Recent content by Huntingky

Much nicer and functional than mine. I bought for very cheap, an old rear grader blade sitting in a field and welded up some cracks, old welds etc. Repainted and replaced the steel edge with a rubber one. It gets the job done, gives me lots of angle adjustments (all manual) but needs to be...

There are a couple times I use stick over a MIG. Unless you are using one of the cheap buzz box stick welders, they will usually crank out a lot more heat than a wire welder. Not only does that give you the heat you need on heavy metal but allows you to use thicker, heavier electrodes. The...

I am no real welder but I would crank the voltage up on that, and if you have a torch, maybe pre-heat that area of the boom arm. Lot of steel there and you need all the heat you can get. Don't be afraid to max it out. As mentioned by bbcm, if you have access to a stick, it might be the...