that's amazing
I have had an idea that's remarkabley close to yours except I was thinking of using the wire from a flux core welder instead of a stick my question to up you what do you think the other questions I also have another idea about a spool gun to weld steel as I am thinking tighter control in tight spaces will you have any input upon these ideas I will like to hear from you
Thank you in advance
Can this be done with any welder? I have a HF Titanium Easy Flux 125. Gun and liner seems to be worn out. Cost of replacement is cost prohibitive. Can you tell me how to turn into stick welder….if possible ?
Interesting ... always enjoy your videos!
Could you do this with a Chicago electric welder
Not sure, Ive never seen the guts of a chicago electric welder.
That set is exactly same as my Hawke 130, l was thinking of doing this mod last month, think I'll get dinse connector and give it a go as I've still lots of 2.5 rods, so to be clear ya connect the electrode holder in the earth?
He cut the ground wire so he could add a ring terminal and attach the positive secondary wire to one of the two Dinse connectors (DKJ10-25) he installed into the front panel. That allows him to disconnect the ground cable from the positive dinse and connect it to the other dinse connector above it, which is connected to the negative secondary wire in the welder. He then connects the stinger cable to the available, positive, female dinse connector. I might do the same modification to my welder and post the video for everyone. You can see the mods I've made so far with the same welder on my channel and that will help familiarize you with the welder's wiring. Cheers
I'd like to see stick weld aluminum
Thank you, what kind of stick rod I have the use with that ?
Any of the rods that are rated for "AC"
Interesting.
How about aluminum stick weld?
Is that the welder chucke2009 rewieved
It might be, they are all basically the same.
and the harbor freight 125 flux titanium welder? would you know if this hack/conversion can be done on one? thanks
Maybe, Im sure the guts are similar
So cool
Hi and thank you for the video, I'm new here and I'm trying to do the same mod, but I don't know if I missed something, why did you cut the ground and reconnected it again
He cut the ground wire so he could add a ring terminal and attach the positive secondary wire to one of the two Dinse connectors (DKJ10-25) he installed into the front panel. That allows him to disconnect the ground cable from the positive dinse and connect it to the other dinse connector above it, which is connected to the negative secondary wire in the welder. He then connects the stinger cable to the available, positive, female dinse connector. I might do the same modification to my welder and post the video for everyone. You can see the mods I've made so far with the same welder on my channel and that will help familiarize you with the welder's wiring. Cheers
very good idea!!! CHAPEAU :-) , just a question to be sure , the electrodes must be inverted if we convert the flux core to stick welder and vice versa ,right??
Remember this machine is running AC, its not as popular as DC. It can be electrode specific so be sure to check. I ran in Electrode negative
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 thanks for response !! i have this welder its a flux core gasless :
ruclips.net/video/0Zpomtg-2Nc/видео.html
do you think thats an AC welder like yours ?
Great video! Wanted to know if you made another modification to this welder after noticing the solenoid bolted to the welder that was labeled EVI 7/9,24V DC, 6.5W 250mA. Did you add that solenoid to your welder? If so, what does it do and how is it wired? I also made a few modifications to this same welder and posted a few videos on my channel to share my experience. Cheers
its a gas solenoid. I lost interest in the build though
My ultimate goal was to make it into a suitcase style feeder to run off of my miller bobcat.
After looking up that solenoid, did some research and decided it wasn't worth the therapy. Please consider a video on adding a relay so the gun is hot only after squeezing the trigger. Tried to figure it out myself, but missing something in the concept.
Whats your thoughts on doing this and converting to a DC with a 200amp Bridge Rectifier?
If it were me Id invest the money in an IGBT DC stick machine that could run on 110/220 up to 160 amps. I bought this flux machine and a stick machine at the same time. The stick machine is way more versatile and slightly more powerful.
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 That didn't really answer the question. What good are Mod videos if the answer is just buy a better welder?
Fair enough, you probably know more about these welders than I do though. DC would definitely be an upgrade in this case. Im not sure if you could do it with just the bridge rectifier, wouldnt you need a few capacitors also? PS, FWIW the stick machine was the same price as this flux machine. Hope I answered your question.
@UnitedStatesofBuild Exactly right. I just converted my VERY simliar
machine to DC with 200a bridge rectifier and several capacitors that
added up to 47,000uF. Also added relay controlled by torch button
so the that torch is only hot when button pressed, Works MUCH
better as a flux welder now. Never tried it as stick welder (got one
of those!)
Thanks for the video..........
@@dd_ranchtexas4501 Also made some of the same modifications to this welder and posted some videos to share my experience, but didn't add a relay or a capacitor. Please consider posting a short video on how you added the relay. I'd like to know how you made that mod, so I can do the same. Cheers.
Great vid. So I have a DC gas/gasless mig, (cheapo machine) If I connect the stinger to the main AC transformer this should work as well yeah? What about if I connect the stinger to the pos coming off the rectifier after the choke? then it would be a DC arc, would it not Still work? Interested, and thanks for the video
Wow, You have some great questions there that Im not able to answer. Id actually be interested In knowing this also. Could you add a switch to bypass the rectifiers and have an AC/DC machine?
@@unitedstatesofbuild4915 I am thinking maybe just running from either side of the mains transformer out the side of the box before the rectifier and adding a switch, tentatively giving me an AC arc welder when switch is on and DC mig when off and mig is needed?
@@zombieprinting2670 Yeah, you'd want to run the AC output after just before the rectifier I'm guessing... hoping there is a power controller (dimmer or rotary switch) before that so you don't have to deal with making some sort of rotary switch or switches to connect the multi stepped down outputs lines of the transformer to the AC output connector. I was thinking about doing that on my Century 125GL machine for an AC option for testing a balance circuit I was looking at. Though, the more I study the design, will be way easier to make some sort of inverter controller to have a range of output waveforms not only for balance adjustment for Aluminum TIG welding. Now, to have the dense connectors for DC welding, that seems kind of neat so I have a more versatile portable 120VAC mains system.
Ya know your hardcore when you weld with no gloves
Thanks for calling me hardcore😂
UV rays. Like bangin a ho without a condom.
This is interesting... I've been trying weld some super thin sheet metal with a stick welder that'll turn all the way down to 5 amps. Problem is 1/16th 6013 rod is still just too thick (for me anyway). I had the idea of trying some flux-core mig wire and just holding lengths of it with the stinger. Do you think that could work better?
You would either need shield gas or flux. You could oxy acetylene weld it, you have a torch?
UnitedStatesofBuild Isn’t flux included in the flux-core mig wire?
And yes, I have an oxy-acet torch as well. I would consider brazing but I’m attempting butt joints and it seems like that would be really tough (?)
Yeh, my bad, its included. You might end up turning the entire length red hot, like a heater element. Id be curios to hear the results.
UnitedStatesofBuild Okay! I’ll give it a shot and let you know
@@truthsmiles 2 years late but you'll just melt the whole section of wire and it'll fall out. That's what happens to me when I run too much stick out on mig and FCAW. And to touch on the gas shield/flux part in the first reply, there's dual shield FCAW and FCAW-S, FCAW-S being self shielding while dual shield is FCAW wire with shielding gas.
Nice real nice
can i do the same with a cheap vulcan 99 dollars harbor freight ???????
I wouldnt know, Ive never looked inside of a vulcan. If the basics are the same you may be able to. Good luck!
Are you sure you're a welder rutile is so easy to strike and run a bead
You give lessons?
Using snips to tighten a bolt.
Yeah you are a welder.
😄
Or, buy a $99 Stick welder?
Interesting.