YESWELDER 135Amp MIG Welder,110V Flux Core Welder Flux Core MIG/Lift TIG/Stick 3-in-1 Large LED Digital Display Welding Machine IGBT Inverter Welder FLUX-135PRO

I am no professional welder, but I am an experienced engineer. Some decades ago I used a cheap stick welder on cars. Now with the 135 amp FCAW or "MIG" welder it is much easier on thin metal. The machine is much smaller and not as heavy, which I do also appreciate. I checked the output voltage and all looked fine. Then I tried it on a small piece of a metal stand for a fan - see picture after I painted it. It worked pretty good. Now it is stable to carry the fan. So the machine paid itself already half off because we do not need to buy a new fan. Here's a trick for thin metal sheets less than 1 mm: To only do sort of a spot weld and not burning holes into the thin metal the wire feed is way too fast. So to spot weld just leave the wire hang out of the nozzle long enough for a few spots and disengage the wire feeder by pulling off the wheel on top of the feeder. That way it won't feed when you press the gun button but it will weld when you hit the work piece with the wire hanging out of the gun. If you need more wire you can either engage the feed again or do it by hand until you get more wire out of the nozzle. Another option is to clamp a piece of wire with the stick welding clamp and use that instead of a welding stick. Just make sure it has the right polarity for MIG welding. Or you could even try to reverse polarity if that works better. The welding machine works fine and I do also like that it has a protection cover over the display and control knobs. Because sooner or later some sparks will hit the machine. What I usually do before I put it back to storage is to pull the wire back by hand into the machine. That way I have no loss of wire and I can disconnect the MIG gun and store it safely. The manual is pretty good, too. Not always the case with those cheap Eastern tools. What I did not test yet is the stick welding and the TIG welding. Stick welding should be fine though. It's much more simple than the FCAW welding and needs no feed. I am not sure if I will ever use TIG welding. I do only small DIY jobs around our home, nothing fancy or huge. A broken leg here and there or a frame part of a generator, swing, etc. Time will tell if the machine is reliable and should I run into problems I'll update my review. Update 9/29/2023: Now I welded a broken frame part of a canopy of a swing. It came apart after wind damage. First kinda "spot" welded then doing the "mig" flux core with the feed over it. Worked out just fine again. Although it was difficult to weld around the holes where the screw goes through. See pics before and after painting. It's also very thin metal. A little less than 1 mm. When using the MIG with about 40 amps and feed there was a lot of build up of metal, so I had to grind that off. Still stable and sturdy, so it has penetrated the frame enough. No issues with the welding machine so far. Did not check the higher amps over 90 yet, but I will probably not need it anyway. Those higher amps are for thicker material like 1/4 an inch or so. I have not many things here which are that thick and need to be welded. It would probably trip my 20 amp breaker anyways after some time. It says on the machine it needs 54 amps for that high of a setting. What I checked was the stick welding, just with the flux wire clamped in and two wires in parallel. That worked as well for the "spot" welding and clamping those 2 pieces of the frame together. In regards to suggest what welder to buy for just DIY small projects people: Forget the higher amps welders. They are more expensive, but not necessarily better for tiny jobs. Higher amps are for very thick metal. Good for pipeline welders or other professional jobs with HD jobs. But for tiny projects it's overkill. All you probably need is 100 amps max and for the most part with thin sheet metal 30-60 amps. Even then it needs some tricks to not burn holes into it. You can also try to use the mig wire to cut off a piece and hold it over small gaps and then weld it with the mig mode. That way you've got a thicker piece together to weld and the gap may be welded over easier. It's no rocket science, it's just hot metal melting and trying to get it back melted together. Whatever works, works! Quick Update 7/12/2024: Regarding the welds above they are still holding strong - no bending or weakness after almost a year. The swing frame outside and also the fan stand.

I have been using little cheap mig welders for about 20 years. I have welded more full exhaust then I can count. My old welder crapped out on me in the middle of an exhaust. So I needed a welder fast. This arrived over night. So far I love this little welder. Set it to flux, and used the setting it was on when I first turned it on. (420). Seemed like a good number to start with. I am making very nice welds with this. Way better then with my old one. I learned that with no gas, you shouldn't try to pull a long bead. Just make a spot weld the size of your fingernail. (pinky nail). Stop (pause). When the red glow dies, place another spot weld overlapping the last one. Stop (pause) wait for red glow to die, and repeat until you have completed the whole thing. This will ensure you have nice looking welds, and you don't burn through the metal. Make sure the surface is clean. After 4-5 spot welds, stop and use a wire brush to remove residue, then keep going. Rinse and repeat. If you don't want spatter on the surface around the weld, then cover the area with a wet cloth. Wrap it in wet leather. Something like that, you get the idea. Initially the wire was a pain to get started. Be patient. Remove the tip at the end of the feed first. Once it was all set up, it works nicely. I really love how light it is. Very portable. And easy to store. I am impressed with this $100 welder. Every man should own one and teach himself to weld. Save a lot of money, and it's fun too. If you complete just one task that you normally would have paid someone to do, then it has already paid for it self.

So, very pleased with this product. I found this on sale for $99 on Amazon. It came complete with a spool of flux core wire. Ready to weld out of the box? You can't buy much for a 100 bucks when it comes to welding or so. I thought I was thoroughly impressed by this unit. I am fairly new to welding. However, Wanted to be able to teach myself via YouTube university. I am pleased to say this unit functions. Well, and comes complete with more than enough information to make you successful with this one machine. You are able to flux, core weld. Stick weld and even lift tig. Weld, however, the lift tig Torch is bought south Separately cannot beat it for this price point here, below are some samples of what this welder can do not a professional by any means

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I bought this to have a cheap welder around the house for various projects and so far I have been able to successfully use it to repair a couple gates and fix the Shop garage door and any other little things that have popped up that needed repair. I particularly like that it is MIG and stick which gives it a bit more flexibility. I did have to replace the ground clamp that came with it, but that was more of an upgrade as after a while I noticed that the clamp wears out fast. I would also recommend getting anti-spatter nozzle gel for MIG welding. This just helps prolong the life of the consumable products.

Sigo probando su versatilidad, necesito soldar más cosas pero hasta ahora me funcionó bien

Got it today and gotta say I'm pretty impressed, takes 0.23/0.30/0.35 wire Comes with ground clamp , stinger , mig gun and a few tips , and 3 rollers and a 220 to 110 adapter cord and gas hose (i would rather see a tig torch vs the gas hose but can't win them all especially for how cheap this unit was Wish it would have came with a little bit of wire to test it but had some laying around to try it..... will def be back ..... next on the list is their plasma cutter. Definitely a must have for the hobby welder out there , this unit only weighs like 12lbs and like 1.5 ft long x 1ft tall and maybe 6" wide which makes it easy to grab and go ...

For the price works great, the fact that you can set the machine how you want makes it worth it.