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My friend got a miller 141, i always wanted to trywelding so i fooled with his before getting my own mig. Eventually paid $100 on craigslist for a powermig 110 and tank.
Turns out i love that old powermig. It has gas flow controlled by a valve on the trigger so i can manually flow gas before and after each weld, flow the welds until theyre cool. Super helpful for putting out fires. Eventually got a new spool of wire, some centrashield recommended for thin bodywork and its crazy how well that stuff scrubs rusty steel, end up with shiny dimes. Super easy and great results.
I also upgraded to a big tank after my third fill in a year.
I now find my friends miller is too aggressive and hard to control even when turned way down in 110v. It will do thick stuff in one pass but i think its nasty to use.
For cutting sheet i love my bosch jigsaw, i never do anything thicker than 1/8”, usually i do 16g fixing bodywork.
Neighbor has a plasma cutter but easier for me to have thick stock cut to size when i buy it.
Tool i love is my corded die grinder, super great for weld cleanup, oh and youll need an angle grinder too with lots of flap disks.
Whole thing super fun to learn and results are satisfying. Steel is a terrific easy material to make stuff with.
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