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My new Miller 211w/ AutoSet

isuhunter

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Isn't it beautiful!? Ordered from Cyberweld. I didn't experience the super quick shipping everyone talked about but package arrived in good condition. Opened it up and started unpacking after it sat in the garage about 5 days. Everything looks great except the mig gun liner spring end was a bit bent. Can't wait to try it out tomorrow.











 
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Madrona

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Nice. One thing I was unclear about on my new Miller Multimatic 215 was how tight the wire spool should be. I cranked it down a little much at first and was having feed problems. It's kind of a grey area.
 

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To get spool tension right, go out as far as you can away from the machine with the gun in a straight shot and put the gun against the concrete floor at a 45 degree angle and set the wire speed to 50% on your machine and pull the trigger. Your wire should feed out and make nice loops that is when you know you have the speed correct.
 

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Yeah it's ugly but extremely effective. I bet it's weighty?

We always did the old 'lift it with one arm out straight and you can have it' deal on the older unit ��
 
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isuhunter

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Great customer service from Miller - they are sending a new part out right away. Cyberweld was a little more of a hassle than I expected but either way a new part is on the way.
 

ndr1968

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Every time I see these words "Miller 211" I get buyers remorse all over again. When I bought my "140" I thought my shop couldn't be wired for 220. I've since found out different and my solution was to buy an AC/DC Thunderbolt for the thicker stuff but I still wish I had a 211! If I ever really get into a good windfall I may correct the situation yet!

Enjoy your new welder, man!
 

sk farmer

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Every time I see these words "Miller 211" I get buyers remorse all over again. When I bought my "140" I thought my shop couldn't be wired for 220. I've since found out different and my solution was to buy an AC/DC Thunderbolt for the thicker stuff but I still wish I had a 211! If I ever really get into a good windfall I may correct the situation yet!

Enjoy your new welder, man!

i try and tell everyone that is considering a purchase this and someone always tells them they don't need it. i almost never tell anyone to buy more tool than they need as long as is good quality except in this case.

a 115 volt welder cannot compare to a 230 volt. to get full capacity from a 115 volt welder you need a dedicated 20 amp circuit. at 15 amps the 140 will only get you about 63 amps on a 20% duty cycle compared to 90 amps@ 20% on a 20 amp circuit. either way those are pretty weak numbers. most garages don't have that either so when you install a dedicated 20 amp the extra cost to supply 230 is slight. then you are covered for an air compressor as well!
 
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DerekV

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Nice. One thing I was unclear about on my new Miller Multimatic 215 was how tight the wire spool should be. I cranked it down a little much at first and was having feed problems. It's kind of a grey area.



You want both spool and wire drive tensions to be as light as possible without causing issues. This will improve feedability and extend the life of the wire drive components.

For the spool, you ever so slightly tighten the lock nut (starting with it all the way loose) until you feel a slight amount of drag when rotating the spool by hand. There should be a pretty clear diagram of this in your manual. If it's too loose, the spool will want to spin backwards/unravel/birds nest the second you let off the trigger. You'll see that it doesn't take much tension at all to stop the spool from doing this.

For the wire drive tension, the other poster provided good advice. I know it's different from welder to welder, but on my 211 (identical feed mechanism as yours), I have it set between 2 and 2.5 for .030 wire.
 
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