welders...

AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE...YOU HAVE TO GIVE THE WELDER ENUF POWER TO GET A GOOD STRONG WELD.

Edited: 10/12/2006 7:42:53 AM by Chopped Mazda

1/4 and 3/16 is what you should be using. even most bracketry you buy from places is going to be 1/4 plate or 3/16, and most 110v welders max out at 3/16, and thats assuming your a good welder and know how to use it at its full potental, and prep the weld correctly......and honestly there are lots of people that dont, they just pull teh trigger and go.

idk how you think 3/16 isnt anyware near 1/4..... its a 1/16th of an inch difference.....is damn near. unless your talking about building with 1/8 plate, and thats just wrong.

I've got a lincoln 175 that I keep flux core in for heaver stuff, and a Hobart 135 that i keep on gas with some .025 for sheet metal and the like. Really like both of them.

i've got a lincoln 220 and i use it for frame and sheet metal work just change out the size of wire and plz dont try to cut corners and use a 110 theres no point other than just to cut a cornor. and yea i know a 110 will prolly work for thinner metal maybe good enough to build a frame for a mini but y not just over build it and know it will be ok

ok cool, thanks guys. we'll go shopping around. definently getting a 220 of whatever we get.

lincoln 175 mig you can get one at the home depot or lowes the best 600 bucks youl ever spend we have some 110 welders that we use strictly for bodywork rollpans shavedoors etc

i have a hobart 180 and my buddy has a miller 175, both work awesome and not bad priced

miller dvi (dual voltage input) you can change the end of the plug out to 110 or 220 for whatever you need to weld if you only want one machine that is the way to go

I have a Miller 175 and I love it. It will do sheetmetal and heavy welding no problem.

Miller 210 is worth every penny use mine for everything....