Used MIG welders can be purchased from a variety of places. The obvious choices would be Craigslist or Ebay. The Weldplus website also offers a selection of used and refurbished MIG welders.
Arc mig and tig
MIG and Electric Arc
Here are three types, stick, mig and tig.
They are presently made over-seas under Eastwood's name and supervision.
A tubular or wire cored electrode is used for both MIG and MAG welding. These can be purchased online at places like AGA.com.
Nuweld is the market leader in Mig welders,so really it's a good brand..
If someone were interested in learning more about the Lincoln mig welders product lines from Lincoln Electric they could simply go to the corporate website.
MIG is far faster than all other welders, and you can get an aesthetically appealing weld AND good penetration, so its "pretty" and strong
The most powerful MIG welder available for purchase is a 220V / 200AMP. Since these powerful MID welders can cost upward of $2000, hobbyist work would not require such power.
The MiG (Mikoyan-Gurevich) aircraft are designed and built in Russia. India operates several types of MiG aircraft purchased from Russia. The People's Republic of China produces copies of several MiG designs under license.
Aluminum is one example of a metal that cannot be MIG welded and must be TIG welded. The limitation of MIG is usually the heat it can produce versus thickness of the material. One quarter-inch thickness is usually about as thick as you can weld with either MIG or flux-core wire feed welders. Anything else will require the heat energy available with a stick welder.
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