The Hobart Trek 180 is a portable MIG welding that operates off its self-contained battery or 115V power and welds 24-gauge up to 1/4-in. mild steel in a single pass and recharges off an automotive ...

The Handler® 210 all-in-one MIG welder offers 25-210 A of welding power in a 77-pound package. It can weld mild steel up to 3/8 inch and aluminum up to 1/4 inch. It provides low-end control that ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? I can divide my life into two distinct segments: the time before I owned a welder, ...

How much would you pay for a welder you can easily take anywhere on the trail? If you are stranded and need to burn metal back together to get back to civilization, then any price starts looking like ...

Metal inert gas and the MIG welder has made it pretty dang easy for the beginner to be able to do some welding. Since these welders are a point and shoot type of design, all you have to do is pull a ...

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I can divide my life into two distinct segments: the time before I owned a welder, and every day since. When I bought my first truck, a 20-year-old Tacoma with a rusty frame, my welder made it ...

Hot rodding has always been a culture that richly rewards those with the creativity and acumen to build their own cars. Self-taught customizers—from Dean Jeffries out west to the Alexander Bros. in ...

MIG Welding is an affordable, easy-to-learn process for the home hobbyist. Here's how to get started. A colleague once told me, "If you can fog a mirror, you can MIG weld." An old truism by now, he ...