I started off with a 220v Lincoln stick welder. Honestly, I think it's too unnecessarily powerful for these bike projects. I found it messy, tougher to use, and constantly burning holes through everything. Especially thinner stuff, like putting the pedal assembly onto the brackets.
Now I have a 110v Mig (cheap Mastercraft brand always on sale at Canadian Tire) and I have never gone back to the stick welder. I've built plenty of bikes with the mig and never had any failures at all. It is plenty powerful to weld the types of tubing recommended in the AZ builds.
Now I have a 110v Mig (cheap Mastercraft brand always on sale at Canadian Tire) and I have never gone back to the stick welder. I've built plenty of bikes with the mig and never had any failures at all. It is plenty powerful to weld the types of tubing recommended in the AZ builds.