Your welcome ieezitin and Pix Man, sorry I didn't see your posts sooner, I've been busier than a one arm wall paper hanger.
The millers are a 180 SD, a MM251, MM180 and a MM172 challenger. They all weld OK but my favorite machine is the 180 Syncrowave SD in stick mode...but the Migs weld so much faster I don't use it that much.
I think most machines on the market today can do a good job. I think having a yellow and red one would be neat. The MM251 gets used the most and then comes the MM180, both are fine welders. The MM172 I keep .026 wire in for welding thin material, it's has a beautiful sounding arc, more so than the other two. All machines have a day when they screw up and need to be tended to, thankfully Millers are really reliable and problems are far and few between. Most problems can be resolved by replacing liners, cleaning the wire drive rolls and the crud that builds up on ground clamp's jaws..... I've always replaced the original chrome steel ground clamps with a copper ones.
The millers are a 180 SD, a MM251, MM180 and a MM172 challenger. They all weld OK but my favorite machine is the 180 Syncrowave SD in stick mode...but the Migs weld so much faster I don't use it that much.
I think most machines on the market today can do a good job. I think having a yellow and red one would be neat. The MM251 gets used the most and then comes the MM180, both are fine welders. The MM172 I keep .026 wire in for welding thin material, it's has a beautiful sounding arc, more so than the other two. All machines have a day when they screw up and need to be tended to, thankfully Millers are really reliable and problems are far and few between. Most problems can be resolved by replacing liners, cleaning the wire drive rolls and the crud that builds up on ground clamp's jaws..... I've always replaced the original chrome steel ground clamps with a copper ones.
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