Lincoln pro mig 175 opinions

Only 220 that I know of but you can still use a 135 you just have to be more proficient at welding.

i used one of those for 3 years, worked good, only thing it did wrong was towards the end it started letting the spool of wire unravel. now i got a millermatic 210 and love it,

Originally posted by dragn168



does it run 110v or 220v cuz i have no 220v connection at my town house and i am looking in to getting a welder so i can do body work in my parkinglot also would there be a better choice if i wasnt going to weld up anything past 3/16?

you will need a higher voltage for the bigger welders unless you get a generator powered welder.

Originally posted by BeyondStatic



I was considering the 175, but I plan to do a lot of welding on 1/4" and thicker metals, so the duty cycle of the 175 wasn't what I wanted. I went to the Miller 210. But for bodywork and random welding of thick metals, the 175 is a great choice

how thick was the metal, and how long was the weld for duty cycle to become an issue??? ok, i am tossing up between a kempii 200, and an ESAB 200. by far the best priced quality units i have found

I had a lincoln pro mig 135 and it worked good but just a hard time doing the 1/4 in a single pass. i swapped it out for the 175 model and i can see a night and day difference. it has got some power. and i have used some $1500 miller stuff and i like my $500-$600 lincoln 175 better. tons of power and then i can turn down the amperage to do some thin guage metal work on my truck. best tool that i have in my garage.

i have a hobart 180 and it does everything i need, although now that i am in school i have been welding with a miller deltaweld 452 and i think it might have spoiled me b/c that thing is awesome.. http://www.millerwelds.com/products/mig/deltaweld_452/ if i could afford the whole setup(machine/wire feed/etc) i'd spend it..

Originally posted by Low_SST



you will need a higher voltage for the bigger welders unless you get a generator powered welder.

those engine driven welders are badass. pretty damn usefull. i have talked to alot of people who have them and if u got the money to spend its a great investment. i also figured that gas would be cheaper then a electric bill ha! i havent ran any numbers but seems good. also being able to do tig, mig and stick from the same welder is cool plus havin a 10,000+watt 20+hp Kohler 2 cylinder OHV generator on it to power shit or incase another hurricane comes along, at 2800-4grand for the bigger lincoln ones. i got one of those biatches on order :-D

also this place seems to offer some good prices on welders, lincoln & miller, engine driven and not and free shippin too. http://www.weldingmart.com