I was wondering what brand and model mig's you guys are using. Also , what wire size for sheet metal repair/replacement, I assume .023 wire. I'm looking at getting a new Mig and looking at the Hobart 190,without the spool gun currently. I knowa welder is not required for sheet metal work, but I do heavier stuff too.
What Mig welder and wire size are you guys using?
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I was wondering what brand and model mig's you guys are using. Also , what wire size for sheet metal repair/replacement, I assume .023 wire. I'm looking at getting a new Mig and looking at the Hobart 190,without the spool gun currently. I knowa welder is not required for sheet metal work, but I do heavier stuff too.
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I have a miller but they make hobart as their parts are interchangable. .023 is best for sheetmetal but can get by with .030 in a pinch will do both thinner and heavier and of course .035 for the heavy stuff
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Any of the name brand welders like Hobart, Miller, Lincoln, and Eastwood. If you don't have a 240 amp outlet you would want to stick with one like the Lincoln 140 from Home Depot. The Millermatic 141 would be another good welder for the home. Eastwood has the Mig 135 for $280. For auto sheetmetal I use a bottle of argon and use .023 wire.
I have a little Farm hand 190 from Tractor supply that is flux core 110v. makes a lot of brown ash slag but you grind any way, works well I put a fan in front with the lid open when I have a lot to weld. Never popped the breaker yet. Also an old school Snap on FM-140 will run on 110 as well with 75/25 super smooth welds. I found the Snap on unit on C/L came with bottle and regulator for 650.00. The bottle alone would be 300.00 plus.
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I've had two welders. The first one was 110 volt with two switches for a total of 4 heat settings.It seemed the lowest was too low and the next one up was too high to do sheet metal. I did get a lot done with it but it finally wore out. I replaced it with an Eastwood 175. The Eastwood has a dial for heat settings so you can get the heat you want. I haven't used it too much as yet but so far I think it's awesome.
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