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#61 ·
ronsii said:
Yeah, even the last couple of miller 211's I got have had really bad ground clamp setups!!! a few years back they were bad but now it's even worse :eek:
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After upgrading, I save the OEM’s for a “friend” She has quite a collection and she doesn’t even know how to weld. [emoji846]
 
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Shootr said:
Yeah, the 125HF - it was baaaaasic! The Yeswelder will set wire speed and voltage if I dial in the amp value as recommended on their charts. The charts don't seem to accurate from first blush.

It will also let you set amps, wire speed, voltage, and inductance all independently to tweak it to more exacting standards.
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The Yeswelder settings seem hot. I think they are set up for traveling fast in a straight line without weaving, maybe targeting fast production.
I don't think there is a way to control wire speed separately, it is baked into the other settings. How are you getting to a wire speed setting?
 
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RKCRLR said:
The Yeswelder settings seem hot. I think they are set up for traveling fast in a straight line without weaving, maybe targeting fast production.
I don't think there is a way to control wire speed separately, it is baked into the other settings. How are you getting to a wire speed setting?
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There's not, I was getting ahead of myself. Just excited I guess to have a capable welder for once lol.
 
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Shootr said:
There's not, I was getting ahead of myself. Just excited I guess to have a capable welder for once lol.
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As I've been practicing and learning with the -205DS and googling about settings and values, I've come to these conclusions:

*Wire speed is set by amperage, for .030 wire the wire feed is 2 x the amperage setting? I have an old 2lb spool of crappy flux core wire, so when my current one runs out I want to use it for some speed tests and see if that is really the truth with this machine.

*A couple youtube video reviews show how to use the voltage +/- values to lower or the raise the voltage for a set amperage. That has been super useful in getting me into the ballpark for correctly setting it up per this chart another reviewer shared:

*I still can't run a bead to save my life - lot's of bench practice in my future...
 
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I think think a workaround for the wire speed might be to tell it you're using a different size wire than you are actually using.
If you're using 0.030" (.8mm) wire and you want a faster wire speed, tell it you're using .6 mm wire. If you want slower, tell it you're using .9 mm wire.
Obviously there would a lot of tweaking necessary. I haven't tried this myself.
 
#68 ·
If you really want a deal...(or are a gambler...)

Amazon Warehouse is their scratch and dent area - they have a "used-like new" MIG-205DS for $200.
 
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Shootr said:
If you really want a deal...(or are a gambler...)

Amazon Warehouse is their scratch and dent area - they have a "used-like new" MIG-205DS for $200.
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Looks like you got the last MIG-205DS. Searching Amazon on MIG-205DS now goes to the ARC-205DS (stick) and clicking your link goes to the TIG-205DS which is "currently unavailable".

Can't find MIG-205DS anywhere on Amazon, as retail or Warehouse.

None found on Ebay either.


Anybody have some ideas for something similar that is decent quality?
 
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dooleykevin70 said:
Try yes welder website if you are looking for their brand if you like the 205ds I would honestly suggest the mig 250
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That does look like a better machine, but oddly there is no manual on the site for it, where there is for the 205ds.

Looks like a better display and more adjustments as well as more power at the expense of not having 120v operation, which I am not sure why anyone would use 120v unless they just didn't have 240v. The thing with the 120v circuit is that it needs a lot of amps, which is not commonly available on 120v circuits in most homes, so most welders tend to pop the breakers. I'm not in the market for a welder, but they sure are cheap. They seem to have a niche carved into multi-process machines, the 250 tig ac/dc seems mediocre in comparison with the Primeweld 225. Slighly more amps, slightly less price, but no CK Worldwide torch.
 
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Manual sucks that comes with it. It does 120/220 but only comes with 220 plug in no adapter max 30v wfs of approximately 592 no tig torch with it but accepts one I have from my Vulcan omnipro 220 an doesn't come with knurled rollers for fluxcore wire. I have modified it to accept up to .052 wire an it works decently for all I do . Inductance goes from -10 to 10 hot start an burn back with mig

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dooleykevin70 said:
Manual sucks that comes with it. It does 120/220 but only comes with 220 plug in no adapter max 30v wfs of approximately 592 no tig torch with it but accepts one I have from my Vulcan omnipro 220 an doesn't come with knurled rollers for fluxcore wire. I have modified it to accept up to .052 wire an it works decently for all I do . Inductance goes from -10 to 10 hot start an burn back with mig
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Does it allow adjustment for wirefeed speed?
 
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dooleykevin70 said:
It's wfs is in m/min so basically an it goes form 2m/min to 15m/min
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Does it let you select that in increments of 1m/min?

That would be a huge advantage over the 205ds, IMO, since it sounded like the 205ds would only allow the user to set the size of the wire and determine the feed based on that.

If the 250 allows that to be set, it would be more than worth the extra $50.
 
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California said:
Looks like you got the last MIG-205DS. Searching Amazon on MIG-205DS now goes to the ARC-205DS (stick) and clicking your link goes to the TIG-205DS which is "currently unavailable".

Can't find MIG-205DS anywhere on Amazon, as retail or Warehouse.

None found on Ebay either.


Anybody have some ideas for something similar that is decent quality?
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Try ordering directly from Yeswelder's website. It's on back-order so you may wind up waiting a while for it to ship. There are coupons out there for 15% off, try YESFAM15.
 
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TraditionalToolworks said:
That does look like a better machine, but oddly there is no manual on the site for it, where there is for the 205ds.

Looks like a better display and more adjustments as well as more power at the expense of not having 120v operation, which I am not sure why anyone would use 120v unless they just didn't have 240v. The thing with the 120v circuit is that it needs a lot of amps, which is not commonly available on 120v circuits in most homes, so most welders tend to pop the breakers. I'm not in the market for a welder, but they sure are cheap. They seem to have a niche carved into multi-process machines, the 250 tig ac/dc seems mediocre in comparison with the Primeweld 225. Slighly more amps, slightly less price, but no CK Worldwide torch.
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I looked at the MIG 250 and it is a more capable unit. But I wanted the versatility of a dual voltage welder for around the house. Sometimes I have small jobs that aren't practical to bring down to my shop and didn't want to haul my generator up to where I need to weld.
 
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