>> If you get a 110v unit get either a Lincoln or Miller.
>> Everyone I talked to said the same thing; they're just built better. The
local
>> welding supply house has 'em for about $6-700.00 complete.
>>
>
>Mike B. writes:
>I agree totally. The other thing is that Miller or Lincoln is going to
support
>these
>units with replacement parts for a long time. You can still get parts for
Miller
>that is 30 years old. These units will accept the Tweeko gun, which is is
the top
>of the
>Top of the line setup.
>
>
>> If I was starting from scratch, I'd rather have a used TIG
>> than a new MIG.
>
>Mike B. writes:
>
>I disagree. I have both Mig and Tig setups. Both are Miller welders. If I was
>going to pick just one it definatly would the Mig setup. It very easy to
use with
>little or
>no training and its much faster. You can mig weld in places that you can't
begin
>to tig because of the foot control.
>
>For the average guy, The Mig is the hot setup!!!!!!! Buy the Miller or the
>Lincoln
You are probably right on both ease of use and skill level required. The
thing I
don't like about the MIG is they splatter a lot (at least the one I used).
I'm
doing things like header and aluminum intake fabrication and eventually some
suspension stuff and wanted the finished product to look as nice as possible.
Those things would be hard to do with a 120 volt MIG. The small MIGs do have
better portability than anything out there. I'd like to get one someday just
to be able to take it to the track, "in case". Migs are also the fastest way
to weld if you are doing a lot of it. Also, as I said, the TIG I have is also
a stick welder which will do most of what the MIG will, so it's actually two
units in one. Not very portable though!
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