I am completely new to all processes of welding but picked up a mig and I'm hoping to be able to tackle some projects. I will be using mostly 3/16" steel plate but up to 1/4" welding it to aprox.1/8" steel. It will be some lap joints and some filet (?). My question is what wire size w...

I'm in Ca. and looking to get a tank with 75/25 for my mig. Just wondering who you guys find to have the best prices for tank and gas. From what I'm told the closest welding supply is a bit on the high side, a 25 min. drive away is an Airgas, Praxair, Barnes and maybe a couple others.

Thanks.

Well it looks like they're giving a little more now, at least with the 211. Starting may 1st their giving a free spool gun on top of the $200 rebate that's already in affect. Looks like I bought a couple weeks to soon.

Why is Miller so stingy? I recently picked up a millermatic 211 not really paying attention to what was included. The lincoln 180 dual I was considering comes with solid and flux wire, gas and gasless nozzles, knurled and smooth drive rolls in various sizes and various size tips. The Miller only com...

I started a thread asking about using a setup like the one you made on a 30a dryer circuit. I have to ask, on the 30a 3 prong circuit you will be plugging into is it 2 hots and a ground or 2 hots and a neutral? Lol, I laugh because I'm getting some insisting that its wrong to use a setup like you ma...

drross wrote:Good to know polarity doesn't matter. Thanks.

I bought the 10/3 wire, plug and receptacle at Ace Hardware.

Thanks, I haven't looked at ace yet. I was able to find the 10/3 wire everywhere, cheapest was $1.89 ft.

That's the same setup I'm planning on making. Where did you get the ends? I've been to lowes and home depot but neither sell that 3 prong 30a end. They do have the 50a, its not really an end but a flush mount outlet.

I sent a text out to a licensed electrical contractor I know asking if its ok to do what I'm asking you guys, his reply was yes. After that I also searched about neutral and ground bonding at the panel and found that neutrals can land on the ground bar and vise versa, because both bars are tied toge...

Ha ha, some say do it some say dont, what is the real deal? If it makes a difference this 30a dryer outlet comes straight from the main panel, no sub panel, and is no more than a 20ft. run.
I just want to use this thing but don't want to burn the house down.

On your dryer receptacle, (assuming 50A), the two angled slots are your L1 and L2, and the d-shaped one on the bottom is common/ground. Assuming your machine's cord has black, white, and green, the black and white go to L1 and L2, in no particular order. The green will go to common/ground. I get th...

Ha ha, I'm confused, it sounded like it's fine and to go for it but now house fire . And I do still need to run our dryer on the outlet so swapping the recepticle won't work.

Look no further then this thread.http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?508801-30A-outlet-OK-for-the-211 Lol!! Get going man!!! Interesting but I don't see how thats helpful. I wasn't asking if it will work on a 30a circuit, Im wondering about making an adapter, or in this case an extension cord that...

AKweldshop wrote:What welder do you have?

Miller 211.

I just got my first mig welder and was planning on using the 240 dryer outlet with an extension/adapter setup. I've done some searching and haven't really seen a definite answer to whether or not it's ok to go from a 3 prong dryer to the 3 prong welder. I'm finding people saying they do it and its f...

Hello, picked up my first welder (mig) and hopping to learn a lot from this forum. I would like to be able to do various welding project's on an off road rig.