After I got my welding papers, because someone decided that if you're not 18, you can't weld and therefore you can't have a welding license, so I went to get my papers from the welding school in November.

So I got a welder that matched my license.

And it's terrible.
First, I had to replace the B circuit breaker with a C class one that can withstand surge currents.

Second, the welder had a very short grounding cable that wasn't even copper but copper-plated aluminum, so I put two 10mm² cables in parallel,

Thirdly, the manufacturer totally screwed up the packaging, so there's a tiny crack in the insulation on the power cable, which isn't a big deal because it's in the top layer, but it still adds to the work. Anyway, I'm planning to make a special extension cord for the cart so I can have a longer cable. and I'm thinking about trying to buy a silicone cable, which might be more resistant to heat and bending.


And fourthly, it was terribly bulky, the cables, the bottle, and the welder itself, so I made a cart like this for it.

I even managed to break the brass bayonet connector (I overtightened it), so I just soldered it. At the other end, I crimped an unnecessarily thick cable lug in a vise, which I then also soldered because I don't believe the crimp has sufficient strength and contact.

But it welds beautifully, in contrast to the welders we use at school, which are just rectified transformers, so this one is absolutely silent and spits less steel, but at full power, according to calculations, it consumes 30A at 240V (the whole house is on 25A).


Wow, such a large amount of unnecessarily long text.