I guess I should have explained "my personal experience"... my welding
background is 90% buggy and off-road race car fabrication related.  This
means that most of the time I'm welding 4130 chrome moly tubing.  You would
have to be a fool to use a 110V welder for this kind of work.  The 220V
Miller welders are among the best out there and like I said before, even it
can struggle on the thick stuff.  It takes patience and practice to get good
welds (and pretty ones too).  If you're looking for a light duty welder
(sheet metal, etc.), than a 110V will probably work for you, but if you're
looking for an all-purpose welder, you gotta go 220V.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Frank Condelli
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 3:35 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Welders in Denver?

In a message dated 21/12/2005 12:05:05 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

>From my  personal experience, 110V MIG welders are pretty worthless.
Everyone I know  who has bought one, has regretted it.  I have a Miller 220V
MIG and  even it struggles on the thick stuff.

Gotta disagree on that Jeff.  I've had my 110V  MIG for many years and use
it
very often.  True it will not penetrate heavy  metal for a good weld.  But,
for convenience and portability it's  unbeatable.  After over 10 years of
ownership and no repairs to the unit,  I'm satisfied with mine !

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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