hey hayden,
good choice going with a 110v mig. my first mig is a lincoln sp125 and mostly have run flux cored but have run solid with co2. hobart, miller and lincoln are all good machines. play around and you will find alot of different methods for different material thicknesses. preheat and the use of different gas mixtures can produce many diff. results. i myself, am not a welding expert. i have made and fixed a heck of alot of things using stick, mig and tig. materials i have welded are steel, stainless, aluminum and most recently zirconium. there are so many diff. parameters that it is mind boggling. the guys at weld supply houses can really help with all your diff. senarios. ya know, with 18 yrs of messing with it and all the stuff ive done, i would never say im a welder. a welder is like uncle george who was here at work when i started workin for my dad 20 yrs ago. he has welded just about everything there is to stick together. any weldable exotics, titanium zirconium etc. , the kind of guy that could weld perfect circles standing on his head! if you look closely, you will find older guys at weld suppliers that had 40 yrs of it and now are more like application enginneers that love to help. anyone can run a pass, but knowing the correct operating parameters is what makes the differnece. anyway, i went off on a tangent, good luck with yer new machine. the 110v mig machine, in my opinion is the most versitile, cheapest thing out there. ive fixed alot of stuff with my little lincoln at the tree nursery that hasnt broke with that. ya never know, in time you might, like me, go buy an engine driven welder and get the wire feeder for it. a year and a half ago i bought a new miller 225 bobcat and this winter bought the mig wire feeder for it. of course, the ole lady dont say much about tools since she can look outside and see the over 8000.00 worth of trees ive planted in exchange for welding repair at the nursery. have fun and avoid fumes.
rich
