I have a miller 220 welder that I have been using in my garage for fabrication. Now I'm ready to do some rust panel repair. I have a lincln 120 plus welder without gas. Those of you who have welded body panels before. Would it be worth adding gas $150.00 plus tank) to my lincoln to preform this job? The miller seems pretty hot to do this tack welding with. Thanks. Scott
you definently need gas but like was said maybe a smaller wire with smaller tip in your welder like.024. I do a lot of sheet metal repair with a lincoln 220 with .030 wire and just turn down the temp and speed
I have a Miller 212 I use for bigger stuff but also have a Lincoln 100 weldpack which is the older verison of what you have. I spent the money to convert mine and, believe it or not, I use that thing more than my Miller in the shop. I'm partial to C-25 which is an argon mix and costs more, but for sheet metal and smaller stuff, I like it better. I run .030 wire in my bigger machine and it's there for frames, etc. but you won't regret changing your Lincoln over to gas and using it for small stuff......and it seems there's always a 110 outlet where you need it, not so much for the 220v because I only have 2 in my shop.
I have a Miller 212 I use for bigger stuff but also have a Lincoln 100 weldpack which is the older verison of what you have. I spent the money to convert mine and, believe it or not, I use that thing more than my Miller in the shop. I'm partial to C-25 which is an argon mix and costs more, but for sheet metal and smaller stuff, I like it better. I run .030 wire in my bigger machine and it's there for frames, etc. but you won't regret changing your Lincoln over to gas and using it for small stuff......and it seems there's always a 110 outlet where you need it, not so much for the 220v because I only have 2 in my shop.
I was wrong about the model of my miller. It is a model 120 but it is a 220v machine which is about 20 years old but used very little. I think the amp range is 30-90. I'm using 75% argon, 25% co2 gas. The machine will rum .030 and I thinks .023 wire. Anybody using the esab easy grind wire? Yes I'm on a budget as far as adding gas to the Lincoln welder. It looks like it would cost $180.00 for the K586-1 kit plus $200.00 for a bottle. That's why it would be cheaper to make the miller work better for auto body panels. Thanks for very bodies input. No I'm not crying about being on a budget. Just frugal!
I was wrong about the model of my miller. It is a model 120 but it is a 220v machine which is about 20 years old but used very little. I think the amp range is 30-90. I'm using 75% argon, 25% co2 gas. The machine will rum .030 and I thinks .023 wire. Anybody using the esab easy grind wire? Yes I'm on a budget as far as adding gas to the Lincoln welder. It looks like it would cost $180.00 for the K586-1 kit plus $200.00 for a bottle. That's why it would be cheaper to make the miller work better for auto body panels. Thanks for very bodies input. No I'm not crying about being on a budget. Just frugal!
if it will turn down to 30 amps, I think you could use it.
mine goes from 210 amps - 30 amps, and I dont weld on the very lowest settings, for sheetmetal.
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