I need a recommendation (please)

[mxpapa]

I vote for the mig also, I have recently added a Lincoln round top 250 ac/dc and a Lincoln weldan power 225/210 with my 180c, sure glad I started with mig cause this stick stuff is a steep learning curve, I have been looking at the Century 255 with spool gun for under $1400 @ usa weld, and the HTP 250, might give those a look. I would love to have the Lincoln 255

[Steverlord]

Thank you! This is valuable information that I needed.
I've been treading through opinions online and can't decide who to believe.
Thank goodness for this forum and the good people involved.

Steve

[Lis2323]

Thank you! This is valuable information that I needed.
I've been treading through opinions online and can't decide who to believe.
Thank goodness for this forum and the good people involved.

Steve

You are new here, Steve so give it a few more days for some members to inundate you with conflicting and bad advice.

“WW. The birthplace of fake news”

[danielplace]

Hate to throw a wrench in the works but after reading a lot of what OP seems to be needing this for almost sounds like he is more a candidate for a tig machine rather than a mig or maybe a multi machine.

I would choose tig over mig most days if I could only have one for mall projects. Nice to be able to have full control over deposition and no sparks in the garage.

[sand_man_red]

Sorry to stir the pot but here goes.

I was you 10 years ago. I went down the path of stick. Did that a couple years and learned a lot. For me stick is well suited to heavier weldments and has serious limitations for anything less than 14g and even there it was a challenge. Then I went with TIG. I practiced and quickly surpassed my stick welding results and opened the door to welding pretty much anything I want in steel, aluminum, stainless from 0.030 thick and up. Ya, consumables are bit more than stick or but it's a hobby, it's not supposed to make sense.

[Louie1961]

Not to be a Debby downer here, BUT the original post is from 2010. Most of the information is from then or 2014, making most of the recommendations useless. I really don't understand why people resurrect zombie posts. I wish the moderators would lock these from further comment

[Meltedmetal]

I have wondered if some of the zombie threads get resurrected by spammers whose post get deleted but the thread then still shows up in "New Posts". ?