Hi, Im a total newbie when it comes to mig welding. I just picked it up as a hobby. I acquired a lincoln sp135 mig wilder for $75 bucks from a yard sale. I've been use flux core wire and seem to be doing ok. I would like to move on over to gas. I have a soda fountain in my man cave and had an extra expired co2 tank. I took it to airgas and they swapped it out for 30 bucks. I also found a couple gauge in my shed and have no clue how I acquired them (old age). Will any one of these two gauges work with the co2 tank? if so what type line do I use to connect it to the welder? I was thinking barbed fittings, hose and clamps but I could be way off. I went to a LWS and they wanted to sell me a $175 gas kit with free nylon washers included. Way outta my price range. Any help would be greatly appreciated to get me up and running so when I go back to the lws to get what I need I don't get taken advantage of. Thanks in advance.
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Welcome to the forum, it looks like you got a bargain with the welding set...well done.
Regarding the gauges I don't recognise them but the twin gauge looks the most possible one to use, perhaps worth taking it to airgas and checking with them
Any connectors you can make up will do, barbed ends would be fine at both points, a lot of people rummage in their 'that will come in handy' scrap boxes for old fittings and make up their own, a drop of soapy water to check the seal and you are sorted.
Regarding the gauges I don't recognise them but the twin gauge looks the most possible one to use, perhaps worth taking it to airgas and checking with them
Any connectors you can make up will do, barbed ends would be fine at both points, a lot of people rummage in their 'that will come in handy' scrap boxes for old fittings and make up their own, a drop of soapy water to check the seal and you are sorted.
