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E6013 Welding Rods, 3/32-Inch, 1 lb
Smooth general purpose steel electrodes that strike quickly on AC or DC and leave light slag that chips away with a wire brush.
$18.99
Welding and torches
Small stick welders, torch heads and the gear for joining, heating and freeing metal in a home garage.
8 pieces on this shelf, 3 tool bodies before the options, from $18.99 to $129.99.
E6013 Welding Rods, 3/32-Inch, 5 lb
These general mild steel electrodes strike easily on smaller home welders and leave a smooth bead across awkward joints.
$29.99
Propane Torch Gun with Safety Lock
Thread this torch head onto a small gas cylinder to start the charcoal stack, sear meat on the grill, or heat frozen garden soil without matches.
$39.99
Propane Torch for Grill and Campfire
This handheld torch threads onto standard fuel bottles to light lump charcoal, start campfires, and preheat steel right on the bench.
$45.99
Portable Welding Machine, Five Current Settings
A small stick welder that runs on wall power with five click stops for carbon steel and repair joints around the shop.
$89.99
Portable Welding Machine, Orange
A handheld stick welder in an orange housing, small enough for one hand and built to run standard rods on fence posts, brackets and scrap steel.
$99.99
Portable ARC Welder with Welding Gun, Grey
A handheld stick welder shaped like a torch for fence repairs, iron brackets, and carbon steel fixes around the yard.
$101.99
Portable 110V ARC Welder, 5-Level IGBT
A handheld stick welder that fits in one hand, runs small rods on thin iron and gate frames, and plugs straight into the wall out in the shop.
$129.99
What decides the choice here
House current has a ceiling
These machines run from a standard grounded outlet, which suits gate hinges, brackets, trailer tabs and farm repairs. Structural steel belongs to a shop with a heavier feed.
Thin cords starve the arc
A long household extension cord drops the line voltage and the bead goes ropey. Short and thick beats long and thin on every job.
The helmet is yours
A machine here comes with its holder and a chipping brush. The helmet, the gloves and the jacket come off your own shelf before the first arc.
Where this shelf turns up
The same piece often belongs to more than one part of the property. These are the places this shelf reaches.
Out in the yard
The fence line, the beds, the gravel drive and whatever the last storm left behind. Everything here works outside, away from an outlet.
2 pieces from this shelfIn the garageThe bay, the driveway and the bench along the wall. Cars, metal, grease and the one outlet by the door.
8 pieces from this shelfAt the workbenchThe bench itself: laying out, marking, drilling, joining and keeping the edges that do the cutting.
6 pieces from this shelf| Band | Count | For example |
|---|---|---|
| Under $25 | 1 piece | E6013 Welding Rods, 3/32-Inch, 1 lb |
| $25 to $50 | 3 pieces | E6013 Welding Rods, 3/32-Inch, 5 lb; Propane Torch Gun with Safety Lock |
| $50 to $100 | 2 pieces | Portable Welding Machine, Five Current Settings |
| $100 and up | 2 pieces | Portable ARC Welder with Welding Gun, Grey |
How we think about this shelf
A broken hinge tab does not need a welding shop, a trailer and half a day. It needs twenty minutes with a small machine and an outlet by the garage door. That is the entire reason this shelf exists.
Torch heads sit here for the other half of metal work, which is heat rather than joining. Loosening a seized nut, sweating a joint, thawing a line, burning back a weed in a gravel seam. The head threads onto a camping cylinder that any hardware aisle carries, so the gas is a five dollar decision rather than a delivery.
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