Great welder..never welded before and built and welded 550 gallon oil tank pig roaster.. says it in the name.."EASY WELD"

I am an extreme novice when it comes to welding, but I love tools and diy projects. My truck needed a new cab mount welded in and I figured I could find many other uses for this portable welder. I did a lot of comparison with other welders. This one fit my needs the best and Homedepot.com had the best price I could find. I found it to be very easy to set up, as well as easy to move around and use any where that there is a regular 110 electric outlet. Even though my welding skills are very limited I was not only able to replace the cab mount on my truck with this machine but I have also used it to pull out dents from my son's car door. Love this machine, and I think I made a very good purchase.

The Forney Easy Welder was shipped in a very attractive glossy white double walled cardboard box with black lettering and the Forney green accents. The product was held within the box utilizing a styrene foam base and top plate with a minimum of 1.5” air gap. All the pieces were overwrapped in poly bags. A quick guide for wire feed speed and voltage settings are affixed on the inside of the cabinet for reference. The manual and reference materials were very easy to read and understand. The manual also has clear pictures to assist in familiarizing yourself with the operation of the welder. The controls on the welder were also clearly labeled and easy to use even with my welding gloves on. The wire spool access compartment has a panel that is very easy to open using a spring-loaded finger latch. The door is hinged at the top and swings open and stays out of the way when loading or making adjustments. This was the first time I have used a wire feed welder and I had no problem adjusting the spool holder, loading the wire into the drive and adjusting the feed-roller tension. It only took about 3 minutes to convert to a 2-pound spool and feed the wire to the end of the welding tip. The ground clamp has hardened chisel like teeth to help ensure a good electrical contact. The clamp opens about 2” to affix to your base material. The ground lead is positive polarity and is about 6 feet long and very flexible. There is a woven copper strap connecting both jaws of the clamp to ensure electrical contact. The power unit is lightweight and portable. The handle on the top also functions as a storage loom for the mains and welding leads. I used the welder for more than 3 hours with a few short breaks. During my session I had no problems or faults with the welder. I was using on the lowest setting and I still burned a few holes in the thin sheet metal I was working with. The only complaint I have is length of the main power cord. I suggest buying the recommended 25-foot, 12-gauge extension cord along with the welder.

Excellent welder for this beginner

I saw on a website review that this unit was good for automobile sheet metal welding. Though there is an adjustment for voltage, it does not adjust low enough to effectively weld automobile sheet metal without blowing holes through it.

I purchased this to weld 1/4 inch metal and it did a good job of it and ran a good looking bead on the weld. Not real excited about the wire speed knob as it must be turned up to 9 or 10 to work. The lower speeds from 1-6 seen useless to me. But for the price I will live with the lack of adjustment on the wire speed.

Great for DIYers. As a flux core wire only machine, no need to mess with gas bottles, which makes it very portable and works fine outdoors. I was able to weld exhaust pipe (1/16") and a mower deck and never had the power dial over a "4" (out of 10). I mostly used on a 20 amp garage circuit. I used once to spot weld a nut on a stripped out bracket on a 15 amp house circuit on lower settings and never had a issue with either the breaker or the GFCI outlet. I never hit the duty cycle limit. I did switch from a fixed lens helmet to an auto-darkening welding helmet, which helps a lot for spot welding on thinner material; it'll spare you a lot of frustration. Makes functional welds.

I've gotten several hours of welding on this well built machine. Looked around, and while inexpensive, is very good quality for me. I'm doing 1.4" and under welding and coming along fine. Easy to use and set up. I'm running on 120v 20a breaker with no issues. The 1/4" plate did take it to its limits but got the 4" long 2-pass weld holding firmly. Oh, using Forney .030 flux core wire.

I did my research and this lived up to the reviews. Also The Home Depot online service was flawless!!