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@BleepinJeep – Welding with Car Batteries

Welding on the Trail; Trail welding with a couple batteries in series. Let’s get after it.

Lab Work – @BleepinJeep, Welding While On The Trail

Typical application on the trail, parts break all the time, certainly in the most unusual ways. Need a weld? We are fix’n to weld up stuff around the shop using an old trail welding trick with two car batteries, Optima Batteries of course. The two Optima’s we have laying around the shop.

Thought I would go ahead a post the @BleepinJeep video on “Welding with Jumper Cables and Car Batteries”, handy to have around, just take out the old mobile computer and have a look when you take to the shop. Anyhow, give Jeremey’s video a view, like I said… great to have around when you’re fix’n on your 4 Wheeler/Rig. If you like what you see, click the thumbs up and subscribe if you so choose. Again, that’s @BleepinJeep.

We’ve got our own Optima Red Top batteries ready to go for this application, just need to give this a go. A few items are still needed to make sure we can ‘trail weld’ safely and correctly.

MIG’s | TIG’s, Power

MIG’s & TIG’s

Lincoln Pro MIG 140

Tech | Tools – Lighting Sticks

MIGs, TIGs, Power, Power Supply… MIG’s | TIG’s, Power and More. Lighting axe? Lighting weld? Choose Lincoln Electric

Are we plugging the Lincoln Electric Pro 140? Yes… Specs screenshot below… The 120 volt, 140 amp MIG Welder? That we are. Now, pricing has changed, market availability, all the non-sense… But we are sticking to what we’ve been recommended here. I would say we are ‘large stock newbies’ when it comes to welding anything. And I mean anything. Crazy right? So, the question, with anything new… What is the best product for a large variety of steel stock, what’s the cost, what’s the warranty? I mean literally we could go on for days… So, what would you recommend? We are putting something out there for your feedback? What say you?

The Ask: Welding both MIG and TIG, complimentary plasma cutter? (Mitre Saw review to follow) What is easier to use, stick welding or auto feed welders? We need it all!

We may try a new series on welding, mitre saws and power supplies, specifically for more cumbersome jobs, scaling up -electronics to heavy stock steals… probably third quarter ’22. Stay Tuned.

As usual leave a comment below, let us know what you’re thinking?

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