[Rob] sent us some information on how he converted his flux-cored welder to a metal inert gas welder. He used a piece of DOM tubing as a collet with a side inlet tube that he uses to inject carbon ...

This is a 125-amp wire welder. It runs on 120-volt power, uses flux-core welding wire, and is capable of welding 18-gauge to 3/16-inch thick steel. It retails for right around $140 at Harbor ...

Harbor Freight owns Chicago Electric, so it's no surprise that the store offers several different welders from the brand, including the Chicago Electric 170-amp 240V MIG/Flux Cored Welder.

Because it's awesome. The welder I picked up is a 120-volt, 125-amp flux core unit from Harbor Freight—an extremely basic piece of equipment that any professional welder would probably laugh at.

[Rob] sent us some information on how he converted his flux-cored welder to a metal inert gas welder. He used a piece of DOM tubing as a collet with a side inlet tube that he uses to inject carbon ...

This Lincoln Electric FC90 Flux Core Wire Feed Welder for $209.00 is much smaller; like smaller than carry-on luggage and only 16 pounds, but it’s enough to get you started. Most of the welders ...

The welder cost me under $100. Right now, the same flux core welder is available for $120, as shown two photos above. The auto-darkening helmet—show directly above, and whose job it is to ...

MIG welding is actually two different types of welding. The first uses bare wire and the second flux core. Bare wire MIG welding can be used to join thin pieces of metal together. Flux core MIG ...

We tested eight of the best new entry-level welders. They can be plugged into a normal electrical outlet and run without any gas tanks using a process called flux-cored arc welding (see opposite).