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    Posted: Oct/16/2016 at 7:46pm
Not sure if all tractor supply stores are doing it but my local one ( Carver MA ) is having a clearance on welders , good buys . The Hobart 210MVP is $688 and the savings are similar on a all welders
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The one I have is the Lincoln 220V MIG model 180C. I paid the extra money for the one with aluminum handle, aluminum feed roller and board embedded in epoxy. 
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I bought an Eastwood 175 MIG welder which comes with a spoolgun for aluminum.  These are usually on sale for around $480 plus freight and I have used it expensively over the past year welding in panels ans well as heavier stuff like stands, and carts.  I also used the spoolgun on my aluminum trailer and it works well.  

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I have a Millermatic 211.  It's a great welder- works with 110 or 220V.  Welding sheet metal works great on 110, and light steel too.  I want to learn how to Tig weld next.  I wonder if the combo Mig/Tig welders are any good?  I ask because if I was in the market for a Mig today I may want to look at the hybrid just in case I wanted to Tig weld one day. 
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I guess I’d be looking at the millermatic 220 multi process , it’s ac/dc which you want with tig , $3000 but it’s a Miller . The body shop next to me has a millermatic 210 and that thing welds perfect . I’m going to buy Miller only from now on . I have the hobart 190 and it’s ok , also have the Lincoln tig 200 , that is a nice machine . That 211 is a nice machine I’d probably keep it and buy the Miller tig , not putting all your eggs in one basket . 
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I've got a Miller 135 -110V MIG.  I've had it over 25 years now and still going strong.  Great for welding body panels up to about 1/4" plate.  Thicker than that, I use an old Lincoln stick welder.  Had that for nearly 40 years.  I will buy a 220V MIG one of these days.  Probably a Miller.

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Yeah , in my old age saving a few bucks is wearing thin . I’ve been looking for a used 210 , hard to find ( I wouldn’t give it up if I had one ) . I do have a Miller 135xp I picked up at the swap all I did was clean it up , new gauge and modern nozzle conversion but I have yet to try it . Have an auto arc 222 that I got from the scrap guy and fixed it up , was hoping it would weld as good as the 210 , I havnt had much time on it but no where as heavy duty construction as the mm210 
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