Welding Tips and Tricks

Hello All,

I sure appreciate those that make this forum possible.

A little about myself. I am a marine mechanic with my own small shop. I also plow snow in the winter. I am hopeing to be able to self teach my self to do some basic and minor welding and eventually some light fabrication. I also hope to someday find a class or two to take to help me along in ths endeavour. I did get some mig welding experience way back when I was an auto tech.

I am thinking of purchasing the lincoln 210 MP. It seems like an affordable,versatile starting place for a beginner.

I would like to know where to ask questions about this welder and what processes are best for what jobs. For example, the very first job I need to do is to reattach the bracket for the upper front diff mount on my chevy truck. I was thinking that cleaning the area and making vertical passes up each side with the mig function. I would then also add a couple of gussets where there is the clearance.

Any way, I am off to search these forums to hopefully find the answers.

Welcome, Jake,

I'd suggest posting the question in the MIG/GMAW/FCAW forum. While we'll all respond to you here, that's where the MIG work gets discussed.

You'll likely find someone here who's done exactly what you're doing, or at least close enough to give direct advice.

Steve S

Welcome to the forum Jake.

Welcome, Jake. I have a 210MP and I love it. It mig welds beautifully and does fine with stick also. I haven't purchased the tig attachment so I can't comment on that but I haven't found anything not to like about it so far.
Cheers.
-Eldon