Welding in a blacksmith shop

[hammerkid]

I was wondering what kind of welding you use in your blacksmith shop? I can mig , stick ,tig. But use stick and mig in my blacksmithing shop. I have a Lincoln. I was just wondering what y`all use in your shops

[ThomasPowers]

I have an ancient Lincoln tombstone so AC Stick.

[Finnr]

I use AC stick and a cheap nasty flux core wire welder.
Finnr

[hammerkid]

I just bought a cheap ac stick for my blacksmith shop

[Phil Patrick]

I use a Miller AC/DC stick and an oxy/actel rig as well. With that, I can pretty much cover all my bases.
Oh yeah,, and my forge.

Phil

[Brian C.]

Hobart MIG and Harris oxy/acytel set.

[irnsrgn]

I had a 1940's motor driven Lincoln military surplus DC generator stick welder, Marquette AC stick welder, oxy/Acet, mig, spool mate and tig. Used mostly stick and 7018 as the welds had to hold. Mig was only for sheet metal and small jobs. Tig and spoolmate only for Alum, SS. Cast iron was brazed.

My Competitors used mostly Mig, I did a lot of reworking of their repair jobs.

[hammerkid]

i got a Lincoln 3200 and geting a Harris port-a-torch for christmas and saving for a Hobart Stickmate ac/dc in my welding shop and bought a cheap ac stick for the bs shop

[the_sandy_creek_forge]

A good old Lincoln Tombstone. Those suckers are nearly indestructible, and if they do happen to crash on you, they are so simple that a little bit of electrical knowledge is all that's needed for a repair. But, as testament to the Lincoln tombstone, mine is an early or mid 1960 model and is still going strong. And the only difference between mine and a brand spanking new one (as far as I can tell) is the paint is shinier on a new one

I also have a little Blue-Point (Snap-on's generic little brother) mig welder. It only really sees use doing sheetmetal work, so I generally take the spool out when I'm done with it, cause chances are the spool is gonna rust before I end up needing it again. It's handy now and then, But If I could only have one welder, it would have to be the Lincoln.

-Aaron @ the SCF

[Mills]

Lincoln AC/DC stick with shinier paint a Miller 35 and my latest addition a Lincoln Pro MIG 115v welder for on the go and I have bottles for my cutting torch again but have not tried welding with that set up.