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Originally Posted by Sonar Chief
I'm not partial to a color ... I looked at the Miller 211, and if I remember correctly (which I could be wrong) you could not weld 3/16 single pass w/o flux core wire? Sound right?
It looks like the Lincoln Power Mig 180 Dual should work for me.
Didn't mean to hijack your thread  |
The Lincoln is a sweet welder! Don't think you can go wrong there. I may have been a Lincoln owner as well but my local welding supply made me a deal on the Miller and a new bottle. I looked at a few Lincoln's and Millers before choosing the 211.
According to the Miller manual I can weld up to 3/8" with .035 wire GMAW. I'm assuming multiple passes but still using GMAW gas instead of FCAW flux core. I personally have only welded a few pieces of 3/16 to 1/4 using .030 wire GMAW single pass and it worked fine based on their settings chart. Even though the 211 is rated at 210 amps its 150@30% duty cycle. I've always stick welded bigger stuff until I recently bought the Miller.