Yes, folks… I’m asking for advise… I want to get into Welding. Why? ‘Cause I want to be on Monster Garage — known as a Master Welder. That would be neat-o… but, that’s not gonna happen… the real reason is because I’ve always wanted to learn how to weld and now I have designed a metal staircase railing that needs welding. My arrogance tells me it should be very easy… I’m good at woodworking and circuit board soldering… so why not make the leap to full blown MIG welding? Should I get the Miller Millermatic 175 (yup… because of the name) or a Lincoln SP-175T? The Miller has infinite variable voltage and the Lincoln has that A/B/C/D voltage setting method, besides that they are very, very similar. I’d like to know which welder you think would be better for me? I’m going to be using it to weld 3″x5lbs C-Channel (for posts), welding on the 1 1/2″ flange, to 1 1/2″ x 1/2″ flatbar. I think the 1/4″ weld, this 220v Mig Welder can provide will be more than enough for what I need. I understand that if I fall in love with welding… then I’ll need to move up to a more industrial MIG system. Please post your comments, I don’t know how many techgeeks are into welding… I hope there are at least a few…


Oh… and what about these Harbor Freight cheapies… any good?