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#21
I would spend about 600 on a good miller or even a lincoln, and then the rest of the money on accessories (gas, wire, clamps, gloves, hood, etc)
I like the Miller stuff, but the Miller vs Lincoln thing is like Ford vs Chevy.. They are both good welders.. just one is red and one is blue.
I like the Miller stuff, but the Miller vs Lincoln thing is like Ford vs Chevy.. They are both good welders.. just one is red and one is blue.
Anyway, the HF 180 I have does spot welding (not on the 170A). It has 6 heat settings and infinite wire speed control, it also has burn back and upslope settings (which the 170A lacks.)
It has been a really solid little welder and I have done fine work with it and heavy work (building a trailer hitch for instance.) Does it all pretty well. Reversible polarity makes it possible to weld aluminum too with a teflon feed line.
The 151T has infinite wire speed and 4 heat settings, which really is enough, the settings are spaced almost the same as the 180A welders. You will hardly ever use setting 1 and would spend most of your time on 2 or 3.
Mark
#22
If you know what you're doing, you can get great results mig welding. You're probably going to grind down any welds on your body so a mig welder is fine for this job. If appearance is important to you, Tig welding is the way to go. Tig welds are generally smaller in size and the weld beads are more precise.
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Yeah me too.
Anyone use Lincoln MIGs? I've only used Lincoln TIGs and liked them...?
All things being equal between the two, I'd go (uhh..did go) with the Lincoln cause OCC uses Miller.
I looked at the Joe Gibb's/Tony Stewart Foundation OCC chopper yesterday up close, and their welds S U C K. ****, if I had their money
I would spend about 600 on a good miller or even a lincoln, and then the rest of the money on accessories (gas, wire, clamps, gloves, hood, etc)
I like the Miller stuff, but the Miller vs Lincoln thing is like Ford vs Chevy.. They are both good welders.. just one is red and one is blue.
I like the Miller stuff, but the Miller vs Lincoln thing is like Ford vs Chevy.. They are both good welders.. just one is red and one is blue.
All things being equal between the two, I'd go (uhh..did go) with the Lincoln cause OCC uses Miller.
I looked at the Joe Gibb's/Tony Stewart Foundation OCC chopper yesterday up close, and their welds S U C K. ****, if I had their money
#25
Yeah me too.
Anyone use Lincoln MIGs? I've only used Lincoln TIGs and liked them...?
All things being equal between the two, I'd go (uhh..did go) with the Lincoln cause OCC uses Miller.
I looked at the Joe Gibb's/Tony Stewart Foundation OCC chopper yesterday up close, and their welds S U C K. ****, if I had their money
Anyone use Lincoln MIGs? I've only used Lincoln TIGs and liked them...?
All things being equal between the two, I'd go (uhh..did go) with the Lincoln cause OCC uses Miller.
I looked at the Joe Gibb's/Tony Stewart Foundation OCC chopper yesterday up close, and their welds S U C K. ****, if I had their money
I never used the lincoln, but i saw the work it did, and it did well. It was a bigger 220 unit.
I used the big lincoln tig a number of times, and it did as well as my skill would allow. I saw what it was really capable of though, and it did it well.
#27
If you know what you're doing, you can get great results mig welding. You're probably going to grind down any welds on your body so a mig welder is fine for this job. If appearance is important to you, Tig welding is the way to go. Tig welds are generally smaller in size and the weld beads are more precise.
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