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Same dilemma as you, same welder and same compressor outlet. I ended up changing the outlet to a 50A and changing the plug on the compressor to match. I agonized over that for a week, it took just minutes to do. The 50A outlet fit in same box as the 6-20, all I needed was a new faceplate.

Santa finally let me open the Miller 211. Here's my first four welds. 1/4" plate, ground off the mill scale, no bevel , not enough gap either I think. Welds 1 and 2 were .30 wire the machine came with, 75/25, 230v, and using auto-set. Welds 3-4 I cranked up the amps a touch (by moving the dial...

I'd feel much better using them after the bracing, looks good! When the car fell on me it was a jackstand under the rear that bent, and the car rolled own the ramps. One of the legs folded, thinking of it I can still hear the sound of metal groaning.

I'm not an engineer... To me I'd be more comfortable with a couple of X braces in the stand. OTOH, I'm more paranoid than most because I have had a car fall on me.

Reading your posts sounds familiar to my situation. "paralysis by analysis" was my problem. In my case, learning Mig is just something on my list of things I want to learn, did O/A ~30 years ago in school and for a couple years after. I was going to go cheap but the wife said "don't buy some...

When i saw the thread title I thought you were going to echo my rant of idiots bidding the price past retail on the first day of a 6 day listing.

To further drive home the point made above... I had the same jack for 20 years that worked flawlessly. I jacked up the car, set the jackstands finished the job and the jack would not lift the car off the stands. You never know when it will fail. I bought a $50 jack to get the car off the...

I second this. It used to be $99 now it's a little over $100.

I havent seen the 40" in the local store, but Costco has a 36" Homak that looks and feels much better than the bottom end craftsman 26" the local store has. That's why I am wondering about this combo, if they are like the bottom end 26" at the local Sears, it's pretty scary how bad it is.

Is this combo any good? Looks to be their bottom level chest set at about half off. http://www.sears.com/craftsman-22-drawer-40-in-combo-red-each/p-009CO47210801B?prdNo=48&blockNo=148&blockType=G148

IMHO, the issue is value. What is the cost of a tool that is good enough to do the job? If manufacturing overseas has reached a point where they can make a tool that can do the job and costs less it is hard to pass up. The extra cost one doesn't spend on a tool to "save american jobs" can be...