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| Twystd1 |
 Dec 11 2006, 06:22 PM
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You don't want to know... really.....  Group: Members Posts: 2,514 Joined: 12-September 04 From: Newport Beach, California Member No.: 2,743  |
Whatabout1 brought up some great stuff.
I agree with everything he said. Big spools are nice... Really good wire makes a big differance on some metals and some differance on everything. Proper tips, gas, wire, and practice make a huge differance. This is really good data... great thread...... C |
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| TravisNeff |
Dec 11 2006, 10:58 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region 
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The big spools rock no doubt about it. On my 175 I have never had the machine shut down on any job I have done. Not even the 4+ hours pretty much straight nightly welding scrap together to practice the first month or so when I got mine.
Big thing is you will spend close to 2X the price going from 110 to 220. Try to envision what you will do in the future, beyond your immediate project goals in determining which welder to buy. I have paid for my welder 2x over already if I was to farm out that work. It is amazing what you can come up with when you can be empowered to build it yourself. |
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| Brett W |
Dec 12 2006, 02:39 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,856 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None
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For a little more than 150 dollars you can upgrade from the 135-175. Can't think of a better reason to go to the bigger one.
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| whatabout1 |
Dec 12 2006, 03:05 PM
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Toys in Red Group: Members Posts: 403 Joined: 6-March 06 From: Charlotte, NC Member No.: 5,676 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Twystd1 @ Dec 11 2006, 04:22 PM)  Proper tips, gas, wire, and practice make a huge differance. This is really good data... great thread...... C Oh yea, thanks for the reminder.... TIPs. All of the electricity (in most Migs) that is creating the weld travels thru the tip to the wire. So your tip does age. (I hate to say it) Then there is allot of power being wasted. The current has to arch across the air gap from the tip to wire. Leaving less for the weld. Tips are cheap and easy to change. |
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| TravisNeff |
Dec 12 2006, 03:08 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,082 Joined: 20-March 03 From: Mesa, AZ Member No.: 447 Region Association: Southwest Region
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tips, nozzles and liners are your consumables outside of welding wire. Get your hands on a large tank (120CF) - I have an 80CF and wish I would have gone bigger.
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| Brett W |
Dec 12 2006, 05:46 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,856 Joined: 17-September 03 From: huntsville, al Member No.: 1,169 Region Association: None
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Definitely get the bigger tank. You will be much happier at 3 AM saturday before the big autocross.
You can make your tips last long if you polish them and clean the slag off them periodically. I also spray some wd40 on my wire spool from time to time. |
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