Battery powered welder?

Date 11-05-2009 15:19

http://www.hobartwelders.com/products/battery-powered/

Must be new, novel concept I suppose.

I could almost see it being used in the repair field when your way up at the top of a roof or hidden in some confined space, a long ways from a power source and in a factory where you don't want to lug a gas motor welder around.

output is kinda weak though, lots of baby stringers...

By Lawrence (*****)

Date 11-05-2009 18:48

Here is it's long lost cousin

http://www.readywelder.com/

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 11-06-2009 02:59

Century has had a rechargable welder on the market for a while, as well as a feeder that was ment to be hooked to car batteries. The Ready Welder & Go Welder are spool guns set up to be run by car batteries.

I don't know about the Hobart, but from the pictures & literature I have seen on the others I don't think they are really "industrial" quality in spite of what the manufacturers say. Since the origional Hobart company has been split up, I have My doubts about thier stuff too.

By Metarinka (****)

Date 11-06-2009 14:48

yah, it was actually court ordered when whoever bought it (lincoln, miller, esab?) That Hobart industrial product lines be discontinued and they can only continue in the home/ hobbyist market. So they sort of have that reputation now.

By DaveBoyer (*****)

Date 11-07-2009 01:58

Miller owns that part of what was Hobart.

By ssbn727 (*****)

Date 11-07-2009 02:13

Hi Dave!

You mean Illinois Tool Works... Miller Electric formed an alliance with ITW back in 1993:

http://www.millerwelds.com/about/1993.html

ITW's webpage:

http://www.itwinc.com/

Respectfully,
Henry