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37chief

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I purchased a 110 v MIG welder to work on small projects no more than 3/16 in thick. Mainly rust repair on my 52 Plymouth coupe body. 110 volts is all the power I have where the car is. My other 110 V mig is a almost free welder. Know why the guy got rid of it. I have a big Lincoln welder for machinery repair. Anyone else have a 110 V mig? Mine welder came from the Eastwood auto body shop supply co. Stan
 
I've got a Clarke brand 110v mig. I got it probably 30 years ago. Its been a good little welder. I keep it loaded with .023" wire and use it for thin stuff. Its easier than changing wire in my big welder. I've run a lot of wire through it. I even added a cooling fan so we could run it harder back before I had a bigger wire welder.
 
I bought a 110V Miller MIG welder about 20 years ago, maybe longer than that. I use the 0.023 wire and argon/co2 shielding gas mix and I've been very happy with it. Don't use it as much as I used to but when you gotta fix something, it sure comes in handy. And it'll weld stuff a lot thicker than you would expect.
 
I was seriously looking at these little 110 welders for quite a while. But everybody I talked to advised against it. Said I'd regret wasting my money on it. So I bought a bigger Lincoln 180 wire welder. Got it for the same reason as you, for patching old cars. I have not done a lot yet but seems to work well. I use flux core wire. Don't want to bother with tanks of gas and valves. Although the welder came with all the necessary stuff to hook up a tank of gas if I decide to. Looking forward to seeing pictures of your 52 Plymouth.
Fender welding
 
There are 2 types of 110v mig's.

The super cheap AC output model flux core welder. Splatter, crackle, pop, weld looks like crap no matter what (at least when I'm doing it, it does).

Then there's the DC output, a step up, more money, but will do a decent weld on thin steel.
 
I love those Hobart handlers. The 110v machine is a great machine and it seems to weld the "hottest" of any 110 machines I have used. I would like to purchase one of thier 220v machines for greater capacity. However it's not in the cards at the moment.
 
I bought a 110 V hobart mig welder several years ago. Once you get it adjusted and get used to it it works good. I have always used the gas with it on the advice of a friend. I think you get a lot more splatter with the flux core wire or so I have been told. I still have my old stick welder for heavy stuff.
 
I have a Hobart 220V, not sure the model, have had it for about 10yrs, love it works great on tractor hoods and etc
not sure how heavy or thick it will work on, think up to 1/2 thick!!! !! I use gas with mine!!!! For the price I think it?s a
great welder and have had not issues with it!!!!
 
if you use a extension cord make sure it is 12 gauge or better yet 10 if it is long. did not like mine till i feed it some power
 
I also have a Miller 110 volt mig. I use the argon/CO2 mix as well. I agree with every word you say.
 
I bought a Lincoln 110 welder with argon gas about 20 or so years ago for thin-metal work and portability. It's OK, but I admit I've never quite weaned myself from the old-school Lincoln stick welder and oxyacetylene gas welding. My 17-year-old grandson does some pretty nice welds with the MIG.
 
I still use the old 1973 vintage 180 amp stick welder for most heavy welding on the farm but it is good for burning holes in old car bodies. That is why I got the wire welder. It will burn holes too but with a little practice I got better.
 
Same here. Bought a Miller 130XP abt 10 yrs ago. Works great and welds anything I've had to do with it. Never any problems with the feed or anything.
 
Stan,
I got a used mig from a body shop. Napa sold it, 220v with gas. Works nice for body work. Gas welds have no slag.

Mig doesn't work well on old rusty iron.

That why I have a Lincoln. Love the 6011 rods for 99% of my rusty projects.

Footnote: HF is 3 miles away from my workshop up north. I ran out of 1/8 inch 6011 and bought some form HF. I was impressed with how well they burned.
 
Extinction cords are the biggest problems with 115v machines and # two, is the machine wired backwards(220v too)flux core and solid wire are not the same.
 
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