New Arccaptain MIG 130 Flux core Welder- Awesome DIY Welding Unit

In this video I unbox, assemble, and tryout a new flux cored MIG 130 welder from Arccaptain. With its lightweight portability and no need for cover gas or a tank, it is a much more viable option for my DIY welding projects. I wish I would have had one a long time ago. I will definitely have more videos on this welder soon. Stay tuned!
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[@daveintheshed4870]

Got one under the tree today, very excited thanks for the video.

[@DanielYordy-z8e]

10"34 I I have an old AC century stick welder that still works well but I have been needing a Mig for different types of work. This Little machines offers a lot of bang for the buck so I ordered 2 days ago and I am confident it will more than take care of all my welding needs at my small engine and Cub cadet refurbish and repair shop

[@skywatcherranchswr]

@DanielYordy-z8e I hope it works well for your needs. I definitely enjoy it and I'm planning on doing some projects very soon with it.

[@TheCraneman66]

Nice welds ,,,Keep it up!!!!

[@Flatwoodsdad]

The polarity is reversed with flux core. I got one of these off Amazone yesterday. With coupon ir was $106. I haven't used it yet but did load the wire and played with the controls to get familiar with it. I did have a 140 amp back in the 90's. Man they've come a long ways. If I get welds like you got, I guess I will? I'll be thoroughly impressed. I really like that you can stick welg with it too.

[@tonistarks2874]

Just got mine yesterday and goin to use it this weekend.😎

[@skywatcherranchswr]

That's awesome! Good luck, I think it's a really great unit. I'm always impressed by it

[@mrmojorisen6336]

ordered off amazon today with $!5 coupon... OTD for $125! have my FIL's old Lincoln (ac-225 model) buzz box and love it, really have enjoyed leaning how to "farmer weld." most fabricators and welders say mig is easier vs stick, but i wanna continue honing my stick welds. got this new model for a cat delete on my SXS. stick welding id polly put more than one hole in the exhaust 🤣 thumbs up on the video!

[@mickeyj4228]

Great video. I would like to get a hold of one of these to do a comparison video on my channel with my Harbor Freight Titanium Easy-Flux125. The Arccaptain appears to be better built with a great latch assembly and a handle. Throw in the fact that the Arccaptian also does stick welding and it's a no-brainer. I subscribed to your channel! I also have a Everlast iMig 200 that does Mig and stick. I think everyone needs a flux core welder for the occasion when you need to weld outside where any breeze will blow away the shielding gas. I love seeing these videos from the smaller hobbyist style channels.

[@skywatcherranchswr]

Thanks for the comment! This is the newest welder I've ever used and it's crazy how light these are. I've never tried any of the other similar models like the harbor freight ones but it would be interesting to try different ones to compare. I'm really impressed by this arccaptain. I've been meaning to make some more videos with it but I've been so busy with splitting wood. I have a garden tractor part to weld up so I will have a video on it soon.

[@kuehnel16]

Just bought one Tuesday from Amazon. SITLL waiting for it to be delivered. It's coming its just taking forever. Can't wait im 61 and haven't welded anything since high-school shop. Just wanted to fix stuff around the house and was deciding between this or the titanium. I picked the Arccaptain because of the more options. 😊

[@skywatcherranchswr]

It is a very handy and easy-to-use welder. I haven't used mine in awhile but definitely have some projects planned.

[@Blacksmith1967]

You did good dude..Compared to others non pro welders..Thanks sharing 😆😆 Best regards from a pro welder/blacksmith

[@shermanyoung8185]

Very impressive, could you demonstrate the stick function on another video, thanks 👍 good job

[@davidgarrison1988]

You gotta get some anti splatter and nozzle gel. The Arccaptain 200 6 in 1 is an awesome welder

[@BigJohn-i5h]

I just bought one . Just for around the house stuff. I might try to build a hand truck with tall wheels . Harbor freight use to sell them but stopped so I thought I'd make my own. Did you make that table.

[@shermanyoung8185]

What size fc wire did you use .030 or .035 ? and what thickness was the metal you were welding thanks

[@skywatcherranchswr]

i was using .030 and the metal pieces I welded were pretty darn close to 1/8 inch

[@angelaprater2679]

0.30 what comes with it

[@meca13b]

@@skywatcherranchswr What brand wire ?

[@skywatcherranchswr]

@@meca13b Arccaptain wire! You can get it using the link in the description.

[@DazFab]

Not a bad weld from that,Almost 30 years of mig and i still haven't tried flux core.

[@skywatcherranchswr]

I have been messing around with mig welding since 2010 but always used cover gas. I think fluxcore is kind of messy and its definitely more smokey but I don't mind it. Its nice running around the shop with the little fluxcore welder instead of pushing the welding cart with the gas bottle on it around.

[@Michaeljm84]

What size breaker were you running on it?

[@edmacmillan1]

the setting you used for wire speed is not wire speed, it is wire size. the wire they send with the unit is .30. That is the auto speed setting.

[@kuehnel16]

Is there much difference between fluxcore and stick welding.

[@vdittycc]

Yes stick welding is much harder also more expensive. Frequiresis easier and a better all around option

[@kuehnel16]

Are you still using it.

[@eserob5864]

Hello got a question still working and these machine can i use a 6011 rod stick?

[@skywatcherranchswr]

Yes it's still working, not sure on the rods, I haven't tried arc welding with it yet, nor do I know much about arc welding yet.

[@DanielYordy-z8e]

Haven't received my machine yet but I don't see why not. I've been stick welding 6011 and good old 7014 on AC and DC for years.

[@joelkoonce8559]

You da MAN !!!

[@lonniehall9006]

Get notebooks and just make your good settings when you find those sweet spots, and you running smoothly, and when you switch wire sizes, and different metal thickness, u can go to your notes, and your up and going. Ky

[@davidgarrison1988]

If you watch a bunch of video's on Flux Core Welding you'll see exactly why your supposed to put the Welding lead on the negative side and ground clamp on positive side , that's Flux Core Welding. I wonder why people don't look stuff up before using , I watch tons of video's before I buy anything and look to see how it works and check reviews

[@victorbarranca2910]

nice review, thans

[@Boodieman72]

I wish they would call it a flux core machine not a MIG machine.

[@skywatcherranchswr]

Yeah it's kind of odd using MIG when there's no inert gases involved