Just purchased first welder - MIG

Shield Arc · Mar 4, 2014

dragoneggs said:
I think most of my projects will be 1/8in material or less.

Really, you think so?

Oh I don't know, ripper for your BH? I'd like to see that design.

When you get your new welder, you are more than welcome to bring it over and let me help you get it going. Not sure how much C-25 I have left from the bucket extension project last year. But I should have plenty of argon. Scrap aluminum, and steel to help you get your numbers. I have a good selection of wire, just not on 12-inch spools, but we can figure something out. Not sure what all comes with your new machine, far as contact tips, etc. This is generally a :mur: experience for a seasoned weldor, much less a new guy.

Thats Hot · Mar 4, 2014

You will like your 211, it is a very nice welder but you will find it hard to stop getting more welders. Its like Ice Cream....

ovrszd · Mar 4, 2014

Thats Hot said:
You will like your 211, it is a very nice welder but you will it hard to stop getting more welders. Its like Ice Cream

How do you use all those welders and keep your shop so clean??? I don't see any smoke stain on anything???

Thats Hot · Mar 4, 2014

I have an area outside that I do all my cutting and stick work in.

Jim Timber · Mar 4, 2014

The 211's a nice machine, and will do you right on just about anything with the correct joint prep.

Western, the solution to not using the bobcat is getting a wire feeder for it.

Those will do CV right?

Western · Mar 5, 2014

Jim Timber said:
The 211's a nice machine, and will do you right on just about anything with the correct joint prep.

Western, the solution to not using the bobcat is getting a wire feeder for it. Those will do CV right?

I never like the attached contraption, like the stand alone best. I used the Bobcat for the genset to run the plasma and ACompressor in the field.

Turbys_1700 · Mar 5, 2014

That is a very nice welder that will serve you well...
You certainly picked out a great unit to start with...

Jim Timber · Mar 5, 2014

Attached contraption? It's the de facto standard for industrial production.

I wouldn't go back...

firemanmike69 · Mar 5, 2014

Jim Timber said:
The 211's a nice machine, and will do you right on just about anything with the correct joint prep. Western, the solution to not using the bobcat is getting a wire feeder for it. Those will do CV right?

You bet they will I love mine

Western · Mar 5, 2014

Might be for some, but If I take my Bobcat on the road, I don't want all the other stuff to tag along and I don't want to bother with disconnecting it all. In a shop might be ok, but then I can use my stand alone miller 185, or the arc welder, no big deal.