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Miller 211
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:42 am
by gundog
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I am very pleased with the little 211. I have access to all the big boy welders at work but wanted a welder for home so the 211 was my choice. I was happy with the way it welded a 3/8 bevel. Yeah I know junky tacs but it was late and I wanted a bit of a test before I called it a night.
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Tue Jan 26, 2016 12:44 am
by gundog
I found the face of it also
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 9:24 pm
by johnnyFbomb
Is this the new inverter welder?
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:32 pm
by gundog
Yes it is seems to weld nice I still have to get used to .030 wire. I am finding the whip is a little different then I am used to. You have to really stay on the leading edge. More a thing with the wire then the machine. But it is very nice to do tubing with. I know it is not a big boy welder like a xmt but I am really happy with it.
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 11:37 pm
by gundog
Yes it is seems to weld nice I still have to get used to .030 wire. I am finding the whip is a little different then I am used to. You have to really stay on the leading edge. More a thing with the wire then the machine. But it is very nice to do tubing with. I know it is not a big boy welder like a xmt but I am really happy with it.
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:51 pm
by johnnyFbomb
Awesome! I'm glad you like it. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on one myself. I cannot find anyone who's done a review of this machine on Aluminum. I plan on building mini jet boats, which are 1/4 bottom and 3/16 sides. It should be able to do this job like butter, but a review would be nice. The new spoolmate 150 gun looks very nice as well.
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:55 am
by gundog
The boys at miller said it will but I think they said it will run 4043 better then 5356.
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 8:59 am
by LtBadd
johnnyFbomb wrote:Awesome! I'm glad you like it. I'm thinking of pulling the trigger on one myself. I cannot find anyone who's done a review of this machine on Aluminum. I plan on building mini jet boats, which are 1/4 bottom and 3/16 sides. It should be able to do this job like butter, but a review would be nice. The new spoolmate 150 gun looks very nice as well.
Looks like a nice unit, just be sure to take note of its duty cycle...150 A at 21.5 VDC, 40% duty cycle (240V) using 110V would not be impressive except for very thin materials
Re: Miller 211
Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:15 pm
by gundog
It does have its limits. Really the 110 for me is to be able to do repairs at the neibours in the kennel runs etc. I also picked up a 150 stl if the 211 is not up to the task the 150 stl will 7018 all I'll need to do