My little Lincoln Arc

From the Manufacturer

Interested in welding? Ready to try your hand at wire welding? Have we got the welder for you - the Handy MIG from Lincoln Electric! This compact, portable and lightweight wire feed welder plugs into a 115V, 20 amp outlet and is user friendly. Four voltage settings and continuous wire feed speed adjustment allow you to weld mild steel from 24 gauge to 1/8" thick. And, it's easy to get started since practically everything you'll need to MIG weld is in the box - gun and cable assembly, work cable and clamp, gas nozzle, gas regulator and hose, spool of solid wire, contact tips and hand shield with filter plate and lens. Just add a cylinder of shielding gas. But that's not all - there's also a spool of self-shielded, flux-cored wire, contact tips and chipping hammer/brush so you can use your Handy MIG to weld with gasless, flux-cored wire too.
 
Hmm... This one is newer than mine but... my older model has the same features, same output, just a few less scratches too.
 
Mine works great with a 5000 watt generator, at the bottom of my home made welding cart.
Don't let those stats in the Lincoln Arc description fool ya! This combo has welded upto 3/8" flat stock at my local butchershop!
 
I was asked to install a hanging weight scale in the rail system, and I needed to splice it into a section that was not near the support hangers.
 
Knowing this unit does have limitations, I simply ground a double bevel on both sides of the seams. I left a 1/16" flat on both edges with a root gap approximately the same. I figure that equals a 3/16" champher. Who measures that close when your standing on a ladder anyways?
 
Good strong tacs on both top and bottom of the rail end held everything in place while welding. My first pass was a single verticle up on both ends, and then on the opposite side of both ends. The rest was a series of virticle up lap welds and Wha -la!
 
A little touch up with a small Milwaukee grinder and paint from a matching spray bomb!