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I've been wavering back and forth on which welder to get for my home shop, mostly automotive type use. Actually bought a Lincoln 135T on sale at Sears, quickly realized it fell far short of what I wanted and returned it. Next thought MM175 might be the ticket but still fell short of what I wanted. Became real interested in an invertor tig, a Dynasty 200DX but no matter how I crunch the numbers, still fall far short of being able to afford it. Finaly after a whole lot of reading and thought, I'm going to go with an MM210 for a couple different reasons:
-Will work for the full range of material thickness I expect to use.
-Has a fantastic reputation from everything I've heard or read
-Virtually every body shop I've been in has either a MM210 or one of it's predacessors as their main machine.
-Have the option of doing aluminum it needed
-My existing home wiring will handle the power requirements.
-Local dealer is making me a killer deal on the machine plus an 80 cf bottle (filled), 30# spool of wire, ready to weld, tax, title and out the door, $1338.00.
I also plan on getting a 50' extension cord (8/3) and a Miller Big Window Elite to round out the package, probably from Cyberweld.
This set up will have enough reach to get out in the drive to work on stuff that won't fit in my single car garage.
One question I have, what wire size would be best for all round use,(not worried about thin sheet metal, will get .023 drive rolls and wire if and when I need to do that) and what gas mix? Dealer suggested .035 wire and an 80/20 "mizon" mix.
Thanks for all the help and advice here, I've learned a tremendous amount just reading old and new posts. All that I learned pushed me to spend about two to three times what I originaly figured, but I feel sure that getting a 210 and the "Bug Window" will give me Cadillac equipment that will last and do what ever I'll ever need it to do.
Manny
-Will work for the full range of material thickness I expect to use.
-Has a fantastic reputation from everything I've heard or read
-Virtually every body shop I've been in has either a MM210 or one of it's predacessors as their main machine.
-Have the option of doing aluminum it needed
-My existing home wiring will handle the power requirements.
-Local dealer is making me a killer deal on the machine plus an 80 cf bottle (filled), 30# spool of wire, ready to weld, tax, title and out the door, $1338.00.
I also plan on getting a 50' extension cord (8/3) and a Miller Big Window Elite to round out the package, probably from Cyberweld.
This set up will have enough reach to get out in the drive to work on stuff that won't fit in my single car garage.
One question I have, what wire size would be best for all round use,(not worried about thin sheet metal, will get .023 drive rolls and wire if and when I need to do that) and what gas mix? Dealer suggested .035 wire and an 80/20 "mizon" mix.
Thanks for all the help and advice here, I've learned a tremendous amount just reading old and new posts. All that I learned pushed me to spend about two to three times what I originaly figured, but I feel sure that getting a 210 and the "Bug Window" will give me Cadillac equipment that will last and do what ever I'll ever need it to do.
Manny
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