The Wide World of Welding
Let’s take a minute to talk about welding, and start by looking at how many different types of welding methods there are. It is interesting to see just how many major sub-categories there are in each overall welding type. Partially because the incredibly diverse nature of the welding industry, this discussion by no means aims to cover all the possible combinations of design that one would encounter in today’s market place, for either new welders or used welders. Let’s take everyone’s old favorite, arc welding. Arc welding has no less than 10 major sub-categories or certain variations of the original process (including “Atomic Hydrogen Welding"!). Oxy-fuel welding has within its own type of welding five different sub-categories. Solid state welding has another 12 sub-categories (including “Explosion Welding"). Then there are the other big players in the welding world, like TIG, MIG, MIG Braze, Laser and the lesser-used Electron Beam welding. Bud's has carried many of these over the years, but the main item we've stocked has always been the classic used spot welder.
If You’re in the Fab Business, You Gotta have a Spot Welder
Used spot welders have several advantages over arc welders that make them ideal for any size of fabrication shop, such as being more energy efficient and making a faster and more uniform weld. How does anybody figure out how to have the right used spot welder at the right time for the right job? The world of spot welding is as varied as grains of sand at the beach. At Bud's Machine Tools we feel as though we have no category of product we sell anywhere close to the outright myriad types of equipment in this segment of machines and consumables. In the recent past, Bud's Machine Tools has sold many of the biggest names in the business, like Taylor Winfield, Miller, Sciaky, Amada, American, just to name a few.
Where Would You Go for a Used Spot Welder?
Bryan "Bud" Jorgenson learned an essential lesson from his father Roger about selling metalworking equipment: always put your customer first, and take exceptional care of them before, during and (most importantly!) after the sale. At Bud's Machine Tools, we try to keep that same philosophy firmly in focus, knowing that we will earn — and maintain — customer loyalty by selling them the best equipment at the best price and then follow up with top-of-the-line tooling, parts and service for the machines we sell. Buying a used spot welder when your business needs to is something Bud's Machine Tools can assist you with on any given day, whether the welding equipment is something we have in stock or have to outsource from one of our many partners in the industry. And if you are in the welded metal fab business, there might just be some other tools we could provide to help make your day run a bit smoother. It would be pretty unusual that you would find a spot welder in the fab shop all by itself, the only piece of machinery there. No, there are numerous other machines seemly scattered about, right along with the spot welder, and Bud's can help you make your shop complete. In addition to our used welding equipment, please be aware that Bud's Machine Tools has in our arsenal a selection of new positioning equipment of interest to those who weld, including rotational welding positioners, tank turning rolls and crossbeam welding manipulators.
Used Spot Welders, "Sparking" the Discussion — to Have or Not to Have?
Fab shops that desire to increase production without making large investments into machinery will be pleased with the used welding equipment that we have to offer. We encourage you to speak to one of our reps today. We have a large inventory of metal fab equipment that can help you increase your business without spending a lot of hard-earned money on new equipment. If you do not see what you need, don't worry — we have new equipment entering our warehouse daily and our reps will be able to meet your needs. If you are ready to increase your business, then speak to one of our reps today about our quality used welding and fab shop equipment.
Need More “Arc-ing” Going on in Your Shop? Get a Used Spot Welder.
Ever been a position where you had just a bit of welding to finish your customers order, and all your existing equipment is busy? It’s a bit frustrating to see parts sitting around with one one or two processes left in order to ship — let alone, bill — the order. Sort of like an automotive mechanic who has just completed a complete engine rebuild and needs just one more tool to finish the car, but finds he doesn’t have it. Those kind of things are just the everyday annoyance we all encounter in one way or another during our daily grind. There are four basic welding types, and they each have more family tree branches that an acre of woods in the mountains of Kentucky. They are, in no particular order: Mig Welding, Arc Welding, Gas Welding and Tig Welding. The variations of these four basic types of welding probably number in the hundreds! In the world of industrial welding, the incredible number of type variations is almost overwhelming. It’s almost like, from a certain size up in amperage, each welder is customized to lend itself to the specific needs of the customer’s job. The company out to buy a new welder can, in essence, build it “made to order.” On the used equipment side, spot welders for sale tend to be of all kinds of variations, you might see some interesting welders at any given time here at Bud's Machine Tools.
We Know Used Spot Welders (and Have Them!)
Over the years, Bud's Machine Tools has sold just about every kind of welding machine out there, including Peer, Miller, Frank Brandt, Sciaky, TJ Snow — you name a brand and we have probably sold one or two along the way. Any one of these high quality machine manufactures could supply an existing model in any of the basic welding types. If you don’t see something today, check back with us in a short while, our inventory keeps rolling over faster than we can keep up with updating our website. Or give us a call some day when you see a break in your schedule and arrange to come on over to our location in Salt Lake City and see what we have in the flesh.
