Bill Edwards
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What's all this about pre inverter days being a whole heap of trash? Never heard such tosh plenty of good welds and good sets available back in the 50s etc.
The only thing that has changed is diy sets and small portable sets have moved on massively.
You don't really need adjustable arc force, anti stick electronic monitoring systems etc if you can really do the job.
The weld shown is by a chancer simple as that, he could as well be using the very best set or a pile of junk.
Well put.
Nearly all my welding these days is off an oil cooled, with the odd job done with a buzzbox yet they're still good welds, there's nothing wrong with those methods whatsoever.
I find an auto mask can be lovely but it's not giving a better quality of weld. The only place where it makes a real difference there is when first arcing up I'm in the right place, not an inch off then dragging around trying to find the joint! But the actual welding never alters.