On Monday, April 30, 2018 at 10:04:20 PM UTC-5, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:56:35 -0400, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Mon, 30 Apr 2018 20:20:41 -0600, rbowman wrote:

On 04/30/2018 07:36 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
I'll take a stick over a wire feed ANY day.YOU have a lot more control
with a stick.(without fritzing around with controls). Set your
amperage, and the rest is controlled by your hand.

And for someone not familiar with an arc welder, mostly what's going to
get welded is the stick to the work...

I found stick the easiest by far. Use the right rod and amperage - DC
stinger negative is the easiest.

You are not going to find a DC stick machine in his budget. It will be
an AC "buzz box" and I know real welders who have trouble using mine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VL_ggERQjU&t=59s

https://www.google.com/search?q=linc...ncoln+225+ dc