All Types of Welders Available
We generally have some great deals on used welding equipment. Welding is an important job in all industries that require two materials to be fused together. The highest quality of welding equipment must be able to handle high temperatures without melting or overheating. No matter whether you prefer gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW), electroslag welding or flux-cored arc welding, finding the best used welding equipment can make all the difference.Affordable metal fabrication equipment leaves you with extra cash to invest in supplies, equipment or wages. Let Bud's Machine Tools help you find the very best in high-quality used welding equipment that will also nicely fit your budget.
The Portable or Fixed Welder — How do You Get Along Without Them?
In the industrial domain, the old workhorse welder stands among the few machines with as much versatility and usefulness. There are only a few other machines in the entire metalworking industry with the versatility of the shop welder. Portability is another key factor in the overall usefulness of a modern day machine. Used welders for sale of any variety are an easy way to give additional capabilities, as well as being a viable backup to equipment in the production process.
So Many Welders, Which One Is Right?
Welders are versatile machines, and used welders are even more so than new, because they bring like-new capabilities at a reduced cost. The other thing that makes a used welding machine for sale so adaptable is that it’is very versatile in the many ways it can be implemented. Be they used gas welding machines or used stick welding machines, the value for a busy shop is obvious. Bud's Machine Tools has a revolving inventory when it comes to used welders. What we have one day we may not have the next. Fortunately, Bud's has many avenues we can search to fine the specific welder a customer may need. Here is what we do when we don’t have a specific machine one of our customers may need. We have specialists who are well connected to numerous large used machinery web sites and brick and mortar companies throughout the region. Additionally, Bud's Machine Tools has become heavily involved in both local and regional auctions of used machine tools. We have hosted and co-hosted numerous auctions both in and around Salt Lake City, though our involvement extends well beyond it and into surrounding states. So our lines of communication are wide open to the auction segment of used machine tools, and we have the ability to search those assets. What’s the upshot of all of this? If we don’t have the specific used welding machine you need, we can find that used machine for you, and either send it direct to you or bring it first through our service shop for a bit of tightening and brightening. Bud's Machine Tools stands behind every metalworking machine that goes to one of our customers, whether we sold it as a used machine or a new machine. Bud's Machine Tools, where the customer always comes first.
If You Can’t Hold It Straight, How Are You Going To Weld It?
Why struggle to position your work piece for welding? We have used welding positioners available that can rotate and tilt your pieces so the weld joints are easy to reach. Weld positioners improve weld quality and shop safety.
There Are Two Ways to Fabricate a Part: The Hard Way... and The Less Hard Way
You ever wrestle an octopus? How about an octopus in cooking oil? That is what it is like in some shops across this land. Your prime fabricators are forced to commit more time to a project because they just don’t have the positioning equipment on hand. At Bud's Machine Tools, we live fabrication machinery. Our experience gained by our sales and service professionals over the years on the application of the correct machines and their support is what sets us apart. We know welding positioners as well, and while our stock of used welding positioners for sale does fluctuate from time to time, please keep in mind that if we don’t presently have the positioner you want we can do two things:
- First, we will show you our line of new welding positioners, welding manipulators, tank turning rolls and related items. Chances are good that Bud's Machine Tools can come to some agreeable conclusion where the customer gets the exact machine for his requirements at the right price.
- Second, we have personnel proficient in finding used machine tools through various connections we have established over the years.
What’s So Great About Welding Positioners Anyway?
Well, you would already know the answer to that question if you had a welding positioner or welding manipulator. These pieces of equipment make a “knees in the dirt” job into a standing on your feet comfortably executing your responsibility to effect a good weld. Welding positioners don’t just hold the part for welding, the part is also held in place while the finish grinding of the weld can be completed.
Customer Ingenuity Is Sky High!
Used welding manipulators of the boom variety are extremely useful to weld cylinders up to diameters of 216 inches and as small as 9 inches. The boom manipulators have often been teamed up with small gauge railroad rails and have a positioning capacity laterally (side to side) of as much as 100 feet! The sky literally is the limit when it comes to fixturing fab parts on the turntable of any average used weld positioner. Often for those shops fortunate enough to have a large weld positioner, when there are no jobs in the shop of large diameter or size in production, the fabricators in the shop will go ahead and set up two jobs going at the same time on the massive turntable. The table can then be turned or tilted to suit the comfort of the welders and eventually the operators who will run the grinders.
