$73 Chinese handheld welders

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Does anyone have any personal experience with these chinese made handheld welders from Temu and the like?

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Not my video, I just like how succinct it is:


Do I need a welder? No.
Could I have used one in the past when my trailer fenders started crapping out left and right? Yup.
Am I looking for an excuse to try his? Absolutely.
Do I have any idea what I'm doing? 100% not.
 
adri said:
Does anyone have any personal experience with these chinese made handheld welders from Temu and the like?

9574119b-3127-46b6-a463-f95c7f5e27ac.jpg


Not my video, I just like how succinct it is:


Do I need a welder? No.
Could I have used one in the past when my trailer fenders started crapping out left and right? Yup.
Am I looking for an excuse to try his? Absolutely.
Do I have any idea what I'm doing? 100% not.
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I weld like I cook - don't ask me for help.
 
I once watched a guy weld up an exhaust manifold with 2 car batteries and a pair of jumper cables... I betcha this is better... at least a LITTLE better

With welders being so cheap, I would look at a cheap multi function welder before I bought this.
Those were pretty decent beads out of a hand held device, but I betcha the transformer craps out quick
 
adri said:
Does anyone have any personal experience with these chinese made handheld welders from Temu and the like?

9574119b-3127-46b6-a463-f95c7f5e27ac.jpg


Not my video, I just like how succinct it is:


Do I need a welder? No.
Could I have used one in the past when my trailer fenders started crapping out left and right? Yup.
Am I looking for an excuse to try his? Absolutely.
Do I have any idea what I'm doing? 100% not.
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On the TEMU front, if they ship you one with a euro plug that requires 220V, it will be a bugger to use. Personally, I'd rather get one of the poverty suitcase welders. I think of the drill style like a laptop where packaging is the top priority and everything else is sacrificed. The small suitcases should have better thermal management, lighter weight in hand and a much smaller stinger to ease access in tight spaces. Something like the harbor freight titanium seems to punch well above its cost.
 
So it's a 110v stick welder with the electronics stuffed into into an unwieldly electrode holder made to look like an impact gun? I'd be looking for a traditional stick welder where you can replace the electrode holder a lot easier (if at all). Will probably be cheaper too, if you find one of similar quality. Princess Auto had this one for $50 but is currently sold out:
 
adri said:
Does anyone have any personal experience with these chinese made handheld welders from Temu and the like?

9574119b-3127-46b6-a463-f95c7f5e27ac.jpg


Not my video, I just like how succinct it is:


Do I need a welder? No.
Could I have used one in the past when my trailer fenders started crapping out left and right? Yup.
Am I looking for an excuse to try his? Absolutely.
Do I have any idea what I'm doing? 100% not.
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Better off with a little box multifunction MMA and Lift Tig. You can get one for $80 off Amazon. A Lift Tig torch adds another $60 + the cost of an Argon bottle.

$79.99 HITBOX 135A Stick Welder, 110/220V Dual Voltage 2 IN 1 ARC MMA Lift TIG Welder Machine with Synergic Control, Mini...​

 
It looks clumsy to me. 120 volt stick welders under 20 amps can work but are tricky to use for a novice. A pro can do better but a pro would have better equipment so a moot point.

The only place a pro would consider a light weight unit is for working where the welder has to be carried up a ladder or maybe at a water access cottage . A standard Lincoln stick is a gut buster to move.
 
nobbie48 said:
It looks clumsy to me. 120 volt stick welders under 20 amps can work but are tricky to use for a novice. A pro can do better but a pro would have better equipment so a moot point.

The only place a pro would consider a light weight unit is for working where the welder has to be carried up a ladder or maybe at a water access cottage . A standard Lincoln stick is a gut buster to move.
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You're right they are tricky for novices if they are fabricating a dozer blade from 1/2" steel.

If you're interested in learning stick or TIG for motorcycle fab, a small 120V welder will be just fine up to 3/16". That is thicker than any steel you'll find on a motorcycle. The other nice thing about one of these little boxes is they do synergistic lift-TIG -- add a torch and bottle and you're able to weldup tanks, exhausts, and other small parts in steel, stainless and aluminum.

Im not a TIGGER, bit after thinking about it, I might try. One of these cheepie boxes makes learning easy, they are the 'auto-transmission' version of TIG.
 
I've seen the Princess Auto stick welders go on sale for around $125 before, I'd defintely opt for one of those honestly. Much more versatile, and if the thing ever dies Princess Auto will basically guarantee it forever.

I must admit though, on the topic of weird Temu/AliExpress tools, I was at a friends last weekend and he had one of those 6" mini chainsaws from Ali and the thing was super awesome - used his Milwaukee battery packs and chewed through anything we could throw at it, even an 8-10" log we chewed through in short order.

21v 2.0ah Rechargeable - Temu Canada

1 21v 2 0ah rechargeable battery 6 copper and for wood trimming and at Temu, part of our Tools & Home Improvement shop .
www.temu.com www.temu.com

(not the exact one he has, just a quick search result...but more or less this one...)
 
adri said:
Good to know! I see they make a dewalt compatible one.
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Yeah, unfortunately there doesn’t seem to be a Ryobi battery one that I can find, but that’s my system of choice. Still looking, I really don’t want yet more battery styles and chargers to try to keep organized.
 
Jayell said:
I have a brand new PA mini stick welder for sale. Runs on 110. Who wants it? Make me a reasonable offer!

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I have the CTC variant one and it works. It takes practice to get going but practice makes perfect. Keep in mind amateur focused machines are not designed for 100% duty cycles. Let it cool off while you grind off your bad welds. I had lots of time.

Tip: While taking welding kindergarten cut your rods in half until you've mastered gap control and striking arcs.
 
Gonna have to give the fuzzy eyeball to that one. I strongly suspect that just out of frame those wires are actually connected to an actual welder.

Welding transformer made from fridge compressor.

I just came across this:- I'm very sceptical, on for two reasons. Firstly, the magnetic field from the windings will be across the space for the armature, not along its axis. Secondly, with so little iron in the armature space, there would be so little inductance in the field winding that it...
www.electro-tech-online.com
 
PrivatePilot said:
Gonna have to give the fuzzy eyeball to that one. I strongly suspect that just out of frame those wires are actually connected to an actual welder.

Welding transformer made from fridge compressor.

I just came across this:- I'm very sceptical, on for two reasons. Firstly, the magnetic field from the windings will be across the space for the armature, not along its axis. Secondly, with so little iron in the armature space, there would be so little inductance in the field winding that it...
www.electro-tech-online.com
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Without watching the vid, I suspect it's really just running off the start/run capacitor that drives the compressor, and not the compressor itself which doesn't generate any electricity.

EDIT: Nevermind, just watched it.

EDIT: Nevermind neverminding. This is why I hate YouTube. LOL.
 
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RC-31 said:
Check out my next video where I make ice from a stick welder.
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If you believed every video on YouTube we'd all have perpetual motion machines generating electricity for all our household needs by now.

Anyhow, back to working on my YouTube video demonstrating how to make snow with a hair dryer and an old tractor innertube!
 
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