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So, Bobby...being the calculating trained warrior NCO that you are. Take the appropriate action, Execute!
your standard grunt level CQB is just putting rounds and rounds on scary stuff till it stops scaring you!
JR, I have been looking at that welder for a while now and recently went in to look at all of the options at the Gas Store. The guy there recommended a Tweco 211i instead of the Miller 211. I was kind of sold on the Miller until I looked at the Tweco. http://www.weldersupply.com/P/605/FabricatoriPartWFREESHIPDo you use the Miller 211 in 120 or 240v mode the most? Other than the thickness of material that you can weld under 120v mode do you notice any issues? The reason the Tweco looked good was that you could Tig weld with it as well but only either AC or DC (can't remember which). And I wouldn't know which of those is best anyway. Just wanted to learn TIG. ThanksMike
Quote from: cruizng on December 08, 2014, 11:00:58 AMJR, I have been looking at that welder for a while now and recently went in to look at all of the options at the Gas Store. The guy there recommended a Tweco 211i instead of the Miller 211. I was kind of sold on the Miller until I looked at the Tweco. http://www.weldersupply.com/P/605/FabricatoriPartWFREESHIPDo you use the Miller 211 in 120 or 240v mode the most? Other than the thickness of material that you can weld under 120v mode do you notice any issues? The reason the Tweco looked good was that you could Tig weld with it as well but only either AC or DC (can't remember which). And I wouldn't know which of those is best anyway. Just wanted to learn TIG. ThanksMike Mike,If I could offer. I have used a Miller 212 since I want to say 07, or possibly 08. I use it in 220VAC only and I can say it is a flawless Mig Machine. No telling how many 12 lb spools or are they 20 lb?? (Big ones) have run through that machine, no how many bottles. It only requires regular/routine expendables replacement and drive on.The reason I bought it was a not so great Hobart 110/220 machine that I had just before that. When I moved up to Northern Kentucky in 1999 after my Armee days (Or was it daze?) I carried my Miller 250 with me that I had owned for a decade or more in a shop...a commercial shop I owned once. Well since I went from commercial shop down to three car garage initially, I wanted a more space conscious machine so I purchased the Hobart. Well that was the end of pretty welds and reliability until some years later, I literally gave that machine to Duane and purchased my Miller 212.Morale of the story is buy a really good machine, and I think the Miller units are. Miller migs and Hypertherm Plasmas. A lot up front you say? Yep, sure is and brings real credence to that old phrase "You get what you pay for!I have heard good things about Tweco, however, but Miller is a no brainer.
Thanks Don. I think it will work out just fine for my limited skill set. So I went back to the receiver hitch I was trying to weld on 110V and swapped the outlet to 220V and WOW!! what a difference it made. Welds like Buttah! Even makes a hack like me look good with the AutoSet feature and plenty of power. Not perfect but it will work for someone that hasn't welded much in 20 years. I did use 0.30 and seems to run good. I finished up the receiver hitch and yes.... it is painted John Deere Blitz Black! :) mounted to the Kubota backhoe. I wanted it so I could move and park my flatbed trailer and also drag the gravel drive. On to other projects!